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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI THÁNG 1
NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
Môn Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không tính thời gian giao đề)
-------------------------------------(Đề này gồm 5 trang)

A. LISTENING. (1.0/10)
TASK 1
People are calling home while they are on vacation. Listen and choose the word (A, B or C)
that describes each person
1. Jill :

A. worried

B. excited

C. upset

2. Sean:

A. relaxed

B. happy


3. John ……………………….

A. has some news

A. lost his wallet

B. was in a dangerous situation

B. lost his ticket

C. wants to ask a favor

C. will be coming back on time

2. Sean ………………….

4. Rachel ………………………

A. isn’t having a good time

A. has good news

B. has met someone interesting

B. needs help

C. needs money

C. to tell her friend aobut a health problem
5. Mary ……………

D. naked

3.

A. position

B. bottle

C. product

D. opposite

4.

A. tidy

B. prize

C. written

D. final

5.

A. event

B. end

C. market



D. activity

4.

A. wonderful

B. traditional

C. arrangement

D. attractive

5.

A. harvest

B. perform

C. council

D. ancient

III. Choose the best option to complete each sentence.
1. I will return you the book as soon as I_______ reading it.
A. finishing

B. finish

C. finished

5. They _______from Canada to America to find work.
A. started

B. demonstrated

C. delivered

D. emigrated

C. him to rest

D. that he rest

6. Doctor insists _______ for a few days.
A that he is resting

B. his resting

7. The number of cars on the road _______.
A. increase

B. is increasing

C. are going to increase

D. are

increasing
8. _______bacon and eggs every morning.



IV. Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify and correct the mistakes.
1. Keep the cheese freshly by wrapping each one individually.
A

B

C

D

2. What is the most important thing in really life?
A

B

C

D

3. Da Lat is known like a city of pines, waterfalls and flowers.
A

B

C

D

4. The river bank was covered by weed.


D

8. In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman had someone designed a Christmas card.
A

B

C

D

9. His illness is probably because stress.
A

B

C

D

10. Jack asked his boss could he have a day off.
A

B

C

D


(6) ___________ their diet. And when they have lost a few pounds are they

7. HAPPY

really any (7) _______. Is it really a fact of life that slim women are the

8. ATTRACT

only really (8) _______ ones? No, in some parts of the world a husband

9. SHAME

would be(9) _______ to be seen with a thin wife. Nevertheless, if a woman

10. DECIDE

really has a slimming problem, there is only one (10) _______ to make: Eat
Less

C. READING (2.5/10)
I. Choose the most suitable answer from the four options marked A, B, C, or D to complete
each of the numbered gaps in the passage below.
In the waters around New York City is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty
Island there is a very special statue called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the most (1) _______
sights in the world.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift (2) _______ the people of France to the people of the
United States. The statue was made by a French (3) _______ named Fredric Auguste Bartholdi.
The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous
Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Liberty, of course, (4) _______ freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United


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4. A. indicates

B. points out

C. clarifies

D. means

5. A. organize

B. commemorate

C. celebrate

D. hold

6. A. taken

B. brought

C. broken

D. torn


D. scenes

II. Complete the passage with the suitable words.
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) _________ how to fly or play the piano.
There (2) ____________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this:
learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know”
something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________ know. For example, it is
not enough simply to read a book on (5) ___________ to fly an aeroplane. A (6) ___________
can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7)
____________without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8)
____________ .The same is true of (9) ____________the piano. So you think it is enough simply
to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) ____________ first?
III. Read the following directions on medicine and ointments, and then write true (T) or
false (F) for each sentence below.
PARATECIL TABLETS
For headache, colds and influenza
Dose: (Unless told otherwise by a doctor)
Adults and children over 12 years: one to two tablets
Take the tablets three or four times daily every four hours.
Don’t continue to take the tablets for more than three days. If you do not get better
after this time, see your doctor.
Do not take more than the dose.
Keep the tablets in a safe place because they can be dangerous to young children.
ANTI-STING
For insect bites and stings. Help to prevent pain and itching.

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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI THÁNG 1
NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8

A. LISTENING (1.0/10)
TASK 1
Câu

2

3

4

5

2. B. happy

3. C. worried

4. B. sick

5. A. upset

0.1

0.1

0.1


0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Đáp án

1
1. B. excited

Điểm
TASK 2:

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4.0/10)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (0.5)
Câu

1

2

3

4



2

3

4

5

Đáp án

A

B

C

A

B

Điểm

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

B

D

C

D

D

B

C

A

C

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Điểm

0.1

0.1

0.1

9. C. because -> because of

5. B. worst -> worse

10. C. could he -> if he could

V. Use the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete each sentence. (10)
1. WEIGHT

2. DAILY

3. ENDLESS

4.

5. AVAILABLE

DISCUSSIONS
6.

7. HAPPIER

8.

DISORGANIZING

9. ASHAMED

10. DECISION


3-of

4-you

5-how

6-book

7-fly

8-yourself

9-playing

10-practice

III. Read the following directions on medicine and ointments, and then write true (T) or
false (F) for each sentence below. (0.5)
1. T

2. T

3. F

4. F

5. T

D. WRITING (2.5/10)
I. Complete these sentences in such a way that they remain unchanged from the original


A variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the level of English

0.5

language for middle-secondary school students.
Presentation

Coherence, cohesion, and style appropriate to the level of English

0.5

language for middle-secondary school students.
Total: 10

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