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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8
QUẬN NGŨ HÀNH SƠN NĂM HỌC 2009-2010
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

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Điểm
GIÁM KHẢO (Ký, ghi rõ họ và tên)

Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Bằng số Bằng chữ

Đề thi gồm 6 trang. Thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi.

SECTION A: LISTENING
I. Listen to Sarah talking to her friend, Jane, about a new job. For questions 1-5,
choose A, B or C then write your answer on the box below. You will hear the
conversation twice. (5ms)
Example: 0. Sarah’s boss wants a new:
A. manager B. shop assistant C. secretary
1. Sarah usually starts work at:
A. 6.00 B. 8.30 C. 9.00
2. In the new job, Jane can earn
A. £160 B. £180 C. £210
3. Sarah has lunch
A. in a café B. in a park C. at home
4. In the new job, Jane can have
A. 3 weeks’ holiday B. 4weeks’ holiday C. 5 weeks’ holiday
5. The manager’s name is Mr.
A. Fawset B. Fawsett C. Fausett

Answer:
0.
II. You will hear Judy asking about music lessons. Listen and complete questions
from 6-10. You will hear the conversation twice. (5ms)

GUITAR LESSONS FOR JUDY

Class: Beginer
Day: (6) ..........................................................
Starting time: (7) ..............................................
Price of each lesson: (8) ..............................................
Teacher’s name: (9) ..................................................
Room number: (10) .....................................................................

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SECTION B: USE OF ENGLISH
I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence or do the task as directed by
circling A, B, C or D. (15ms)
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
A. covered B. described C. installed D. stopped
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
A. child B. until C. surprised D. height
3. Choose the word which has the different stress pattern.
A. television B. newspaper C. comfortable D. engineer
4. They have been interested in saving the environment …………. last week.
A. since B. in C. for D. during
5. Her daughter is ……… of collecting coins.
A. amused B. fond C. interested D. keen
6. Gold ……. near San Francisco in 1848, and the gold rush started the following year.
A. discovered B. was discovered C. has been discovered D. is discovered
7. Drinking and smoking will do great harm ………. people’s health.
A. to B. for C. with D. in
8. Let’s go for a walk, ………...?
A. do we B. don’t we C. won’t we D. shall we
9. If I were you, I …………….. a new car.
A. will buy B. bought C. would buy D. buy
10. This student is not very good ……….. Physics.
A. in B. with C. at D. to
11. They all do it …….. save the environment.
A. so as to B. so to C. in order for D. in order
12. She seemed to be successful ………….. anything she tried.
A. with B. in C. for D. on
13. …………. all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.
A. Instead of B. In spite of C. Although D. Because
14. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting:
Some species of rare animals are on danger of extinction.
A B C D
15. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting:
She had a telephone installing in her car.
A B C D
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

II. Supply the correct form of verbs in brackets. Write the answers in the box (10ms):
1. David is washing his hands. He (just/ repair) ………………………. the TV set.
2. Last night we (watch) …………… …………. television when the power failed.
3. Listen! I hear somebody (knock) ……………………… at the front door.
4. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) ……………… .
5. Would you mind (show) ……………………… me how to use this machine?
6. If today were Sunday, I (spend) ……………..……… time swimming in the sea.
7. She is having an examination. She wishes she (have) ……..… a day off on a farm now.
8. Would you believe twenty-three phone calls (make) ……………... by Tom today?
9. Many buildings in our city (heat) …………..….. by solar energy in 2050.
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10. London (change) ………………….. a lot since we first came to live here.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. Read the text and look carefully at each line. Tick () the lines which are correct
and pick out the unnecessary words in the lines which are not correct. Write your
answers on the right lines provided. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and
00). (10ms)

0 I started cooking in my uncle’s Chinese restaurant at the age of 11. 

00 At first I had just washed the dishes, then chopped and sliced. had

01 Galileo Galilei was one of the first modern scientists. He was

02 born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. As first he did studied philosophy,
03 but later he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was being
04 interested in the way the earth and other planets move around
05 the sun. He found out of several important facts about our
06 world. But he also started a new way of working in science.
07 Before Galileo, scientists did not do experiments. They have
08 just guessed about what happened. Galileo was different
09 from. He did not just make guesses. He did experiments and
10 had watched to see what happened.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV. Use the right form of the word given in bold to complete the passage. W rite the
answers in the box . (10ms)

1. During his …………….. , the family lived in Cornwall. (CHILD)

2. Thousands of people have been made ……………. by war. (HOME)
3. She had the ………… to explain things clearly and concisely. (ABLE)
4. Judo is an ……….. sport to take up because the only equipment you need is the special
loose-fitting suit. (EXPENSIVE)
5. She was ………. sorry not to have seen you last Saturday. (TERRIBLE)
6. My teacher …………. me to take this examination. (COURAGE)
7. We are really impressed by the …………… of these villagers. (FRIEND)
8. You must be ……………… not to be addicted to video games. (CARE)
9. He did exercises daily in order to …………….. his arm muscles. (STRONG)
10. If you want your skin to clear up quickly, you have to apply this cream …………………
(FREQUENT)

1. 2. 3. 4
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10.

