Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 Ý YÊN - NAM ĐỊNH 2024-2025.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NAM ĐỊNH ĐỀ THAM KHẢO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2024 - 2025 Môn: TIẾNG ANH- Lớp 8 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút Đề thi gồm: 10 trang PART A. LISTENING (5.0 POINTS) Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu: - Nội dung phần nghe gồm 03 phần, mỗi thí sinh được nghe 2 lần, đĩa CD tự chạy 2 lần. - Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. - Hướng dẫn làm bài chi tiết cho thí sinh (bằng Tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. I. You will hear a man called Karl, and his wife Jenny, talking about the holiday they have just had. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T (True) or F (False) in provided gaps. (1.0 point) Question 1. Jenny thinks the weather forecast they heard for their holiday week was correct. Question 2. Jenny and Karl both liked the way their hotel served meals. Question 3. Jenny thinks the room they had on this holiday wasn’t as good as the one last year. Question 4. Karl was angry about the state of the hotel sports equipment. Question 5. Jenny and Karl are both keen to plan another holiday immediately. (From B1 Preliminary Listening) II. You will hear a talk given to visitors to a fashion museum. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B or C. You will listen TWICE. (2.0 points) Question 1. What will the guide show the visitors before they go to the exhibition? A. A short video about Morecambe Museum. B. A short presentation on fashion history. C. A map of Morecambe Museum of Fashion. Question 2. The speaker says that fashion now interests ____________. A. rich people. B. young people. C. most people. Question 3. Fashion clothes made before the 1900s were ____________. A. individually made. B. copied from pictures. C. made of light material. Question 4. How were ladies’ clothes in those days? A. short and heavy. B. light and long. C. long and tight. Question 5. Which statement is true about Coco Chanel? A. She was born in 1908 in Paris.
2 B. She changed people’s ideas about fashion. C. She liked wearing tight-fitting clothes. Question 6. How were young designers in Paris affected by Coco Chanel? A. They began to design clothes with heavy materials. B. They produced simpler clothes and shorter skirts C. They looked smart and stopped wearing short skirts Question 7. More people started enjoying fashion in the 1920s because ____________. A. factories began producing clothes more cheaply. B. new materials made fashion more exciting. C. sportswear became the most popular style. Question 8. In 1947, Christian Dior use new materials to ____________. A. make his designs more affordable. B. create his famous ‘New Look.’ C. design sportswear for both men and women. Question 9. What kinds of clothes were popular in the 1960s? A. Flowered jeans. B. Shiny long skirts. C. Knee-high boots. Question 10. The speaker is introducing an exhibition of ____________. A. clothes that are very old. B. fashion for the future. C. pictures of today’s fashions. (From B1 Preliminary Listening) III. Listen to the audio and fill in the missing information in the numbered spaces. In each space, write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD or A NUMBER. (2.0 points) CHILDREN’S ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS Tiny Engineers (ages 4-5) Activities: ● Create a cover for an (1) ____________ so they can drop it from a height without breaking it. ● Take part in a competition to build the tallest (2) ____________. ● Make a (3) ____________ powered by a balloon. Junior Engineers (ages 6-8) Activities: ● Build model cars, trucks and animals and learn how to program them so they can (4) ____________. ● Take part in a competition to build the longest (5) ____________ using card and wood. ● Create a short movie with special (6) ____________. ● Build, (7) ____________ and program a humanoid robot.
3 Cost for a five-week block: £ (8) ____________. Held on (9) ____________ from 10 am to 11 am. Location: Building 10A, (10) ____________ Industrial Estate, Grasford. Plenty of parking is available. (From Cambridge Listening Practice Test) PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (5.0 POINTS) I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following sentences. (2.0 points) Question 1. My sisters ____________ Korean drama ____________ Indian drama. A. prefers - to B. prefers - than C. prefer - to D. prefer - than Question 2. Lan is very ____________, so you shouldn’t comment on her new hairstyles. A. curious B. mature C. sensitive D. stressful Question 3. The children were heavily dressed ____________ catching a cold. A. due to B. in spite of C. because of D. for fear of Question 4. Christine is inviting Gillian to dinner. - Christine: "I'm having some friends over for dinner this Saturday. Would you like to join us?" - Gillian: "____________” A. Can I take a rain check? B. Come on. It's your turn. C. Thanks, but I mustn't. D. As a matter of fact, I do. Question 5. The skyscraper, ____________ with multi-colored lights, looked incredible. A. illuminating B. illuminated C. was illuminated D. illuminate Question 6. I don’t think Mark’s ever been there, ____________? A. do I B. hasn’t he C. is he D. has he Question 7. More and more investors are pouring ____________ money into food and beverage start-ups. A. an B. the C. no article D. a Question 8. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in the following question. Peter's parents do not give him permission to ride a motorbike, but he still uses his father's on the sly sometimes. A. secretly B. freely C. willingly D. publicly Question 9. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to
4 make a meaningful exchange in the following question. a. Nathan: Neither did I. Let’s ask Dad to turn down the heating in our room. b. Jake: I’m tired this morning. I didn’t sleep well. c. Jake: Yes, that was the problem. I can hear him outside. I thinking he’s packing the car so that we are ready to go camping. d. Nathan: I can hear Mum playing music downstairs. Let’s ask her about the heating. A. d-b-a-c B. b-a-d-c C. b-a-c-d D. d-c-b-a Question 10. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange in the following question. Hi Claire, a. It was such a fantastic read! b. I finished it in just a few days because I couldn’t put it down. c. I just wanted to thank you for recommending that book to me. d. Hope to chat soon. e. Let me know if you have any more suggestions like that! Best, Laura A. c-a-b-e-d. B. a-c-b-e-d C. a-b-e-c-d D. c-a-d-b-e II. Give the correct form of the words in the capital letters. Write your answers in the blanks. (2.0 points) Question 1. We try to meet our parents’ ____________, but it is hard. EXPECT Question 2. City dwellers often have breakfast outside their homes, and if they’re not in a hurry, they’ll have a ____________ coffee. LEISURE Question 3. Story telling is a great way for us to keep the local traditions ____________. LIVE Question 4. My sister ____________ cooking because she usually burns the food. LIKE Question 5. Our factory needs to hire a large number of ____________ workers and we are willing to offer them a high salary if they meet our demands. TRAIN Question 6. Although the peoples in Vietnam are diverse, they live ____________ in the same nation. PEACE Question 7. We are in the kitchen making spring rolls for the ____________ party. LONG Question 8. The government is planning to ____________ the old historical sites in the city to attract more tourists and preserve the local heritage. REVIVAL Question 9. My friend is a ____________, he stays in the office all night and sometimes works on the