PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN LỚP 8

KỲ ANH NĂM HỌC 2022- 2023

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Đề thi có 8 trang)

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 Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.

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(Bằng số) (Bằng chữ) (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) (Do chủ tịch hội đồng ghi)
Giám khảo 1:

Giám khảo 2

SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 1: Listen to Chloe talking to a man about a sailing holiday. Listen and choose the correct
answer: A, B or C. There is ONE example (0).
0. Chloe wants to go to...............
A. Italy B. Sweden C. Switzerland
1. How many times has Chloe been sailing before?
A. never B. once C. twice
2. How much can Chloe spend?
A. £300 B. £380 C. £450
3. Chloe will go in...........
A. August B. September C. October
4. Chloe would like to sail on............
A. a lake B. the sea C. a river
5. How does Chloe want to pay?
A. by cheque B. with cash C. by credit card
YOUR ANSWER:
0. A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: You will hear some information about a cinema. Listen and complete questions 1-5. You will
hear the information twice.
CINEMA
Name of cinema: North London Arts Cinema
Next week’s film: (6)....................................Meeting
From Monday to (7).....................
Times: 6:45 p.m and (8).................
Student ticket costs: (9) £....................................
Nearest car park: (10).....................................Street.

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 Part 3. Listen to Susie talking to her friend Matt about going to the cinema. Listen and choose the
best answer.
11. Which film will they see?
A. Sunny Day B. Field of Green C. Heart of Gold D. Heart of God
12. They are going to the cinema ………
A. by the market B. in the shopping centre
C. opposite the park. D. opposite the bank
13. How will they get there?
A. by car B. on foot C. by bus D. by coach
14. Matt should meet Susie at ……….
A. 3.45 B. 4.15 C. 4.20 D. 4.50
15. The cinema tickets will cost ………
A. £ 5.50 B. £ 5.15 C. £8.00 D. £ 6.20
YOUR ANSWER:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

SECTION II: PRONUNCIATION

Part 1. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the others in each group.
1. A. surround B. source C. account D. plough
2. A. mutual B. question C. feature D. partial
3. A. occupation B. occasion C. shake D. natural
Part 2. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress
in each of the following questions.
4. A. encounter B. memory C. agency D. influence
5. A. remember B. quality C. occasion D. terrific
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION III: LEXICO – GRAMMAR

Part 1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence.
6. The wife of the fisherman was very _____when she demanded for bigger and bigger things.
A. kind B. generous C. greedy D. fierce
7. Our telephone has been ________for three weeks.
A. out of line B. out of touch C. out of order D. out of place
8. I think country life is so boring and ___________ because you’re not close to shops and services.
A. unhealthy B. inconvenient C. comfortable D. peaceful
9. Which one do you prefer, life in the ____________ area or life in a modern town?
A. far B. further C. distance D. remote
10. We can use_____________ for talking only, not for sending text messages.
A. landline phone B. mobile phone C. smart phone D. video
11. Farmers today often use weed-killers to ________ the weeds in the fields.
A. get rid of B. get out of C. get away with D. get in the way with
12. It's silly of him to spend a lot of money buying __________________ .
A. a thick wooden old table B. a thick old wooden table
C. an old wooden thick table D. a wooden thick old table
13. If I _________ in your position, I would refuse to take part in the game.
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 A. am B. were C. have been D. be
14. We must go now, __________ we will get stuck in the traffic.
A. or else B. so that C. although D. in order that
15. _______ you give the answer,________ marks you can get.
A. The quicker / the better B. The more quickly / better
C. The quickest / the best D. The more quickly/ the better
16. Liz is telling Andrew about her first novel.
Liz: "Guess what? My first novel has just been published”. - " Andrew: "______"
A. It's my pleasure. B. Congratulations!
C. Better luck next time! D. It's very kind of you.
17. The number of participants of the international conference ________ still increasing.
A. are B. be C. is D. were
18. – Foreigner: “Can you show me the way to the nearest Internet cafe?” – Nga: “___________.”
A. Yes, it’s quite near here B. Turn left and then turn right
C. Three kilometers from here D. It’s very far
19. The piece of work is urgent and must be done without delay.
A. gradually B. immediately C. efficiency D. previously
20. Mrs. Smith decided to give up her job for the ________of her children.
A. case B. sake C. reason D. concern
Your answer:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 2. From four underlined parts, choose the one that needs correction then correct it.
21. The children prefer playing with sand on the beach more than swimming in the sea.
A B C D
22. My sister enjoys to be able to meet a lot of interesting people during her holiday.
A B C D
23. Since the volcano last erupted, many houses have built on its slopes.
A B C D
24. Your marks in English are low although you don’t study hard enough.
A B C D
25. Most young people prefer the city as there isn’t many to do in the country.
A B C D
Your answers:
Mistake Correction
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.

Part 3. Fill in each gap the most suitable preposition. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
26. Jessy has been absent___________ school very often lately.
27. They were accused _____________ contaminating the water in the area.

