Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 TP SẦM SƠN - THANH HOÁ 2022-2023.docx ✅

1 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THÀNH PHỐ SẦM SƠN ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 08 trang) KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ NĂM HỌC 2022-2023 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề PART A: LISTENING (15 points) Part 1. You will hear an interview with a teenager called Amy Manero, who is talking about her interest in music, particularly jazz piano. Choose the correct answer from A, B, or C for each question. You will hear the recording twice. 1. When did Amy have lessons with a piano teacher? A. at the age of four. B. before she started secondary school. C. after getting advice from her school music teacher. 2. How did Amy feel at her first big public event? A. excited because she was wearing a wonderful costume. B. nervous because it was her first time on stage. C. surprised because the audience was very big. 3. What does Amy say about playing jazz with the school band? A. She put lots of effort into learning about it. B. She was better at it than the rest of the players. C. She enjoyed it as soon as she started. 4. Amy gives piano lessons so that she can _____________. A. help people who couldn’t normally afford them. B. encourage lots of young people to play the piano. C. improve her own playing technique. 5. Why does Amy write a blog on the internet? A. to get some experience for becoming a journalist. B. to tell people about her daily life as a musician. C. to recommend events for people to go to. Part 2. You will hear a boy, called Adam, telling his class about a hot air balloon flight he went on. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS. You will hear the recording twice. ADAM’S HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT 6. The flight in the balloon lasted _____________. 7. Adam could see as far as the _____________ from the balloon.

3 25. When shall we meet: at 7.30 or 8.00? – I don’t mind _____________. A. either time B. neither of them C. both time D. neither time 26. The programme on TV attracted millions of _____________. A. audience B. spectators C. viewers D. witnesses 27. Florida, _____________ the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year. A. is B. known as C. is known as D. that is known as 28. Never before _____________ such a wonderful sight. A. I have seen B. I had seen C. I saw D. have I seen 29. He was _____________ speaker. A. so good a B. what a good C. so a good D. how good a 30. The teacher _____________ against talking to strangers. A. recommended B. suggested C. advised D. said 31. My grandfather was a lovely person who _____________ pleasure from helping others. A. derived B. gathered C. deduced D. collected 32. - Hoa: “Would you mind my smoking?” - Mai: “_____________” A. OK B. Sorry, I can’t. C. No. Please go ahead. D. I’d rather you didn’t. 33. _____________ his advice, I would have never got the job. A. Except B. Apart from C. But for D. As for 34. I met _____________ one-eyed man at the gate. A. the B. an C. a D. no article 35. _____________ at his lessons, he couldn’t catch up with his classmates. A. Hardly as he worked B. Hard as he worked C. Hard as he does D. Hard as he was Question II. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write the answers on your answer sheet (5 pts). 36. He prefers driving to (drive) _____________. 37. It’s essential that he (arrive) _____________ before seven. 38. I’d rather you (not wear) _____________ jeans to the office. 39. My little sister (read) _____________ Sleeping Beauty several times. 40. I (improve) _____________ my English-speaking skills, I would easily get that job. Question III. Supply the correct form of the words in capital. Write the answers on your answer sheet