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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8
HUYỆN QUẢNG XƯƠNG NĂM HỌC: 2022- 2023
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 28 tháng 12 năm 2022
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm 05 trang)

PART A: LISTENING (15 pts)

Part 1: Courtney is describing her recent trip. Are these statements true or false? (5 pts)
True False
1. She went to New York by herself.
2. She had been to New York before.
3. She thought New York would be dangerous.
4. They ate ethnic food.
5. She thought New York was very expensive.

Part 2: You are going to listen to a conversation with a woman who wants to join an
international social club. Listen and complete the form. (5 pts)
International
Social Club
Application form
Name: Jenny Foo
Age: 21
Nationality: (6) …………………..……
Address: (7) ………………………..…, Road Bondi
Mobile phone: (8)…………………………
Occupation: (9)………………………………….
Free time interests: (10)……………………..………

Part 3: You are going to listen to a supervisor talking to a group of new nurses at a large
hospital. Listen and choose the best option (A, B, or C) to answer each of the following
questions. (5 pts)
11. According to Debbie, why do some people fail to eat a balanced diet?
A. They don’t know how to cook.
B. They don’t have enough time to cook.
C. They don’t feel hungry enough to cook.
12. Debbie recommends that staff should keep fit by
A. Using a gym.
B. Taking up a new sport.
C. Changing some daily activities.
13. Which benefit of exercise does Debbie think is most important?
A. It helps you sleep.
B. It keeps your heart healthy.
C. It improves mental skills.
14. What advice does Debbie give the nurses about health and safety?
A. To avoid drinking coffee.
B. To use the canteen at night.
C. To take regular breaks.
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15. When she talks about hygiene, Debbie asks the nurses to
A. Wash their hands regularly.
B. Keep away from germs.
C. Help with the cleaning

PART B: PHONETICS (5 pts)

Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others. (3 pts)
16. A. mention B. question C. action D. education
17. A. populated B. loaded C. harvested D. lived
18. A. community B. computer C. museum D. customs
Question II: Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others.
(2 pts)
19. A. protection B. addicted C. computer D. goldfish
20. A. skateboard B. sticker C. adore D. leisure

PART C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)

Question I: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each
sentence. (10 pts)
21. She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.
A. came into B. went leisurely C. dropped by D. went quickly
22. Not a good movie, ________?
A. did it B. didn’t it C. was it D. wasn’t it
23. Don’t worry, everything is ________ control.
A. under B. without C. in D. at
24. Many people become________ because of the natural disasters every year.
A. homeland B. homesick C. homeless D. homework
25. The man ________ without trace.
A. disappeared B. disappearing C. appeared D. appearing
26. Stop now, you’ve done ............................ work for one day.
A. too many B. plenty C. quite more D.quite enough
27. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a ________
A. up B. fee C. fare D. commission
28. It was ________ serious accident that he was kept in hospital for a month.
A. such B. such a C. so D. so a
29. It must be true. I heard it straight from the ________ mouth.
A. dog’s B. horse’s C. camel’s D. cat’s
30. Peter: "Thanks for your help, John."
John: "________ "
A. With all my heart B. Never remind me C. It's my pleasure D. As you wish
Question II: Supply the correct form of the word in capital letters. (8 pts)
31. He is a bad manager in that factory and everyone is attempting to ________ him.
FAME
32. A ________ lifestyle has its advantages and disadvantages. NOMAD
33. My brother has been a stamp ________ for several years. COLLECT
34. Ants and bees are described as __________ insects. INDUSTRY
35. The first time I tried out my new bike I ________ and felt off. BALANCE
36. Encouraging children to eat and drink ________ is very important. HEALTH
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37. Please give ________ to that charity to help the homeless afer the flood.GENEROUS
38. The baby slept very ________ because the bed was really comfortable. SOUND
Question III: Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following
sentences. (7 pts)
39. Were it to rain heavily, we (stay) ___________ at home.
40. At 10 o’clock tomorrow he (work) ___________ in his office.
41. The gate (lock) ___________ at 6.30p.m everyday.
42. Carol appears (lose) ___________ some weight.
43. You will get used to (eat) ___________ with chopsticks soon, Mary.
44. Peter, together with his family members, (visit) _____ Opera House three times this year.
45. The presents (send) ___________ to me on my birthday were very precious but I didn’t like
them anymore.
Question IV: There are FIVE mistakes in the text (from 46 to 50). Identify each mistake, write it
down and give your correction. (5pts)
Line
1 The whale are the larger mammal in the world. Although the whale is shaped like a
fish, why is it still considered a mammal? The fact is that the whale did live on land
long time ago. However, during its thousand of years of living in water, the whale
gradually become structured like a fish. Thus, the whale has adapted to marine life.
5 Nevertheless, though the whale resembles the fish externally, it still has the
characteristics of a mammal.
One important difference among the whale and a fish is that the baby whale is born
alive. It is not hatched from an egg. Furthermore, the baby whale is fed on their
mother’s milk just like other mammals.
Example: line 1: Are - is

PART D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)

