PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH LỚP 8 CẤP HUYỆN

THẠCH HÀ NĂM HỌC 2020 – 2021

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Ngày 15 tháng 4 năm 2021
Lưu ý: → Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kể tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.
→ Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các ô cho sẵn ở cuối các phần.
→ Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D vào ô cho sẵn.
→ Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
Điểm của toàn bài thi Các giám khảo Số phách
(Bằng số) (Bằng chữ) (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) (Do Trưởng Ban ghi)
Giám khảo 1:

Giám khảo 2:

(Đề này gồm 8 trang)

A. LISTENING
I. Listen and fill in the form with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER. You
will listen to the tape TWICE. Write your answer in the numbered boxes.

Name: Julliet A. Eastman

Age: (1)_____________________________________ years old.
Hair: (2)_____________________________________
Eyes: blue
Height: (3)_____________________________________
Occupation: (4)_____________________________________
Likes: going out, eating out, sports, swimming
Wants to meet someone who is (5)_____________________________________
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

II. Listen and choose the best answer. You will listen to the tape TWICE. Write your
answer in the numbered boxes.
1. The man is selling his science book, Today's World for ___________.
A. $13 B. $30 C. $33
2. Why is the woman surprised by the price of the science book?
A. She thinks that the book is in pretty bad condition.
B. She feels that she can find the book cheaper on the Internet.
C. She says that the textbook is an old copy.
3. Which book does the woman NOT buy?
A. an English writing textbook B. a math textbook C. a novel

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4. The man's textbook on marriage is called, Finding the Perfect _____________.
A. Friend B. Partner C. Someone
5. Why does the man want to study cooking?
A. He wants to learn to cook because he lives on his own.
B. He wants to major in hotel management in the future.
C. He has a friend who's taking the same class.
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

B. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others. Write your answer in the numbered boxes.
1. A. machine B. character C. champagne D. parachute
2. A. enough B. extremely C. generous D. planet
3. A. exhausted B. vehicles C. honesty D. humorous
4. A. brown B. however C. know D. town
5. A. beloved B. crooked C. booked D. naked
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. Write your
answer in the numbered boxes.
1. A. annoy B. enough C. lucky D. afraid
2. A. parade B. orphan C. cartoon D. trainee
3. A. convenient B. interesting C. dangerous D. beautiful
4. A. musician B. museum C. romantic D. colorful
5. A. celebration B. technology C. photography D. ability
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answers to complete the sentences. Write your answer in the numbered
boxes.
1. ________ communications include emails, texts, memos, letters, documents, reports,
newsletters, spreadsheets, etc.
A. Oral B. Visual C. Non-verbal D. Written
2. The waves of the_________ were so huge that it destroyed everything on the beach.
A. tornado B. hurricane C. tsunami D. earthquake
3. Since 2005, India__________ the world’s largest English-speaking population.
A. has B. is having C. had D. has had
4. You’d better go to bed early tonight. The plane__________ at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning so
we’ll have to be up by 4.30!
A. will leave B. leaves C. leave D. is leaving
5. The Statue of Liberty, an American Symbol of freedom, __________ in France.
A. actually made B. was actually made C. has actually made D. makes actually
6. Air pollution has many effects_________ the environment and living organisms.
A. in B. of C. for D. on
7. After a severe storm, there is often_________ along the shore that will need to be removed.
A. waste B. debris C. lava D. junk
8. _________ plastic takes so long to break down, it pollutes the land and water.
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A. Even though B. While C. Since D. Because of
9. If I had the chance to take part in an international summer camp, I_________ very excited.
A. am B. was C. will be D. would be
10. _________ do earthquakes usually last? - Less than one minute.
A. How strong B. How long C. How often D. How far
11. “A hurricane is heading toward our home town.” - “_________”
A. That’s a relied. B. How interesting! C. Glad to hear. D. Oh my God!
12. Air ……………, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today.
A. pollute B. pollution C. polluting D. polluted
13. I’d rather you ______ with me for some days.
A. staying B. to stay C. stayed D. will stay
14. My grandmother used to _________her younger brother when great grandparents were
out.
A. look up B. look after C. look down D. look for
15. The ruler _________of plastic is Lan's.
A. making B. made C. makes D. which made
16. “Modern technology saves us lots of time.” - “__________”
A. Sure. It can’t be denied. B. OK. That’s all.
C. I can’t agree with you more! D. Not completely all.
17. Vivian said that she__________ Jim at the supermarket the previous day.
A. was meeting B. had met C. would meet D. was going to meet
18. The boy _______ long hair was talking to the woman who was __________ red.
A. with/in B. of/at C. in/with D. at/of
19. The doctors are examining the dog ___________ the child for rabies, which is a dangerous
disease ___________ immediate treatment.
A. bitting/required B. bitten/required C. bitten/requiring D. bitting/requiring
20. Letters were a common___________ of communication prior to the electronic age.
A. skill B. means C. channel D. System
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

II. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answer in the numbered
boxes.
1. A natural disaster can cause________ of life or property damage. (lose)
2. ________appeal to the government to enact laws to stop factories from discharging toxic
chemicals into the sea. (environment)
3. She was really greatful to me for my useful ________ . (assist)
4. He is sure to have an accident because he drives very ________. (care)
5. ________, he failed the exam. (fortunate)
6. Indonesia orders immediate_________ as highest alert issued for Bali volcano. (evacuate)
7. A three-________ object can be measured in three different directions. (dimension)
8. The duty of the police is the ________ of law and order. (maintain)
9. Is the Loch Ness Monster a real or__________ creature? (legend)
10. The radiation leak has had a________ effect on the environment. (disaster)
Your answer

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 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. Write
your answer in the numbered boxes.
1. I suggested that your sister takes his advice to treat her cough.
A B C D
2. Since studying hard, he didn’t fail his exam last year.
A B C D
3.The bridge was hitting by a large ship during a sudden storm last week.
A B C D
4. One of the most urgent problem, facing us now is the need to control population growth.
A B C D
5. Tom has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t, neither.
A B C D
6. The Australian flag consists a dark blue field with the Union Jack and six white stars.
A B C D
7. While the smartphone revolution has made our lives easily, it has also made us lazy.
A B C D
8. Mai, together with her elder sisters, are going to pay a visit to one of the most beautiful
cities.
A B C D
9. Because of the hurricane we have told not to leave the building under any circumstances.
A B C D
10. Ken was the second person visiting his mother in hospital.
A B C D
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV. Fill in the gap with a preposition to complete the sentences. Write your answer in the
numbered boxes.
1. My father gave _________ smoking two years ago. Now he doesn’t smoke anymore.
2. The government hopes to carry _________ its plans for introducing cable TV.
3. When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to cut ________ the gas
supply to the flat.
4. I was born in Scotland but I grew ________ in Northern Ireland.
5. Everyone can take part _________ this school activity.
6. Do you want to stop in this town, or shall we go _________?
7. Nga takes _______ her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair, too.
8. Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get on well _______ his boss.
9. My father still hasn’t really recovered ________ the death of my grandmother.
10.It took him a long time to get ________ the death of his wife.
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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D. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answers. Write your answer in the
numbered boxes.
BLUE JEANS.
Levi Strauss, a young ____1____ from Germany, arrived in San Francisco in 1850.
California was in the middle of the Gold Rush, thousands of men were coming to California
to dig for gold. And Levi Strauss came to sell canvas to these ____2____. Canvas is heavy
fabric. So Levi Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents.
One day Strauss heard a miner ____3____ that he couldn’t find clothes ____4____ for the
work he was doing, Strauss got an idea. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it
____5____ pants. These were pants ____6____ the miners needed. In one day Strauss sold all
the pants he had made.
Strauss wanted to improve his pants. He wanted to ____7____ them even better. He
bought a fabric that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes,
a city in France, and ____8____ serge de Nimes. The miners liked this fabric. They called it
“denim” (from de Nimes) and bought even more pants from Strauss.
However, denim had ____9____. Because of this the denim pants did not look
interesting and they got dirty easily. To solve these problems, Strauss made the denim blue.
Strauss continued to improve his jeans. Today, the company he started is known
around the world ____10____ not just practical but very fashionable as well.

