PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BÀI THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN LỚP 8

HUYỆN CẨM XUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2022 - 2023

Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao nhận đề)

Điểm bài thi Họ tên và chữ kí giám khảo 1: Số phách

Bằng số: __________________ __________________________

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Bằng chữ:_________________ Họ tên và chữ kí giám khảo 2: (Trưởng ban chấm thi ghi)

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* Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi. Đề thi có 07 trang, ngày thi 24/2/2023.

SECTION I: LISTENING
Question I. You will hear some information about Finchester Zoo. Listen and complete the
questions given.
FINCHESTER ZOO
Closed on: 0. Monday
Closing time in summer: 1………………………………. p.m.
Meeting place for tour: 2……………………………………..
At 2 p.m., see: 3…………………………….. eat their food.
Zoo shop sells: BOOKS AND 4…………………………………………….
Child's ticket costs: 5……………………………………. pounds.
* Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Question II. Listen to Eric talking to Mary about the weekend. Their friend Carlos is coming
to visit them. Choose the best answer (A, B C or D) for each space.
1. What does Carlos hate?
A. shopping B. museums C. football D. walking
2. Where are they going to eat on Saturday evening?
A. At home B. in an Italian restaurant
C. in a Chinese restaurant D. in a Japanese restaurant
3. What are they going to do on Sunday morning?
A. go for a walk B. go for a drive C. go to the cinema D. get up late
4. Where are they going to have lunch on Sunday?
A. in a café B. in a pub C. in a restaurant D. at home
5. They can't go to the cinema on Sunday afternoon because _____________
A. Carlos doesn’t like films B. Eric doesn’t like films
C. they don’t have time D. they have a meeting
* Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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 SECTION II: PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others.
1. A. astronaut B. ongoing C. rocket D. chop
2. A. applied B. steamed C. grated D. enrolled
3. A. exist B. exchange C. expect D. experience
4. A. month B. northern C. think D. theme
5. A. treasure B. unusual C. measure D. unsure
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Question II. Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
1. Linda: “What a lovely house you have !” Janet: “ ____________________”.
A. No problem! B. Thank you. Hope you’ll drop in
C. I think so D. Of course not. It’s not costly
2. My house is just __________________ . I live in the nearby neighborhood.
A. near here B. near to C. near by D. near from
3. They received ______________ advice from their parents that they became successful.
A. so good B. such a good C. so good an D. such good
4. Either Peter or his brothers _______________ the keys to the car.
A. has been taken B. has taken C. have taken D. have been taken
5. They will hold a meeting in the large room ____________ the morning of next Sunday.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
6. Hoa __________________ coins and stamps since she was six.
A. was collecting B. has collected C. collected D. will collect
7. His brother is a _________________ boy. He always tells a joke.
A. handsome B. humorous C. sociable D. energetic
8. All of us were ______________ that he came first. He hasn’t been working hard so far.
A. surprising B. to surprise C. to be surprised D. surprised
9. Nobody is absent today, ________________?
A. is he B. is she C. are they D. aren’t they
10. Yesterday I came _____________ your brother when I was going to school.
A. of B. to C. about D. across
11. Do you think I should practice __________English every day?- Yes, if you want to improve it.
A. on listening B. to listen C. listened D. listening
12. Of my parents, my father is _________________
A. the strict B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter
13. Marry is wearing a ________________________ T- shirt and a green shorts
A. blue cotton beautiful large C. beautiful large blue cotton
B. cotton large blue beautiful D. beautiful cotton blue large
14. The house caught fire while they _____________.
A. are sleeping B. have slept C. sleep D. were sleeping
15. Your hair is long. It needs _____________
A. cut B. cutting C. to cut D. had cut
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Question III. Give the correct forms of the verbs.
1. Either you or your friend (be) ________________ on charge today.
2. Your eyes are red. You (cry) _____________________ ?
3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ______________ (go) to bed.
4. His sister ___________________ (give) a car for her twentieth birthday next year.
5. Her father pays for her fee; otherwise, she (not be) ________________ here.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.
Question IV.Give the correct form of the words in CAPITALS given to complete the sentences.
1. Two _______from the group “Friends of the Earth’’ are talking to the students. REPRESENT
2. Most words have only one _________, but sometimes a word has two or more. PRONOUNCE
3. Your general knowledge will be _________ when you take part in the course. RICH
4. ____________, dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. FORTUNATE
5. Vinamilk company has served customers a lot of ___________ recently. PRODUCE
6. What time do you ___________ start work? USE
7. I don’t know what the matter with Tommy is lately. His __________ seem to be getting worse
and worse. BEHAVE
8. The policy is and so will cost the government a lot of money. ECONOMY
9. Why money can’t exactly buy you ____at least it helps you suffer in comfort. HAPPY
10. His brother and he don’t look ____________ . LIKE
Your answers:
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10.
Question V. Find a mistake in each sentence and CORRECT it.
1. Tom had to do his homework again because he had to do so many mistakes.
A B C D
2. There is a red maple leaf in the flag of Canada.
A B C D
3. Our cars pump out thousands of tonnes of poison fumes every year.
A B C D
4. He has decided going to work in a school in a quite remote area.
A B C D
5. When she comes home later today, he cooks the dinner.
A B C D
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SECTION III. READING
Question I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each
gap. There is an example at the beginning.
Traffic jams are nothing new
In the age before the motor car, (0) ______what ____was travelling in London like?
Photographs taken 100 years ago showing packed streets indicate that it was much the
(1)_____________ as it is now. It has (2) ___________ calculated that, even with new anti-
congestion systems in place, commuters who choose the car to get to work travel at the average
speed of 17 kph from their homes (3) ___________ the suburbs to offices in the centre. It is
virtually the same speed that they (4) _____________ have travelled at in a horse and carriage a
century ago.
As towns and cities grow, so does traffic, whether in the form of the horse and carriage
(5)_______________ the modem motor car. It would seem that, wherever there are people who
need to go somewhere, they would (6) __________________ be carried than walk or pedal. The
photographs show that, in terms of congestion and speed, traffic in London hasn't changed over the
past 100 years. London has had traffic jams ever (7) _____________ it became a huge city. It is
only the vehicles that have changed. However, apart (8) ______________ the congestion which
affected London long (9) ________________ the car came along, the age of the horse produced
relatively (10) ________________ unpleasantness. This age, for example, saw none of the exhaust
fumes which city dwellers have to live with today.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question II. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each blank to complete the passage.
MUSIC - A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Music is universal - it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music
came before speech and (1) _________ as a development of mating calls. In fact, there is one
theory that the (2) __________ languages were chanted or sung, rather than spoken. Indeed, in
some cultures, music is a form of (3) __________ history. The Aboriginal Australians, for
example, use music as a means to (4) _________ on stories of the land and spirits to the next
generation.
New evidence suggests that music does not just (5) _________ the feel - good factor but it is
also good for the brain. A study of intellectually (6) ______ children showed that they could recall
more information after it was given to them in a song than after it was read to them as a story.

