Đề khảo sát học sinh giỏi cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Phòng GD & ĐT Vũ Thư

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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN

Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 8; Năm học 2016 – 2017

(Thời gian làm bài 120 phút)

PART A: LISTENING Question 1: Listen to the dialogue and decide the followings are True(T), False(F) or Not given(N). 1. The boy is going to the center activity in the mountains. 2. To go canyoning you need ropes and special equipment. 3. The boy is going to bring a camera. 4. Perhaps the boy and his friends will go white water rafting. 5. Paris looks so beautiful at night. 6. The impressionist paintings are in the Louvre. 7. The famous Rodin statue is called The Philosopher. 8. The girl is going to Paris for the weekend. 9. She‟s going to travel by train. 10. She‟s going with a friend. Question 2: Listen and fill in each gap one word or phrase you hear.

Hello. I‟m going to talk about British festivals. I‟m sure you‟ve heard about the Notting Hill Carnival in London and the Edinburgh Festival, but today we‟re going to look at a lot more that you might not know about. Actually, a lot of these are not exactly festivals, but strange ....1........... or competitions. Some of them are ancient and some are modern. So, let‟s start in January in the north of Scotland with the Burning of the Clavie. This is a whisky barrel which is set .......2............... then carried through the streets as ....3.............. It‟s an ancient tradition which always takes place on ....4................. of January, the first day of the year, according to an older ...5.............. of the calendar. The bonfire brings ....6........... for the coming year and people used to keep bits of burnt wood as ...7.............. against evil spirits. At the end of January, even further north, in the Shetland Islands, there‟s another fire festival, the Up Helly Aa. This .....8.............. like an ancient festival, but has actually only been going for about .....9........... – well, it is fairly old, I suppose. People carry fire-lit torches and a Viking boat through the streets, then ...10................ to the boat. There‟s lots of dancing; it‟s good fun.

PART B: PHONETICS Question 1: Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part in the group. 1. A. one 2. A. festival 3. A. missed 4. A. delicious 5. A. mouths

B. come B. participate B. fixed B. sociable B. clothes

C. above C. directory C. raised C. ancient C. maths

D. mother D. patient D. watched D. center D. needs Question 2: Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in the group. 6. A. Chinese B.impression C.engineer D. succeed

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7. A. generous B. hobby C. decorate D. expensive 8. A. answer B. begin C. refuse D. complain 9. A. adventure B. discover C. represent D. experience 10. A. pagoda B. Christmas C. ancient D. concert PART C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Question 1: Choose the best option to finish the sentences: 1. “ How did the window...............?”, Tom‟s father angrily asked him.

A. get broken B. break C. be broken D. to break 2. “I‟m taking my first exam next week.” - “.................”

A. Cheers B. Good luck C. Well done D. Congratulations 3. If it‟s raining tomorrow, we shall have to.................the picnic till Sunday.

A. put away B. put on C. put off D. put out 4. I heard ……... news on ……. radio last night. A. the; Ø B.Ø; the C. the; the D. a; the 5. ……… the novels that I‟ve read, I enjoyed this one the most.

A. All of B. Of all C. For all D. From all 6. What ............when your computer ...................?

A. were you writing/crashed C. have you written/crashing B. did you write/crashed D. did you write/crashed 7. It‟s at least a month since.................John.

A. I have last seen B. I last seen C. I have seen D. I last saw 8. After a lot of difficulties, he……………to open the door.

A. succeed B. managed C. obtained D. realised 9. Their family had a few ……. rest after a long trip.

A. hours B. hour‟s C. hours‟ D. hour 10. I went …