Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 THỌ XUÂN - THANH HOÁ 2024-2025 (LẦN 2).pdf ✅

1 PHÒNG GD &ĐT THỌ XUÂN TRƯỜNG THCS LÊ THÁNH TÔNG THI KHẢO SÁT HSG LỚP 8 – LẦN 2 NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – THCS Thời gian: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề (Đề thi gồm 08 trang) SECTION A: LISTENING (15pts) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU • Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần. • Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. PART I. Listen to a telephone conversation. Complete the form by using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer. (5pts) SILVER TULIP HOTEL Number of nights: 1 Type of room: Double – king-sized bed Name: (1) Edward _____________ Home address: (2) _____________ Avenue, Cambridge Postcode: (3) _____________ Transport: (4) _____________ Meals: Breakfast Date of arrival: (5) Friday _____________ PART II. Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (5pts) 6. In a speech to Congress in 1916, the US President Kennedy asked the nation to put a man on the moon. 7. The astronauts on board of the spacecraft were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. 8. On July 20th, 1969 Michael Collins became the first man on moon. 9. Armstrong and Aldrin spent two hours on the moon's surface. 10. An American flag was left on the moon's surface. PART III. Listen to another talk and complete the sentences by circling letter A, B, C or D.(5 pts) 11. What is Liam’s main job? A. to check the bikes are safe. B. to clean the ramps. C. to do demonstrations. D. to teach young people about BMX. 12. Which area did Liam not have training in? A. giving medical attention. B. cooking hamburgers.
2 C. food hygiene. D. basic accounting. 13. Why did Debbie volunteer the second time? A. to be more competitive in the job market. B. to help other people. C. to complete her degree course. D. to learn how to train volunteers. 14. Which sport did Debbie not volunteer to help with? A. cricket B. swimming C. table tennis D. football 15. What do both of them say? A. it’s important to pay people to work in sport. B. volunteers are often exploited. C. they love volunteering. D. volunteers are essential for sport. SECTION B : PHONETICS I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (3 pts) 16. A. action B. national C. partial D. question 17. A. connect B. comfort C. computer D. contest 18. A. cough B. though C. rough D. tough II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (2 pts) 19. A. medical B. restaurant C. remember D. government 20. A. electrical B. interesting C. necessary D. beautifully SECTION C: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences by circling A, B, C or D. (15 pts) 21. Typhoons, floods or droughts can easily _____________ a harvest. A. finish B. destroy C. provide D. defeat 22. My friends usually enjoy my _____________ of humor. A. sense B. kind C. means D. form 23. - Mother: “Could you do me a favor?” - Kate: “_____________.” A. No, thanks. I’m fine B. Yes, that’s kind of you C. Yes, sure D. Yes, thank you 24. So little _____________ about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me. A. I have known B. I knew C. do I know D. did I know 25. It was _____________ serious accident that he was kept in hospital for a month. A. such B. such a C. so D. so a

4 46. I’m very bored. My mother always (complain) _____________ about her housework. 47. Fred would like (admit) _____________ to the college. 48. Phone me after 8 o’clock. We (finish) _____________ dinner by then. 49. There is someone behind me. I think I (follow) _____________. 50. His personal problems seem (distract) _____________ him from his work lately. IV. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Underline and correct it. (5 pts) 51. We won’t get to the airport in least than 30 minutes. 52. Your grandfather and I are delighting that you passed your English exam. 53. We believe that she feels very badly about her mistake. 54. One of the most urgent problem facing us now is the need to control population growth. 55. Thanks to the timely laws, some elephant populations, especially that in southern Africa, have recovered over the last decade. SECTION D : READING I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. (10 pts) People are destroying the Earth. The seas and rivers are too dirty (56) _____________ swim in. There is (57) _____________ much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to (58) _____________ in many of the world’s cities. On one well known city, for examples, poisonous gases from cars (59) _____________ the air so much that policemen have to wear oxygen masks. We (60) _____________ cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of wasteland all over the world. As a (61) _____________, so many farmers in parts of Africa can not (62) _____________ enough to eat. In some countries in Asia, (63) _____________ is so little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside wild animals are quickly (64) _____________. For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many for them to survive. However, it isn’t so simple to talk about the (65) _____________, We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it. Join us now! II. Read the passage below and then circle the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts) Have you ever been to Britain? I’ve dreamed of going there (66) _____________ I was a little girl and finally, (67) _____________ the spring of 2012, it happened. I was there three weeks and (68) _____________ much of that time soaking up the culture, history, and scenery of this incredible island. I visited several districts in England, Wales and Scotland and even (69) _____________ a site trip to Ireland. Every place I went to seemed to be more interesting and more beautiful (70) _____________ the last. The tour I was with began in London. Of all the sights I saw there, the Tower of London was the most