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28. Most of the streets in our city were named ____________ national heroes.
29. Children should be aware _________ the environmental issues we’re facing.
30. She’s come up ________ amazing new ideas to help protect the environment.
Your answers:

26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Part 4. Read the text and then give the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete
the gaps.
LEISURE AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
With the development of fast motorway systems in many countries, once remote parts of the
countryside are (31. INCREASE) __________ becoming (32. ACCESS) ____________to people who
live in towns and cities. In many parts of the world, rising (33. PERSON) ____________incomes have
resulted in mass (34. OWNER) ____________ of motor cars at a time when people have more leisure time
to fill.
This means that there is a lot of (35. PRESS) ___________ on the countryside to accept a growing
number of visitors. In Britain, for example, the (36. NATION)___________ parks are used by more than
one hundred million people annually.
In (37. ADD) __________, similar numbers visit areas that do not enjoy the same level of (38.
PROTECT) ____________. Some people regard this invasion of the countryside as (39. DESIRE)
____________and they have begun campaigning to try and save some aspects of (40.
TRADITION)___________ rural culture.
Your answers:

31. 32. 33. 34.

35. 36. 37. 38

39. 40.

SECTION IV: READING

Part 1. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
The giant panda is a bear that lives in central China. It is special because of its black and white fur. Pandas
belong to the most (1)____________ species of our world. About 2000 pandas live in the wilderness and
300 live in (2) _________ zoos around the world.
Recently, there have been (3) _________ in many countries to save the giant panda. The animal has been
driven away from its natural habitat because of deforestation, intensive farming and the creation of new (4)
_____________.
The giant panda can reach a height of up to 1.5 metres and weigh up to 150 kg. Pandas have bodies like
bears, but scientists do not know why they grow a thick black and white fur. It keeps them warm during the
cold winter months and the white color protects them from possible enemies in the snow-covered
mountains in which they live. Pandas have large teeth, which they need to eat bamboo, their (5) ________
food. Because it is low in nutritional value it does not give pandas much energy to move around for longer
periods of time.
Giant pandas can live up to 20 years in the wilderness and 30 years in zoos. They start (6) __________
between 4 and 8 years of age. When panda cubs are born, they are very tiny, only about a thousandth the
size of the mother, and blind. Like all mammals, they get their food from their mother, whom they stay
with for up to three years before being able to (7) _________ alone.

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Pandas have been an important (8) ________ throughout history. They first became known in the western
world during the middle of the 19th century. In the 1960s, the Chinese government (9) _________ it had to
do something to protect the giant pandas from becoming (10) _________. Since then they have set up 40
reserves in which the animals are protected.
1. A. dangered B. danger C. endangered D. dangerous
2. A. various B. range C. often D. fewer
3. A. elections B. campaigns C. operations D. battles
4. A. settlements B. settle C. settlers D. settling
5. A. basic B. important C. first D. major
6. A. copying B. producing C. reproducing D. repeating
7. A. last B. outlive C. continue D. survive
8. A. nature B. species C. kind D. sort
9. A. moved B. realized C. gathered D. achieved
10. A. extinct B. dead C. vanished D. disappeared
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2. Fill in each space in the following passage with one suitable word.
The 2015 Nepal earthquake, which (11) _________________ more than 8,000 people and injured
more than 18,000, occurred at 11:56 on 25th April. The earthquake (12) _________________ about twenty
seconds. Its epicenter was the village of Barpak, Gorkha district, and its hypocenter was at a depth (13)
_________________ approximately 15km. It was the worst (14) _________________ disaster to strike
Nepal since the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake.
Hundreds of thousands of people became (15) __________ when their houses collapsed, entire
villages were flattened. Many old buildings were completely (16) ____________. The country also had a
continued risk of landslides.
Two other powerful earthquakes struck Nepal at 06:11 and 06:45. The (17) ___________ earthquake
measured 7.9 Mw and its epicenter was identified at a distance of 80km to the northwest of Kathmandu, the
capital of Nepal. Bharatpur was (18) ____________ nearest major city to the main earthquake, 53km from
the epicenter. The second one was somewhat less powerful (19) ___________ the first one. It occurred
65km east of Kathmandu. These (20) ___________ were really terrible.
Your answer:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 3. Read the following text then choose the best phrase from A-G to fill mead of the gaps. There
is one extra phrase you don’t need to use. Write your answers on the numbered blanks. There is an
example at the beginning.
Example: 0-G
A. brought the language with them
B. was made up of many other languages
C. spoke the protolanguage were farmers
D. studied words from over 80 languages
E. belonged to the core of that language
F. can be linked to an original shared language
G. have developed from one single language, a protolanguage

