Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp thành phố môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2020-2021 - Phòng GD và ĐT Thành phố Sầm Sơn (Có đáp án)

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1. PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ THÀNH PHỐ SẦM SƠN NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC LỚP 8 - THCS Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề gồm có 5 trang) SECTION A: LISTENING HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU * Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau khoảng 15 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu. PART I. Listen to a tourist office assistant’s talking about a City Bus Tour and fill in the missing information in the numbered space. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS NEEDED. City Bus Tour Booking Form: Number of passengers: Two Passenger name(s): Susan Field and James (1) ___ Contact telephone number: (2) ___ Hotel: (3) ___ Bus tour time: (4) ___p.m Bus tour date: (5) ___ PART II. Listen to a teenager talking about looking for a house and decide whether each of the following statements is True (T) or False (F). 6. They decided to look for another housemate because their house was too big for them. 7. Melanie was one of the three people who replied to the advert. 8. The speaker complains that she has to cook every evening. 9. The girls don’t enjoy looking after the garden. 10. The girls are going to look for a house together next year. PART III. Listen to three short scenes and choose the correct answers. 11. The phone call between Zara and Libby ends at ___. A. three o’clock. B. ten past three. C. ten to three. D. three minutes to ten. 12. How does Zara describe the relationship between Anna and Mike? A. They don’t see each other very often. B. They are going out together. C. They’ve split up. D. They argue a lot, but they like each other. 13. Who is Zara expecting to receive a text message from after the rehearsal? A. Libby. B. Mike. C. The director of the show. D. Her dad. 14. What did Libby ask Mike when they spoke on the phone? A. Whether he liked ballet. B. Whether he wanted to meet up for a coffee. C. Why he had phoned her. D. Whether he had heard from Anna. 15. How many times has Mike seen ballet shows? A. He has seen once. B. He has seen twice. C. He has seen three times. D. He has never seen. 1
2. SECTION B: PHONETICS Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. 16. A. thunder B. sunbathing C. breathe D. southern 17. A. debate B. depress C. deputy D. decrease 18. A. changed B. laughed C. travelled D. preferred Question II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. (2 points) 19. A. invite B. artist C. enjoy D. contact 20. A. minority B. communicate C. oppology D. comfortable SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 points) Question I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. 21. Mr. Mathew has been working in a bank .ten years. A. for B. in C. since D. during 22. Mr. Pham always goes to work ___ a bus. A. with B. in C. by D. on 23. John fancies living in the city he works in the countryside. A. although B. since C. therefore D. so 24. .the boy is! He has scored fifty goals so far. A. How quickly B. How skillfully C. How skillful D. How tall 25. It is about time we ___ our house. It smells very bad. A. clean B. are cleaning C. cleaned D. have cleaned 26. Tom: “Do you mind if I use your phone?” - Sue: “ ___”. A. Not at all. Help yourself. B. You can say that again. C. Yes, certainly. D. Yes, I think OK. 27. Do you know ___ girl sitting next to Tom? A. a B. an C. the D. no article 28. Neither the director nor his assistant ___yet. A. have come B. hasn’t come C. has come D. haven’t come 29. I telephoned the station to make ___of the time of the train. A. true B. real C. right D. sure 30. The prefix “re-“ in the word “reuse” means ___ A. again B. against C. for D. no Question II. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form and tense. 31. The train F12 to Mong Cai (leave) ___ at 2 a.m next Saturday. 32. Nick: Your hair looks nicer! Bob: I (have) ___it cut. 33. I would rather (take) ___ care of when I get older. 34. I (be)___ you, I would help your mom with her housework. 35. Mr Hoanh is always busy (garden) ___ . 36. There is someone behind me. I think I (follow) ___ . 37. We (have) ___ a picnic to Ha Long, but the Covid 19 caused us to cancel it. 38. This time next year, we ( study) ___ at Vin School. Question III. Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form. 39.The teacher was ___ ill. SERIOUS 40. They plant many trees along the roads to make shade and to ___ the city. BEAUTY 41. Remove dead leaves to encourage new ___. GROW 42. The thief got into the house easily because the door was left ___. LOCK 43. The increase in population has led to ___ in many cities. CROWD 2
3. 44. Sam was accused of stealing some ___documents from the safe. CONFIDENCE 45. David said that it was ___ that led him to the failure. LAZY Question IV. Identify one mistake in each sentence, write it down and give your correction. 46. Everybody loves her because she is very kind with animals. 47. She refused to tell us why was she crying. 48. The Eiffel Tower has designed by the French civil engineer Alexander Gustave Eiffel for the Paris World’s Fair of 1889 49. A five - thousand - dollar reward were offered for the capture of the escaped criminals. 