SECTION C: READING

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I. Read the passage and choose the best word to fill in each blank by circling A, B, C
or D. (10ms)
An increasing number of people are now going on (1) …….. to Egypt. Last year, for
example, about one and a half million (2) ………… visited Egypt. The (3)………….. is about
fifty million and the (4)………….. is El Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million
people. Although the (5) …………. is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the
average (6) ………… from October to March is not too high. The most (7) …………… sights
are the pyramids at Giza. However, it is also pleasant to (8) ……….. Alexandria, Port Said
and several other places and do as much (9) ………….. as possible in the time available. A
(10) ………….. to Luxor in an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent flights there
from Cairo.
1. A. holiday B. visit C. excursion D. trip
2. A. explorers B. voyagers C. tourists D. passengers
3. A. people B. citizenship C. nation D. population
4. A. principal B. head C. state D. capital
5. A. temperature B. climate C. condition D. position
6. A. weather B. measurement C. climate D. temperature
7. A. famous B. known C. visited D. requested
8. A. search B. inspect C. examine D. visit
9. A. viewing B. inspecting C. sightseeing D. looking
10. A. entertainment B. trip C. guide D. picnic

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. Read the following passage and circle the correct answer. (5ms)
In the United States and Canada, it is very important to look a person in the eyes when you
are having a conversation with him or her. If you look down or to the side when the other
person is talking, that person will think that you are not interested in what he or she is
saying. This of course, is not polite. If you look down or to the side when you are talking,
you may appear hiding something. It might seem that you are not honest. However, people
who are speaking will sometimes look away for a few seconds when they are thinking or
trying to find the right word. But they always turn immediately back to look the listener in the
eyes. These social rules are the same for two women, two men, a woman and a man, or an
adult and a child.
1. When you are talking to an American or Canadian, you should …………
A. look down. B. look directly at him/her.
C. avoid looking directly at him/her. C. look to the side.
2. It is very ……… of you not to look in the eyes of the listener while talking.
A. polite B. honest C. dishonest D. impolite
3. Looking down or to the side when you are spoken to means …………..
A. you feel bored with his/ her words. B. you are paying attention to her/ him.
C. you respect of him/ her. D. you are afraid of him/ her.
4. People can look away for a few seconds while speaking ……………
A. to hide their feelings B. to find the correct word
C. to find something D. to hide something
5. These social rules are used for ………….
A. two men B. everybody C. a man and a woman D. two women

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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III. Fill each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the box. (10ms)

Television is (1)………………. of man’s most important means of communication. It (2)

………………… images and sounds from around the (3)……………….. into millions of
homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and (4)………………. the
President make a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought. (5)
……………… television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things
in faraway lands. TV even takes its viewers out (6) ……………………… this world. It brings
them coverage of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space.
In (7) …………………….. to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of
(8) …………………….. that are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more
entertainment programs (9)……………………..... any other kind. The programs (10)
………………………. action-packed dramas, light comedies, sporting events and motion
pictures.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

SECTION D: WRITING:
I. For each of the sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning
to the original sentence, using the word given in brackets. (5ms)
1. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy. (TO)
It ………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. All of my friends enjoy watching volleyball. (IN)
All …………………………………………………………………………………….
3. It’s such a marvelous opportunity that we mustn’t miss it. (SO)
This opportunity ……………………………………………………………………… .
4. We stopped to ask a policeman for directions because we got lost. (OF)
Because ………………………………………………………………………………..
5. You can’t smoke in the theatre. (ALLOWED)
Smoking …………………………………………………………………………………
II. Finish each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one
printed before it. (5ms)
1. She hasn’t read a novel by Joan Brady before.
This is .….……………………………………………………………………………….
2. If I finish my homework, I can go out at the weekend..
I can’t …………………………………………………………………………………..
3. My parents suggested going out for a meal.
My parents said, “Why …………………………………………………………………?”
4. People speak English in almost every corner of the world.
English ……………………………………………..…………………………………
5. Mr. Pike played soccer after school everyday when he was a school boy.
Mr. Pike used ……………………………………………………………………………

III. Imagine you are a tourist on vacation in a certain place/ city in Vietnam. Write a
postcard to a friend about your trip (about 80-120 words). (10ms)

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