Languages are related. English, French, Russian and Spanish are members of the Indo-European
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language family that (0) _____G_____ Nearly half of the world’s population speaks an Indo-European
language as a first language.
In an attempt to create a linguistic family free and trace the original language experts selected and (21)
___________ . English, like most European languages, has borrowed words from French, Greek, Latin and
Italian. There is, however, a core of original English words that (22)_________. Researchers made sure the
select words weren’t borrowed from another language but (23) _____________ .
The results of the research surprised linguists who until recently believed that tribes from central
Asia (24)__________ when they traveled west about 6,000 years ago. The original shared language is older
than that. According to this research, people from Anatolia must have been speaking the original Indo-
European language over 9,000 years ago, long before these tribes invaded Europe. The people who (25)
_____________ who invented agriculture. The first words of this protolanguage described vegetables, fruit
and agricultural technology.
Your answer:
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Part 4. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the following
questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Have you ever been cycling? This spring my elder brother and I left the busy city and spent a long
weekend cycling in the countryside. Our average speed was only around 14 kph, but that didn't matter.
We hadn't come to break any speed records, or to get fit and healthy. All we wanted was some fresh air
and a break from schoolwork. My bike only once went more than 30 kph, and that was when I raced my
brother down the only hill on our route.
We really enjoyed cycling along flat, traffic-free country paths. There was plenty of spring sunshine, but
it was quite cold, especially in the morning. We didn't mind, though - and we soon warmed up as we
rode along. Our only problem was when my brakes started making a terrible noise. But I didn't mind as it
gave us an excuse to visit a cafe while a helpful bike mechanic had a look at it.
That was one of the best things about our rout: every few kilometres there was a village where we could
find everything we needed. All the local people were really friendly, too. However, most places we
stopped at served chips with the meals, which soon got fairly boring.
One night we were woken at 4a.m. by a group of rugby fans singing loudly in the hotel corridor. We
were tired and bad-tempered when we set off the next morning and very nearly got lost, but soon felt
more cheerful when the sun came out. That's what I like about cycling - it's simple and it's fun. If you're
looking for a short break that's active and cheap, then cycling is a great choice!

26. What is Chris Jones doing in this text?

A. describing the different places he saw while cycling
B. comparing cycling to other forms of exercise
C. suggesting places to stay on a cycling holiday
D. recommending cycling as a good type of holiday
27. What do we find out about Chris's bike?
A. It wasn't as good as his brother's. B. It was too old to go fast.
C. It needed attention at one point. D. It had trouble going up hills.
28. Chris was pleased because .
A. he and his brother had chosen a good route.
B. he felt much healthier than before he began his trip.
C. he met other people who keen on cycling.
D. he went away at the best time of year for cycling.
29. What did Chris dislike about his trip?
A. breaking down B. the food C. the weather D. getting lost
30. What might Chris say in a postcard to a friend?
A. " I'm having a great holiday, spending lots of time in friendly cafes and enjoying being by myself
for once!"
B. "I'm having really fit cycling so fast up and down the hills in this part of the countryside"
C. I'm pleased to be away from cars and lorries for a change. Having a good time, despite some
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 problems."
D. I'm enjoying cycling with my brother this weekend, and staying at a very quiet hotel in this
countryside.
Your answers:

26 27 28 29 30

SECTION V: WRTING
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible
in meaning to the original sentence.
1. Lucy hasn’t seen his aunt since August.
-> The last __________________________________________________________
2. “I’m really sorry that I woke you up this morning, Harry.”, said Chris.
-> Chris apologized ___________________________________________________
3. We couldn’t carry out our project because it rained heavily.
-> Because _________________________________________________________
4. My brother won’t go travelling this summer if he doesn’t find a companion.
-> Unless my brother _________________________________________________
5. As soon as we had entered the house, the thunderstorm broke.
-> Hardly ___________________________________________________________
6. In some cases, lightning can result in wildfires.
-> In some cases, wildfires _____________________________________________
7. She couldn’t afford to buy the car.
-> The car was ______________________________________________________
8. Living in a big city is more convenient than living in a village.
-> It’s _____________________________________________________________

Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each answer and DO
NOT CHANGE the word given.
9. It’ll be lovely to attend your wedding this spring. FORWARD
-> I am ___________________________________________ your wedding this spring
10. The Polynesians used the stars to find their way from island to island. ENABLED
-> The stars _____________________________________ their way from island to island.
11. I travelled through France for a week. SPENT
-> I ___________________________________________ France
12. Nam caught a cold yesterday, so he was absent from school. DOWN
-> Nam was absent from school yesterday __________________________________cold
13. May we borrow your ladder for half an hour? MIND
-> Would you your ladder for half an hour?
14. It was not a good idea for you to refuse the offer of that job. TURN
-> You should not that job.
15. She is proud of her cooking. PRIDES
-> She_________________________________________ her cooking.

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 Part 3. Write an essay on the following topic.
“Secondary school students need no more self-study at home because studying hard at school is
enough.” Do you agree with this saying or not? Write an essay about 150-180 words to express your
idea.

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