50. The mean of transport he often uses is taxi. SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION Question I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space When Linh was younger, she liked to go to school (51) ___ than anything. She used to study every day and even tried harder when preparing for exams. In class, she listened attentively (52) ___ lectures and (53) ___ her teachers’ questions perfectly. That was why she often performed well in exams and appeared in the list of “Top 10 Students” of the school. She was much (54) ___ at learning languages than any (55) ___ subjects. At the age of fifteen, she could (56) ___ two foreign languages, English and French, quite fluently. Her dream (57) ___ to become a successful diplomat. Unfortunately, her father died in a car accident when she was a first-year student at university. She had to quit school to help her mother (58) ___ care of her family. Nevertheless, she continued studying by (59) ___ and tried her best to graduate (60) ___ the Institute of International Relations at the age of 30. She is now the director in the Department of Foreign Affairs. She says “the more I try, the more I see the meaning of life”. Question II. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space. “A Kid in King Arthurs Court” is directed by Michael Gottlieb. The main (61) ___ in the film is a teenager called Calvin Fuller. Calvin is (62) ___ Thomas Ian Nicholas. This film is a modern retelling of Mark Twain’s (63) book Connecticut Yankee. Calvin lives in California, USA. He is a very shy boy and he is not very good at sports. At the beginning of the film, Calvin is playing baseball when there is a (64) earthquake. A hole opens in the ground and Calvin falls through it. He lands in the past, in the (65)___ of King Arthur. Calvin meets King Arthur and Merlin, the wizard. King Arthur is played by joss Ackland and Merlin is played by Ron Moody. They think that Calvin is (66) because he plays them modern music on his CD player and he shows them (67) to make rollerblades and a mountain bike. Calvin is trained to be a knight and he becomes more (68) ___. Calvin helps King Arthur to beat his enemy, Lord Belasco, and then Merlin sends Calvin back to the future. Calvin finds himself back in the baseball game, (69) ___ this time he wins the game. The special effects in A Kid in King Arthur’s Court are very good. Michael Gottlieb is a great director and the actors’ performances are good. The film is funny and (70) ___. It’s a comedy, a drama, and an action film all in one. 61. A. author B. name C. character D. actress 62. A. played B. did C. made D. created 3
4. 63. A. classify B. class C. classic D. classical 64. A. terrify B. terrible C. terrifying D. terribled 65. A. period B. decade C. moment D. time 66. A. amazed B. amazing C. amaze D. amazes 67. A. what B. whatever C. how D. which 68. A. confident B. confidence C. confide D. confided 69. A. although B. but C. despite D. even 70. A. excite B. excited C. excites D. exciting Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions below. An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. Air pollution requires a very flexible definition that permits continuous change. When the first air pollution laws were established in England in the fourteenth century, air pollutants were limited to compounds that could be seen or smelled - a far cry from the extensive list of harmful substances known today. As technology has developed and knowledge of the health aspects of various chemicals has increased, the list of air pollutants has lengthened. In the future, even water vapor might be considered an air pollutant under certain conditions. Many of the more important air pollutants, such as sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides, are found in nature. As the Earth developed, the concentration of these pollutants was altered by various chemical reactions; they became components in biogeochemical cycles. These serve as an air purification scheme by allowing the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. On a global basis, nature's output of these compounds dwarfs that resulting from human activities. However, human production usually occurs in a localized area, such as a city. In such a region, human output may be dominant and may temporarily overload the natural purification scheme of the cycles. The result is an increased concentration of noxious chemicals in the air. The concentrations at which the adverse effects appear will be greater than the concentrations that the pollutants would have in the absence of human activities. The actual concentration need not be large for a substance to be a pollutant; in fact, the numerical value tells us little until we know how much of an increase this represents over the concentration that would occur naturally in the area. For example, sulfur dioxide has detectable health effects at 0.08 parts per million (ppm), which is about 400 times its natural level. Carbon monoxide, however, has a natural level of 0.1 ppm and is not usually a pollutant until its level reaches about 15 ppm. 71. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The economic impact of air pollution. B. What constitutes an air pollutant. C. How much harm air pollutants can cause. D. The effects of compounds added to the atmosphere. 72. The word "adversely" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ___. A. negatively B. quickly C. admittedly D. considerably 73. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ___. A. water vapor is an air pollutant in localized areas B. most air pollutants today can be seen or smelled C. the definition of air pollution will continue to change D. a substance becomes an air pollutant only in cities 74. The word "These" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to___. A. the various chemical reactions B. the pollutants from the developing Earth C. the compounds moved to the water or soil D. the components in biogeochemical cycles 75. For which of the following reasons can natural pollutants play an important role in controlling air pollution? 4