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 Researchers also report that people (7) _________ better on a standard intelligence
test after listening to Mozart. The so-called “Mozart effect” has also been (8) ______ by
findings that rats brought up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or
passages, (9) _________ as a maze. Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer
from any form of mental (10) ____________ benefit from listening to music.
1. A. was B. swelled C. arose D. reacted
2. A. earliest B. newest C. easiest D. simplest
3. A. enjoying B. making C. recording D. stating
4. A. move B. pass C. hand D. happen
5. A. convince B. satisfy C. please D. prefer
6. A. disabled B. inactive C. incapable D. disordered
7. A. examine B. prepare C. achieve D. score
8. A. supported B. given C. marked D. remembered
9. A. called B. heard C. regarded D. known
10. A. badness B. hurt C. illness D. pain
* Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question III: Read the following passage and choose the item ( A, B, C or D) that best answers
each of the questions about it
Living in the country
Living in the country without a doubt sounds appealing but it is highly important to be
aware that country life is very different from what you have experienced during a few-day vacation
and that the countryside has changed a lot in the last few decades. So before you start packing, you
are recommended to take into account both the pros and cons of country life.
First of all, country life depends greatly on where you live because living in the country can
mean a lot of things including living in a small village, a market town or an isolated place with the
first neighbor living 10 miles away. The latter option sounds very tempting because it gives you
all the privacy and peace in the world you could possibly ask for. However, living far from the
"civilization" also means living far from the shops, schools, pharmacies and other things city
dwellers take for granted.
Many people who live in villages and market towns will say that city dwellers have more
privacy and they are partly right. In the country, everyone knows everyone and everyone knows
everything about everyone. People in the country are friendlier and more open but they are people.
This means that they are naturally curious and that they may want to know too much about your
personal stuff. But then again, people will only be as intrusive as you allow them to be.
Living in the country offers a number of benefits over city dwelling but it is not as idyllic as
many people think it is. You are recommended to take time and think things through before you
decide to move to the country and buy an old farmhouse. Also, keep in mind that you can also buy
a small cottage with a lovely wood burning stove to have a place of your own to retreat when you
need a break from the city.
1. The same meaning with “pros and cons" is:
A. advantages and disadvantages B. truths and lies
C. dos and don'ts D. facts and figures
2. What should you do before moving to live in the countryside?
A. You should start packing your things.
B. You should start packing only your necessary things.
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D. You should consider the pros and cons of living in the countryside.
3. "The latter option" is:
A. Living in the country B. Living in a small village
C. Living in an isolated place D. Living in a market town
4. What sentence is NOT TRUE about living in the country?
A. People in the country are friendlier and more open.
B. It gives you more privacy than living in cities.
C. The countryside has changed a lot in the last few decades.
D. Country life is very different from life you have experienced during a few-day vacation.
5. How many cons in which living in the countryside results are said in the essay?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SECTION IV. WRITING
Question I: Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed
before them.
1. Sally finally managed to get a job.
-> Sally finally succeeded ______________________________________________________
2. I can’t believe that he passed the exam.
-> I find ____________________________________________________________________
3. We arrived too late to see the first film.
-> We didn’t ________________________________________________________________
4. He couldn’t come because of his serious illness.
-> Because __________________________________________________________________
5. Jane hasn't been to New York before.
-> This is ____________________________________________________________________
Question II: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first,
without changing the word given. Use between TWO and FIVE words.
1. There is no point in waiting any longer. He’s not going to come. (WORTH)
-> It ___________________________________________________________.
2. The number of students applying for our scholarship has increased dramatically. (INCREASE)
-> There has ____________________________________________________.
3. Everyone is sure that he will win the election. (BOUND)
-> He ________________________________________________________ the election.
4. He was so angry that he was lost for words. (ANGER)
-> Such was ____________________________________________________.
5. Do you want to watch TV ? (FEEL)
-> Do you ____________________________________________________ TV?
Question III: Write a paragraph (100-120 words) about the importance of joining outdoor
activities to students.

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