1. A. immigrate B. immigrant C. immigrated D. migrate

2. A. gold mines B. gold mining C. gold miners D. mining gold
3. A. complain B. tell C. ask D. talk
4. A. enough strong B. strong enough C. strength D. strength enough
5. A. from B. for C. into D. to
6. A. that B. what C. which D. No word is needed
7. A. do B. make C. carry D. work
8. A. calling B. to call C. was called D. which called
9. A. colorful B. colorless C. no color D. color
10. A. considered B. regard C. seen D. thought
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. Read the text then choose the best option to answer the sentences. Write your answer in
the numbered boxes.
Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was God. Other people thought it was just a
light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball cheese!
The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They
wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there.
On July 20th, 1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their
names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon
is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those
were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for
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 The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth
for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things that people
wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.
Next day the landing craft roared as the men took off the moon. They joined Michael
Collins in the spaceship that wait for them above the moon. Then they were off on their long trip
back to earth.
Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines
they had set up. And they left footprints that may last forever.

1. This story tells …………….

A. about the first men to walk in the moon
B. how men found footprints on the moon
C. what the men brought back from their trip to the moon
D. who had left footprints on the moon before the two men landed there.
2. A telescope ………………
A. make balls of light seem brighter B. turns the moon into another world
C. makes many of men’s dreams come true D. makes faraway things seem closer
3. The men brought rocks and dirt from the moon because …………
A. they wanted something to show they were there
B. people wanted to use them to learn about the moon
C. they wanted to keep them as souvenirs
D. they might sell them to the scientists
4. The Americans’ machines will most likely stay on the moon until …………
A. someone takes them away B. a storm covers them with dust
C. rain and wind destroy them D. they become rusty and break to pieces
5. The next people who go to the moon most likely could ………
A. find that the machines have disappeared
B. leave the first set of footprints on the moon
C. find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked
D. find that dust has wiped off the two men’s footprints
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

III. There are FIVE blanks in the passage below. From the options given in the box, choose
the most suitable for each blank. There are THREE EXTRA OPTIONS that you do not
need to use. Write your answer in the numbered boxes.
A. moreover, you will be asked to discuss E. regard geology as an academic subject
B. not necessarily the Earth F. enjoy the geological museum
C. earthquakes and volcanoes G. that is relevant to everyday life
D. however, you will discover that H. and more importantly, the moon

To many people, the word “geology” conjures up a rather dull image of lumps of rock in
glass cases. People tend to (1) ________ that you don’t need to know about unless you have to
study it at school. If you visit the Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, (2)
________ this image couldn’t be further from the truth.
The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest
in a subject (3) ________ . The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum
upside down literally because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-
topped atrium. As you enter, you ride up to the top of this by escalator. On the way, the escalator
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planet, (4) ________ . Once at the top, you work your way down through the six different
exhibitions that make up the museum.
The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as (5) ________ as well as
looking at the Earth’s energy resources and where our most common building materials come
from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology.
Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

E. WRITING
I. Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first one. Write
your answer in the numbered boxes.
1. His parents made him study hard for his exam.
à He was made ________________________________________________________________.
2. We spent two hours getting to London.
àIt took ______________________________________________________________________.
3. I haven’t seen my sister since 2000.
à I last ______________________________________________________________________.
4. I really don’t want to tidy my room right now.
à I don’t feel _________________________________________________________________.
5. Everyone heard about the accident before I did.
à I was the____________________________________________________________________.
6. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
à It’s ________________________________________________________________________.
7. “ You’d better not lend that man any more money, Mary” said John.
àJohn advised ________________________________________________________________.
8. Although Bill took a taxis, he still arrived late for the concert .
à Despite ____________________________________________________________________.
9. Don’t you regret not learning to swim ?
à Don’t you wish _____________________________________________________________?
10. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.
à Had _______________________________________________________________________.

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II. Essay:
Nowadays more and more students use smart phones in the classroom. Do you
think it is good for student? Why/Why not?
Write an essay about 200 words to express your idea.

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