5. A. They function as part of a purification process. B. They occur in greater quantities than other pollutants. C. They are less harmful to living beings than other pollutants. D. They have existed since the Earth developed. 76. According to the passage, human-generated air pollution in localized regions ___. A. can be dwarfed by nature's output of pollutants B. can overwhelm the natural system that removes pollutants C. will damage areas outside of the localized regions D. will react harmfully with natural pollutants 77. The word "localized" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ___. A. specified B. circled C. surrounded D. encircled 78. According to the passage, the numerical value of the concentration level of a substance is only useful if ___. A. the other substances in the area are known B. it is in a localized area C. the natural level is also known D. it can be calculated quickly 79. The word "detectable" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to___. A. beneficial B. special C. measurable D. separable 80. The word "noxious" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to___. A. poisonous B. natural C. known D. essential SECTION E: WRITING Question I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it. 81. Not many people came to his wedding party. → There was ___. 82. Go to the international ticket desk immediately on arrival. → As ___. 83. It’s difficult for older people to learn a language. → Older people have ___. 84. Though Mr. Matt helps Mrs. Lan much, she is seldom grateful to him. → Much ___. 85. Your silly questions distracted me. → You drove ___. Question II. Finish each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the sentences printed before it, using the word given. DON’T CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. 86. The girl was so weak that she couldn’t keep on working. GIRL → She was such ___. 87. It took us five hours to get to Hai Phong. SPENT → We ___ . 88.Yoss did not come to class yesterday. FROM → Yoss was ___ . 89. This problem cannot be solved instantly SOLUTION → There is ___ . 90. Would you mind not smoking in here? SMOKE → I’d rather you ___. Question III: Paragraph writing. Many people think that living in the city is wonderful. Do you agree with them? Write a paragraph of about 150 words to express your opinion. ___ THE END ___ 5
6. PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THÀNH PHỐ SẦM SƠN MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 - THCS NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021 A. ĐÁP ÁN SECTION A: LISTENING (15 pts) PART I. Listen to a tourist office assistant’s talking about a City Bus Tour and fill in the missing information in the numbered space. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS NEEDED. (5pts) 1.Carter 2.07988636197 3. Riverside 4. 2.00/2 / two 5. 14th August (Hotel) PART II. Listen to a teenager talking about looking for a house and decide whether each of the following statements is True (T) or False (F).(5 pts) 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.T 10. T PART III. Listen to three short scenes and choose the correct answers. (5pts) 11.C 12.A 13.D 14.A 15. D SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 points) Question I. 16. A 17. C 18. B Question II. 19. B 20. D SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 points) Question I. 21. A 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. C 26. A 27. C 28. C 29.D 30. A Question II. 31. leaves. 32. Have had .33. be taken. 34. Were I 35. gardening . 36. am being followed . 37. Was going to have. 38. will be studying Question III. 39. seriously 40. beautify 41. growth 42. unlocked 43. overcrowding 44. confidential 45.laziness Question IV. 46 47 48 49 50 Mistake With was she Has were mean Correction To she was has been Was means SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 points) Question I. 51. more 52. to 53. answered 54. better 55. other 56. speak 57. was 58. take 59. herself 60. from Question II. 6
7. 61. C 62.A 63.C 64.B 65.D 66.A 67.C 68. A 69.B 70.D Question III. 71B 72A 73C 74D 75A 76B 77A 78C 79C 80A SECTION E: WRITING (20 points) Question I. 81. There was poor attendance to his wedding party. 82. As soon as you arrive, go to the international ticket desk. 83. Older people have difficulty (in) learning a language. 84. Much as Mr. Matt helps Mrs. Lan, she is seldom grateful to him 85. You drove me to distraction with your silly question. Question II. 86.She was such a weak girl that she couldn’t keep on working . 87. We spent 5 hours getting to Hai Phong . 88. Yoss was absent from class yesterday. 89. There is no instant solution to this problem. 90. I would rather you did not smoke in here. Question III: Paragraph writing Making scheme: The impression mark should be based on the following scheme 1. Format: 2pts (Coherence, cohesion, style) The paragraph includes 3 parts: a. Introduction : shoud be put in one paragraph in which students’ points of view are clearly expressed. b. Body: should consist of from two or three paragraphs. Each paragraph must have a topic sentence, reasonings and examples/explanations. c. Conclusion: summarize the main reasons, students’ comment. 2. Contents: 5pts A provision of main ideas and details as appropriate to support the argument. Note: - Students can totally agree/ disagree or partially agree. - Students can give their opinon right in the introduction or discuss the issue and give his/her own opinion in the conclusion. 3. Language: 3pts (grammatical accuracy, a wide range of vocabulary and structures) B. HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM - Tổng điểm toàn bài là 100 điểm, mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm - Cách quy đổi điểm bài thi về thang điểm 20: Điểm bài thi = Tổng số câu đúng 5 - Điểm bài thi được làm tròn đến 0,25 ___ THE END ___ 7