Title HSG ANH 8 HẢI HẬU - NAM ĐỊNH 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO HUYỆN HẢI HẬU ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2023- 2024 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút Đề khảo sát gồm: 08 trang PART A: LISTENING (5.0 POINTS) Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu: - Nội dung phần nghe gồm 3 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 chi tiết đã có trong bài nghe. I. Listen to Nicolas talking about his friends. For questions 1 to 10, please decide the statements T (true) or F (false). You will listen twice. 1. Nicolas met Kevin at primary school. 2. Nicolas and Kevin often went swimming together. 3. Nicolas and Kevin excelled in their academic pursuits during their time in primary school. 4. Neither Nicolas nor Kevin enjoyed playing sports. 5. Kevin enjoyed going to the gym at secondary school, but Nicolas didn’t. 6. Nicolas doesn’t see Kevin very often these days. 7. Charlie and Nicolas exhibit comparable personalities 8. Charlie found an affinity for Nicolas due to his resemblance to Charlie's parents. 9. Charlie and Nicolas both ended their respective relationships around the same period. 10. Charlie and Nicolas play computer games and racquetball together. II. Listen to an interview with a woman about her experience living in a campervan and answer the questions. For each question, please choose the correct letter A, B or C. You will listen twice. 1. Why did Deb and Nick decide to move into a campervan? A. Nick was travelling a lot with his job. B. Nick lost his job. C. They couldn't afford a house or flat. 2. How long do they stay in the same place? A. less than a week B. about a week C. couple of weeks 3. What does Deb do during the day? A. She paints and sells art. B. She is studying. C. She works remotely. 4. Why does Deb write a blog? A. To promote her exciting lifestyle

3 6. Everyone _____________ wear a helmet when riding a motorbike. It’s mandatory according to traffic law. A. may B. have to C. can D. has to 7. You have to _____________ your shoes when going inside the main worship area of the temple. A. take off B. put on C. break with D. get out 8. We can't drive in this road now because it _____________. A. repairs B. is being repaired C. is repaired D. is repairing 9. Many minority groups _____________ cows and poultry for a living. A. feed B. herd C. raise D. milk 10. Sitting uncomfortably among many people she didn’t know and has never met before, Linda was like a(n) _____________ out of water. A. duck B. fish C. bird D. ant 11. A: You look nice today. B: _____________. A. Do you really think so? B. I don’t think so C. I beg your pardon D. I’m fine, thank you. 12. She seldom went to school late when she was young, _____________? A. wasn’t she B. didn’t she C. was she D. did she *Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. 13. Stilt houses are popular between different ethnic minority groups, from the Thai in the Northern Highlands A B C . D to the Khmer in the Mekong Delta. 14. Tree Planting Day is very important in Singapore because the country needs to protect it’s natural parks A B C D and green spaces. 15. Life in the countryside isn’t as convenient as that in the city, so I like living in the countryside permanently. A B C D II. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets. Write your answers in the blanks. (1.0 pt) 1. He spent many _____________ nights to think about the future of his children. (SLEEP) 2. While the children were playing football _____________ in the school yard, it rained heavily. (EXCITE) 3. _____________, the people in my village go to pagoda to pray for good health, success, wealth on the
4 first day of Lunar New Year. (TRADITION). 4. The scenery of the mountainous regions is peaceful and _____________. (PICTURE) 5. Two _____________ are talking to the students about the environment. (CONSERVATION) III. Fill in each space provided in each sentence below with the correct form of one phrasal verb given. Each phrasal verb can be used ONCE only. (1.0pts ) pass away pass down look forward to take after set off get on 1. His grandfather _____________ many years ago. 2. The students _____________ the field trip this Sunday. 3. Linh _____________ her mother so much. 4. We’ll _____________ for Ho Tay village at 9 o’clock and arrive at 10 o’clock. 5. Jim seems not to _____________ well with his classmates. PART C: READING (5.0 POINTS) I. Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in the blanks. (1.0 pt) Television is one of man's most (1) _____________ means of communication. It brings events and sounds (2) _____________ around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the president making a (3) _____________ or visit a foreign country . He can see a war being fought (4) _____________ watch statesmen try to (5) _____________ about peace. Through television, home viewers can see and learn about people places and things all over the world. TV even takes its viewers out of the world. It brings them coverage of American's astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space. II. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks. (2.0 pts) WATER There’s much more water than land on the (1) _____________ of the earth. The seas and oceans cover nearly (2) _____________ of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (3) _____________ land. If you traveled over the earth in different directions, you would have to spend (4) _____________ more of your time (5) _____________ on water that on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that for every mile of land (6) _____________ four miles of water. There’s so much water in the surface of our earth that we (7) _____________ to use two words to