Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 YÊN ĐỊNH - THANH HOÁ 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 UBND HUYỆN YÊN ĐỊNH PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 08 trang) KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8. CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN VÒNG 1 DỰ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề SECTION A - LISTENING (15 pts) Listen to the recording twice. Do some tasks as directed. Questions 1-5. Listen to a school secretary talking to one of the teachers and fill in the gaps in the table. Student 1: Name: Celine (0) Poulain Nationality: French Age: 25 Job: (1) ____________ Student 2: Name: Manuel Garcia Nationality: (2) ____________ Age: 32 Job: Engineer Student 3: Name: Eva (3) ____________ Nationality: Finnish Age: (4) ____________ Job: (5) ____________ Questions 6-10. Listen to a conversation and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). 6. Sarah is a teacher. 7. She usually arrives at work at nine o’clock. 8. Sarah always brings a sandwich from home. 9. She often has work to do in the evening. 10. Sarah doesn’t work at weekends. Questions 11-15. Listen to the recording twice then choose A, B or C to best answer the questions. 11. What is the main topic of the conversation? A. problems with living in an apartment B. a search for a new apartment C. the cost of rent near universities 12. Why doesn’t Ann like her current apartment? A. It’s too expensive. B. The neighborhood is noisy. C. It’s located some distance from school. 13. How much money does Ann want to pay for rent? A. no more than $200 B. around $200 C. a little more than $200
2 14. What kind of place is she looking for? A. somewhere that is within a short driving distance of campus B. an apartment with furniture already in it C. a place where she can live alone 14. How is Roger going to help her? A. He is planning on calling a friend who owns an apartment building. B. He will check the newspapers to see if he can find an apartment for rent. C. He is going to visit an apartment building near his place. SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 pts) Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped 2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar 3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform Question II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words. 1. A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable 2. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Question 1: Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (10 pts) 21. My father had his bike ____________ yesterday. A. fix B. fixing C. fixed D. to fix 22. A few days ago, I received a ____________ letter from Julia. A. ten-pages B. the tenth-pages C. ten-page D. tenth-page 23. The girl ____________ in the accident was taken to hospital. A. injures B. injured C. injuring D. to injure 24. It began to get cold and she regretted ____________ her coat. A. to be worn B. not to wear C. to wear D. not wearing 25. Nobody will go there, ____________? A. won’t he B. will they C. will he D. won’t they 26. ____________ more help, I could call my neighbor. A. Needed B. Should I need C. I have need D. I should need 27. It’s no use ____________ to him about our problem because he is never willing to help us.
3 A. to talk B. talking C. to talking D. talk 28. The harder we studied, ____________. A. we got more confused B. the more confused we got C. we got so confused D. the most confused we got 29. It was the house ____________. A. I was born in B. which I was born C. where I was born D. that I was born 30. ____________, he felt so unhappy and lonely. A. In spite of being wealth B. Rich as he was C. Rich as he D. Despite his wealthy Question II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (8 pts) 31. They (see) ____________ to go out three times a day. 32. I don’t like being treated as though I (be) ____________ a child. 33. I’d rather you (not put) ____________ off the shoes. 34. I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) ____________ brightly when Tom came in at 7.00. 35. This is the first time I have read a novel (write) ____________ by an American novelist. 36. Thirty percent of the forest area (destroy) ____________ by the fire. 37. No sooner the students (enter) ____________ the classroom than the teacher came in. 38. It is important that Peter (go) ____________ to the club tomorrow. Question III: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capital letters. (7 pts) 39. This volcano is dead; it has been ____________ for more than a century. (ACT) 40. Be careful. The virus will ____________ your computer. (ABLE) 41. The washing machine is in ____________. I want to buy it. (APPLY) 42. It’s ____________ of you to say that. You know it isn’t true. (HONEST) 43. She has few friends because she is so ____________. (SOCIETY) 44. The earthquake caused terrible ____________. (DESTRUCTIVE) 45. Increased pollution is another ____________ result. (PLEASE) Question IV: Find out and correct the mistakes in each sentence. (5 pts) 46. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from Canada, are planning to attend the fireworks display in Da Nang, Vietnam. 47. David is particular fond of cooking, and he often cooks really delicious meals. 48. The new workers will soon be accustomed to work on a night shift.
4 49. Remember not to say anything that makes high sensitive people upset. 50. There is no point to explain the situation to such a narrow-minded person. SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts) Question I. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space. (10 pts) We are all slowly destroying the Earth. The seas are too dirty to swim in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is (51) ____________ to live in many parts of our cities. In one well-known city, for example, (52) ____________ gases from cars polluted the air so much that traffic policemen have to (53) ____________ oxygen masks. We have cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of (54) ____________ all over the world. As a (55) ____________, farmers in parts of Africa can’t grow enough to eat. In certain countries in Asia, there is too little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough (56) ____________ of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly (57) ____________. For instance, tigers are rare in India now (58) ____________ we have killed too many for them to (59) ____________. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do (60) ____________ about it. Join us now. Save the Earth. This is too important to do. 51. A. enjoyable B. pleasant C. healthy D. unhealthy 52. A. poisonous B. serious C. bad D. smoke 53. A. take B. bring C. wear D. carry 54. A. forest B. wasteland C. fields D. regions 55. A. fact B. matter C. problem D. result 56. A. attention B. consideration C. time D. care 57. A. saved B. disappearing C. running D. preserved 58. A. because B. when C. and D. so 59. A. die B. preserve C. survive D. continue 60. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything Question II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (10 pts) One of the most urgent environmental (61) ____________ in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean drinking water is a basic human (62) ____________. But acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have (63) ____________ many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools (64) ____________ poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest (65)