Đề thi kiểm tra chất lượng học sinh giỏi cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2010-2011 - Trường THCS Tam Đa (Có đáp án)

Trường THCS Tam Đa

Tổ Ban Chung

Đề thi kiểm tra chất lượng học sinh giỏi cấp huyện

Năm học 2010 - 2011

Môn: Tiếng Anh 8

Thời gian 90 phút

I. Listen the passage and fill each blank with a missing word. Then answer the questions (4pts)

My village is about 50 kilometers (1)………………… the Tuyen Quang Town center. It is a very beautiful and (2)……………place where people (3)…………………flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for its pretty rose and picturesque(4)………….The air is quite(5)………………;however, the smell of the roses makes people(6)……………..cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (7)………………. .Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (8)……………..much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can (9)……………………………..along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the (10)....................................

* Answer the questions

1.What do people do for living? …………………………………………………………………………………………...........

2. What does the village look like in spring? …………………………………………………………………………………………...........

3. What can people do at night? …………………………………………………………………………………………….......

II/ LANGUAGE FOCUS :

Part 1. Choose and circle the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence: (4pts)

1. The weather is warm enough for us ________________

A. going out B. to going out C. go out D. to go out

2. Bell started ________________ with ways of transmitting speech.

A. experiment B. experimenting C. to experimenting D. experimented

3. She is too _______________ to speak and laugh in front of other people.

A. shy B. active C. humor D. interested

4. He finally _______________ the decision to go abroad.

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A. came up B. came C. came with D. came up with

5. The women sang the song _______________

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautifully

6. There is ____________________________ on TV tonight.

A. an action movie interesting B. a action movie interesting

C. a interesting action movie D. an interesting action movie

7. Tell me ___________________________________

A. why do you like coffee and bread? B. why you like coffee and bread.

C. why do you like coffee and bread. D. why you like coffee and bread?

8. What is Mary doing, mom? – She is looking at __________ in the mirror.

A. her B. hers C. she herself D. herself

9. I can’t remember ____________________ when I was young.

A. what life was like B. how life was like

C. what life was D. how life was

10.He was a Scotsman although he later ________________ Canada.

A. moved B. emigrated to C. lived to D. born in

11.Mary used to do all the chores ______________________ still ten years old.

A. when she is B. because she is

C. when she was D. because she was

12.She is speaking __________ because she is having a sore throat.

A. soft B. softly C. well D. fast

13.Could you ___________ me a favor? – How can I help?

A. give B. make C. do D. bring

14.How long ______________________ here? – Since last year.

A. do you live B. did you live C. have you live D. have you lived

15.The rope is ___________________ the snake.

A. as long as B. long than C. so long as D. is much longer

16.Can I speak to Mary, please? – Please ________________.

A. wait the phone B. hold on C. stay there a minute D. keep the phone

17.TV is bringing not only information ______________ entertainment.

A. and also B. and C. but also D. also but

18.Let’s go home now. It’s _______________ and darker.

A. darker B. was darker C. gets darker D. getting darker

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