Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 YÊN LẠC - VĨNH PHÚC LẦN 4 2022-2023.docx ✅

1 TRƯỜNG TH&THCS HỒNG PHƯƠNG ĐỀ THI KS HSG CẤP TRƯỜNG LẦN 4 MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8, NĂM HỌC 2022-2023 Thời gian làm bài 120 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề. A. LISTENING Part 1. You will hear a radio interview with a ballet dancer called Elena Karpov, who is talking about her life and career. For each question, put a tick in the correct box. 1. Elena decided to become a dancer when she was ___________. A. seven B. nine C. eleven 2. At ballet school in New York, Elena ___________. A. was the only student from Bulgaria. B. found learning the language hard. C. learned to be independent. 3. What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella? A. Children will enjoy it B. The music was unfamiliar to her. C. She saw it when she was a child. 4. In her free time, Elena likes to ___________. A. go sightseeing B. go to clubs C. go shopping 5. What does Elena often do for her fans? A. She gives them a flower. B. She signs one of her photographs. C. She sends them a free ticket. 6. What does Elena like best about her job? A. appearing on television B. doing something she loves C. travelling to different countries Part 2. You will hear a group leader talking to some students who are going to visit an important athletics event in Birmingham. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. Athletics Championships Date of college trip: 15th of (7) ___________. It’s the largest single sports competition in (8) ___________. The number of national teams take part in is: (9) ___________.
2 Number of sports people who will compete: (10) ___________. How the group will travel to Birmingham: by (11) ___________. They don’t hire coach because of the (12) ___________. What group members must take on that day: (13) ___________. Name of the website page: (14) ___________. The day that other details will be available to students is on: (15) ___________. B. PHONETICS. I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each group. 1. A. author B. other C. there D. they 2. A. forest B. control C. product D. ecology 3. A. industry B. translate C. construction D. satisfy 4. A. baggage B. courage C. damage D. invasion 5. A. advantage B. addition C. advertise D. adventure II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 1. A. deposit B. festival C. institute D. resident 2. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting 3. A. interview B. industry C. essential D. difficult 4. A. extreme B. generous C. lonely D. clothing 5. A. friendly B. extra C. along D. orphanage C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY. I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. 1. The stolen jewels were ___________ a lot of money. A. valued B. cost C. priced D. worth 2. ___________, after trying three times, he passed the examination. A. Lastly B. Last of all C. Last D. At last 3. I don’t see any ___________ in arriving early at the theatre. A. cause B. point C. reason D. aim 4. The children loved ___________ the old castle. A. discovering B. exploring C. hunting D. detecting 5. This is the oldest building ___________ the village.
3 A. of B. by C. in D. to 6. These figures show a ___________ in the number of unemployed people in England and Wales. A. loss B. lessening C. reduction D. lowering 7. ___________ scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply. A. Late B. Later C. Latter D. Lately 8. After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ___________. A. hardly B. in difficulties C. with difficulty D. hard 9. You will have to ___________ your holiday if you are too ill to travel. A. put off B. cut down C. put out D. put up 10. At four o’clock Mr Hutchinson still had some ___________ to do in the garden. A. work B. job C. effort D. task 11. He is a specialist ___________ modern Vietnamese literature. A. of B. at C. for D. in 12. David has not seen Linda for fifteen years and has ___________ of her address. A. no idea B. nothing C. no thought D. no mind 13. The population of the world is growing at an alarming ___________. A. rate B. measure C. step D. cost 14. After Freddie ___________ school, he joined the army. A. finishing B. finishes C. had finished D. has finished 15. Don't go too fast! I can't ___________ up with you. A. go B. walk C. run D. keep II. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. 1. Were it to rain heavily, we (stay) ___________ at home. 2. I do not understand why Hue (always forget) ___________ her umbrella. 3. His mother, together with her friends, (just arrive) ___________ at the station. 4. Not only Tom (visit) ___________ us but he also brought us many presents. 5. There is no point in (complain) ___________ about your son if you can do nothing (help) ___________ him. 6. It was my fault to keep you waiting so long. I (inform) ___________ you in advance. 7. The virus (know) ___________ as MERS has spread enough for the WHO to say the situation is now more serious and urgent. 8. Taylor Swift (name) ___________ among Forbes' 2015 list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World recently.
4 9. They suggest that the heater (repair) ___________ before winter comes. 10. He spent his money as if he ___________ (win) a lottery. III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. There is growing evidence that urbanization as a sharp impact on (1) ___________, causing changes that (2) ___________ wreak havoc on precipitation patterns that supply the precious resource of water. The heavy amounts of heat and pollution rising from cities (3) ___________ delay and stimulate the fall of precipitation, depriving some areas of rain while drenching others. Cities are (4) ___________ average one to ten degrees warmer than surrounding underdeveloped areas. Cities also produce large amounts of (5) ___________ called aerosols, gaseous suspensions of dust particles or byproducts from the (6) ___________ of fossil fuels. Both heat and aerosols (7) ___________ the dynamics of clouds. When hoisted (8) ___________ in the sky, the microscopic particles act as multiple surfaces on which the (9) ___________ in clouds can condense as tiny droplets. This can prevent or delay the formation of larger raindrops that fall more easily from the sky, (10) ___________ it can cause the rain to fall in another location. D. READING I. Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D that best fits each of the blank spaces. MARKETS In practically any country in the world, you are (1) ___________ to find a market somewhere. Markets have been with us since (2) ___________ times, and arose wherever people need to exchange the goods they produced. For example, a farmer might have exchanged a cow for tools. But just as times have (3) ___________, so have markets practices. So, (4) ___________ in early times the main activity (5) ___________ with markets would have been ‘bartering’- in (6) ___________ words exchanging goods – today most stall holders wouldn’t be too (7) ___________ on accepting potatoes as payment, for instance, instead of cash. In contrast, what might be a common (8) ___________ in a modern market in some countries is a certain amount of ‘haggling’, where customer and seller eventually (9) ___________ on a price, after what sometimes be quite a heated debate. However, behavior which is expected in a market in one country may not be acceptable in another. Even within one country, there may be some markets where you could haggle quite (10) ___________ and others where it would be advisable not to try. 1. A. inevitable B. confident C. sure D. definite 2. A. ancient B. antique C. old D. past 3. A. changed B. turned C. developed D. differed