Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 GIA VIỄN - NINH BÌNH 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HUYỆN GIA VIỄN ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC: 2022-2023 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 30/3//2023 Thời gian làm bài:150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề thi gồm 04 phần, 10 trang (Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi này) Hướng dẫn thí sinh: - Tổng thời gian phần thi nghe hiểu là 20 phút 18 giây. - Phần thi nghe hiểu gồm 03 bài. Thí sinh được nghe mỗi bài 02 lần liên tiếp. - Thí sinh đọc kĩ yêu cầu của từng bài trước khi nghe. - Hướng dẫn chi tiết bằng Tiếng Anh đã có trong đĩa nghe. Bắt đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. PART A. LISTENING (4.0 points) Part I. Listen and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) 1. What has the girl forgotten to bring? A. Her pen B. Her keys C. Her essay D. Her coffee 2. What is the man’s job now? A. A painter B. A businessman C. A photographer D. A teacher 3. What time will the writer arrive at the bookshop? A. 1:45 B. 2:15 C. 2:45 D. 3:30 4. What did the children see at the zoo? A. Horses, monkeys and lions B. Monkeys, lions, and tigers C. Horses, birds and monkeys D. Birds, monkeys, and tigers 5. What has the woman lost? A. Her mobile phone B. Her purse C. Her pen D. Her keys Part II. Listen and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) 1. The boy _____________. A. doesn’t study B. studies and does well C. studies and doesn’t do well D. studies with best method 2. The boy usually studies _____________. A. at public places B. in his friend’s house
2 C. at home D. in the library 3. On the boy’s desk, there are _____________. A. pencils, books and pens B. erasers, sharpeners and books C. a pencil case and pens D. books, papers and pens 4. The girl _____________. A. exercises for thirty minutes. B. studies for thirty minutes. C. drink water every five minutes. D. has a break for thirty minutes. 5. When the boy studies, _____________. A. he has a break for two or three hours. B. he has two or three breaks each hour. C. he doesn’t take breaks. D. he never studies for two or three hours. Part III. Listen and fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points) ZOOKEEPER Lucas used to enjoy looking after the (1) _____________ when he first worked at the zoo. Every morning, Lucas checks to see if any monkeys are (2) _____________ or if any babies have been born. Every morning, Lucas also cleans the monkeys’ cages and replaces the (3) _____________. The monkeys eat many different things, but are especially fond of (4) _____________. Lucas once injured his (5) _____________ when a gorilla escaped from its cage. Lucas particularly likes talking to the (6) _____________ who come to the zoo. Lucas says that giving the monkey food such as (7) _____________ is unsuitable. Lucas once took a box of baby monkeys home by (8) _____________. Lucas is now taking a course in (9) _____________ so that he can further his career. Lucas’s ambition is to visit a (10) _____________ for wild animals in Africa to see the work done there. PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (3.0 points) I. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points) 1. The Chief of police, _____________ work is very important, takes care of the public safety. A. who B. whom C. whose D. which 2. She is wearing a _____________ skirt. A. short nice nylon B. nice short nylon C. nylon short nice D. nylon nice short 3. The _____________ items in the cake are flour, sugar and shortening. A. alternative B. enviable C. commercial D. essential
3 4. Older people rarely approve _____________ habits of the younger generation. A. for B. to C. of D. with 5. I suppose that he’d better look for a different job, _____________? A. shouldn’t he B. hadn’t he C. should he D. don’t I 6. _____________ traveling is educational, it can also be stressful and expensive. A. Since B. Providing C. While D. Even 7. You should pay _____________ to what the instructor is saying. A. attendance B. invention C. convention D. attention 8. John and Sarah are talking about using cars in the next few years. - John: "I believe that electric cars will displace petroleum cars in a few years." - Sarah: "_____________. We will still use petroleum cars because electric ones are too expensive." A. I think so B. I couldn’t agree with you more C. I'm not interested D. That’s not true Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 9. Her courage not only inspired her followers but also moved her rivals as well. A. depressed B. motivated C. overlooked D. rejected 10. I only applied for this business with a view to accumulating first-hand experience. A. attaining B. gaining C. penetrating D. accomplishing II. Read the passage and use the correct forms of the words given. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point) Some recent research into (1) _____________ (CONVERSE) between men and women has produced results which will surprise few women. Men are always interrupting women when they talk. One (2) _____________ (RESEARCH) feels that men regard female talk as a kind of conversational (3) _____________ (HOUSE). They expect women to play a (4) _____________ (SUPPORT) role. So, a man interrupts in a display of dominance or control. Men also have a much more (5) _____________ (PLEASANT) listening style. Whereas a woman uses gestures or says: "mm", a man will say such things as "right" or "okay", which settles the stage for an (6) _____________ (INTERRUPT). Conversation of this kind, then, hardly has (7) _____________ (MEAN) communication. Male talk is often (8) _____________ (ARGUE) while women are more tentative, asking more questions and tending to build up their replies on what the other person had said. The research would indicate that women are better (9) _____________ (LISTEN) than men. Yet, listening secretly to conversation between groups of women, one has the (10) _____________ (IMPRESS) of several simultaneous monologues into which no man would be able to get a
4 chance to speak. PART C. READING (6.0 points) I. Read and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points) Television is one of man’s most important (1) _____________ of communication. It brings (2) _____________ and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President (3) _____________ a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to (4) _____________ about peace. (5) _____________ television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway lands. TV even takes its viewers out of this world. It brings them (6) _____________ of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore out of space. In (7) _____________ to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are (8) _____________ to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more (9) _____________ programs than any other kinds. The programs include action packed dramas, light comedies, sporting (10) _____________ and motion pictures. 1. A. ways B. manners C. means D. fields 2. A. news B. pictures C. characters D. messages 3. A. make B. speak C. say D. do 4. A. talk B. cause C. bring D. tell 5. A. By B. Because of C. Thanks D. Through 6. A. coverage B. lot C. information D. amount 7. A. order B. spite C. addition D. exchange 8. A. used B. designed C. made D. going 9. A. entertainment B. music C. film D. news 10. A. games B. plays C. happens D. events II. Read the following passage and choose the best option to answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points) Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these simple and direct uses, those forms have not much adaptability. On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of ways. From the powerful voltages that