Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 THẠCH THÀNH - THANH HOÁ 2023-2024.docx ✅

1 PHÒNG GD&ĐT THẠCH THÀNH ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi gồm có 08 trang) KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8 Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày khảo sát: 26/3/2024 PART A: LISTENING (15 pts) Part I. You will hear a conversation between Jake and Ashley about clothes Jake might need in his trip. Listen carefully and answer the following questions. You will listen twice. (5 pts) 1. What does the man plan to wear during the summer months? A. a cool hat B. casual shoes C. light pants 2. What is one thing the man is NOT going to pack for the winter season? A. a coat B. some sweaters C. a jacket 3. What is the weather like in the spring? A. It’s windy. B. It’s rainy. C. It’s cool. 4. What is an example of an occasion where the man might need formal clothes? A. a party B. a business meeting C. a wedding 5. What did the man wear to his high school graduation? A. jeans and tennis shoes B. a casual shirt and tie C. a suit and dress shoes Part II. You will hear a conversation between a boy and a girl about their planning. Listen carefully and True or False? You will listen twice. (5 pts) 6. They will visit the zoo first in the morning. 7. They choose a restaurant downtown for lunch. 8. The girl is interested in going shopping. 9. They have much cash, so they do not need to use their credit card. 10. They intend to down to the seashore. Part III: You will hear a man called Ben, from a young people’s organisation, telling a youth group about a course they can do on Saturdays. Fill in the missing information with no more than one word/number. You will listen TWICE. (5 pts) Saturday course Name of Ben’s organisation: (11) _____________ Aim of course: Discovering (12) _____________ Closest course location for this group: (13) _____________
2 Length of course: (14) _____________ weeks Examples of activities we will do:  Learn how to climb  Cut up wood  Make a (15) _____________  Design a bird house to take home. PART B: PHONETICS (5 pts) Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (3 pts) 16. A. written B. addicted C. beehive D. skipping 17. A. laughed B. watched C. weighed D. finished 18. A. afternoon B. blood C. book D. cook Question II: Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others. (2 pts) 19. A. happiness B. important C. employment D. relation 20. A. behave B. relax C. enter D. allow PART C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Question I: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence. (10 pts) 21. _____________ at his lessons, he couldn’t catch up with his classmates. A. Hard as he worked B. Hardly as he worked C. Hard as he does D. Hard as he was 22. We are destroying our environment by adding more _____________ to it. A. pollutes B. pollutants C. pollutives D. pollutions 23. Everyone has to follow this way to get into the fair, _____________? A. do they B. don’t they C. has they D. hasn’t they 24. The Historical Museum is becoming _____________ crowded. A. much and more B. much and much C. more and more D. more and much 25. _____________ he failed in the entrance exam caused his family much sadness. A. Which B. That C. The thing D. What 26. This book is _____________ that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time.
3 A. so interesting B. so interested C. such interesting D. too interesting 27. Anna: - "Mr. Adams is going to retire next month." David: - “_____________” A. Oh, I have no idea C. You don't say! B. Congratulations! D. Right, you’d probably be the next. 28. Go on. Tell me the gossips. I’m all _____________. A. full B. head C. eyes D. ears 29. He is surprised _____________ that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country. A. to understand B. to study C. to know D. find 30. One hundred dollars _____________ an big amount of money for her. A. is B. are C. were D. is being Question II: Supply the correct form of the word in capital letters. (8 pts) 31. You must _____________ the answer you choose. DARK 32. Her hair is _____________, not bright red. RED 33. The giant panda is a(n) _____________ species DANGER 34. He gave his students _____________ to leave the classroom. PERMIT 35. It’s _____________ of motorists to drink and drive. RESPONSIBILITY 36. Leisure habits won’t change much in the _____________ future. SEE 37. We must learn about keeping the environment _____________. POLLUTE 38. The children living in this village are very _____________. STUDY Question III: Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. (7 pts) 39. I‘ve decided (stop) _____________ smoking. 40. By the time we get there, I’m afraid the meeting _____________ (end). 41. Tony and Jane (not talk) _____________ to each other since their quarrel yesterday. 42. The structure _____________ (recognise) by UNESCO is our local man-made wonder. 43. But for his help, she (not complete) _____________ the project so sucessfully. 44. It is advisable that Mary _____________ (go) to the gym everyday to get over her depression. 45. Mr. Green had his house (paint) _____________ last month. Question IV. Find and correct one mistake in each of the following sentences. (5 pts) 46. I went to every play at the local theater so far this year. A B C D
4 47. The driver of the car was serious injured in the accident. A B C D 48. Each of the students have answered the first three questions. A B C D 49. Having leisure activities are truly important to the elderly. A B C D 50. Is she accustomed to doing her homework by her? A B C D PART D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts) Question I: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space. (10 pts) LEARNING HOW TO LEARN There is usually one important (51) _____________ missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (52) _____________ how to organize their learning and how to (53) _____________ the best use of their time. Let’s take some simple examples. Do you know how to (54) _____________ up words in the dictionary?, and do you understand all the information the dictionary contains? Can you (55) _____________ notes quickly, and can you understand them (56) _____________? For some reason, many schools give learners no help with these matters. Teachers ask students to (57) _____________ pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don’t explain (58_____________ to do it. Learning by heart can be useful, but it is important to have a genuine (59) _____________ of a subject. You can (60) _____________ a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject! 51. A. theme B. book C. subject D. mark 52. A. taught B. learnt C. educated D. graduated 53. A. take B. give C. get D. make 54. A. find B. look C. research D. get 55. A. do B. send C. take D. revise 56. A. after B. afterwards C. lastly D. at last 57. A. concentrate B. remind C. forget D. memorize 58. A. how B. what C. why D. it 59. A. information B. success C. understanding D. attention 60. A. pass B. waste C. tell D. use Question II: Fill in each blank of the following passage with only one suitable word. (10 pts)