Question I: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase
for each space. (10 pts)
KATE FESTIVAL
Kate Festval is (51) __________ by the Cham people for 3 days at the beginning of
October. This event is held in a large space in the three Champa Towers (Po Nagar, PoKlong Garai
and Po Rome). The main purpose of the festval is to (52) __________ their heroes like to Po
Klong Garai and Po Rome. (53) __________, the festval is a chance for the local people to relax,
meet and wish one another (54) __________ in the future. This is one of the biggest and most
important events of the Cham people in Vietnam. (55) __________, it is a good opportunity for the
visitors to explore the (56) __________ in the Cham culture, from architecture to costumes,
instruments and traditonal songs that are used to praise their kings in the past. The Kate festval in
each tower starts at the same tme on the same day, and the day afer, villages and family begin to
hold their own rites. During the rite, the people (57) __________ their ancestors and gods with the
help of a shaman, and then pray (58) __________ health and prosperity. The actual festvals (59)
__________ afer the rites. It is a combinaton of traditonal music and dance, including some
actvites (60) __________ performances of Ginang Drum and Saranai Flute or the traditonal dance
of Cham girls.
51. A. organize B. organized C. hold D. being held
52. A. Commemorate B. see C. watch D. love
53. A. However B. Nevertheless C. Therefore D. Moreover
54. A. Lucky B. happy C. fortune D. dream
55. A. However B. Therefore C. Because D. Although
56. A. beautful B. Beautfully C. charm D. charming
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57. A. Call B. ask C. shout D. speak

58. A. to B. about C. of D. for
59. A. take place B. take places C. take part D. take the place
60. A. Such B. so C. like D. like as
Question II: Fill in each blank of the following passage with only one suitable word. (10 pts)
Everybody knows that the hamburger is a very__________ (61) America food. However,
people in the United States learned to make hamburgers __________ (62) Germans. The Germans
got the idea from Russia.
In the thirteenth century the Tartar people from Central Asia __________ (63) to Russia and
parts of Europe. They __________ (64) something like hamburger meat, but it was raw. This raw
meat was beef, lamb, goat meat or horsemeat. Soon the Russians started to eat raw meat,
__________ (65) Germans from Hamburg and other northern cities learned to eat this food from
the Russians . __________,(66) they added salt, pepper, a raw egg, and then cooked it.
Between 1830 and 1900 thousands__________ (67) Germans went to live in the United
States. They took the hamburger with __________ (68). People called it hamburger steak. In 1940
at the World’s Fair in St. Loui (a city on the Mississippi River ) a man from Texas sold hamburger
steak in roll. Then people could eat it __________ (69) their hands, like a sandwich. This was the
first real hamburger __________ (70) the hamburger we eat today.
Question III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A,B,C,D. (10 pts)
Increasing numbers of parents in the U.S. are choosing to teach their children at home. In
fact, the U.S. Department of Education has estimated that in 1999, about 850,000 children were
being homeschooled. Some educational experts say that the real number is double this estimate,
and the ranks of homeschooled children seem to be growing at the average rate of about eleven
percent every year.
At one time, there was a theory accounting for homeschooling: it was traditionally used for
students who could not attend school because of behavioral or learning difficulties. Today,
however, more parents are taking on the responsibility of educating their own children at home due
to their dissatisfaction with the educational system. Many parents are unhappy about class size, as
well as problems inside the classroom. Teacher shortages and lack of funding mean that, in many
schools, one teacher is responsible for thirty or forty students. The children are, therefore, deprived
of the attention they need. Escalating classroom violence has also motivated some parents to
remove their children from school.
Although there have been a lot of arguments for and against it, homeschooling in the U.S.
has become a multi-million dollar industry, and it is growing bigger and bigger. There are now
plenty of websites, support groups, and conventions that help parents protect their rights and
enable them to learn more about educating their children. Though once it was the only choice for
troubled children, homeschooling today is an accepted alternative to an educational system that
many believe is failing.
71. The past participle “homeschooled” in the first paragraph is best equivalent to “_____at
home”.
A. taught B. self-learned C. untaught D. self-studied
72. This estimated number was presented by _____.
A. a governmental office B. school teachers
C. the parents D. homeschooled children
73. According to some experts, the exact number of homeschooled children in the US in the last
year of the 20th century must be _____.
A. 1,600,000 B. 850,000 C. 1,900,000 D. 1,700,000
74. Parents can teach children at home with the support of __________.
A. The internet, conventions along with support groups
B. support groups, teachers and websites
C. documents, websites and support groups
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D. books, support groups and the Internet

75. More parents teach their children because they completely _____ the current educational
system.
A. please with B. object to C. appeal to D. approve of
76. The word “arguments” at the beginning of the third paragraph can be best replaced by
“_____”.
A. rows B. quarrels C. viewpoints D. discussions
77. The attitude of the author towards homeschooling can be best described as _____.
A. acceptable B. favorable C. remarkable D. unfavorable
78. The number of parents who want to teach their own children in the U.S. is _____.
A. remaining unchanged B. remaining the same
C. going up D. going down
79. Many parents stop their children from going to school because it is now too _____ for them.
A. explosive B. expensive C. dangerous D. humorous
80. Which is the best tittle for the passage?
A. Reasons for Homeschooling in the USA.
B. The Trend of homeschooling in the USA.
C. Homeschooling- one of the ways of education in the USA.
D. Education system in the USA.

PART E: WRITING (20 pts)

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. Peter said: “I will leave here for Hue tomorrow.”
 Peter said that ........................................................................................
83. It’s difficult for older people to learn a language.
 Older people have ……………………………………………………..
84. His rude behavior is too much for me.
 I can’t put ………………………………………………………………
85. The mountain route is obviously dangerous, but there is no alternative.
 Dangerous ……………………………………………………………..
Question II. Finish each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the
sentence printed before it, using the word given. DON’T CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN
86. When the Minister was asked about the strike, he declined to comment. ASKED
 On ............................................................................................................
87. As she grows older, she becomes increasingly cheerful. MORE
 The older…………………………………………………………………
88.Yoss did not come to class yesterday. FROM
 Yoss was .....................................................................................................
89. This problem cannot be solved instantly. TO
 There is .......................................................................................................
90. Would you mind not smoking in here? SMOKE
 I’d rather you…………………………………………………………….....
Question III: Paragraph writing. (10 pts)
Some people say that using mobile phone at school is good for students. Do you agree or
disagree? Write a paragraph of about 150 -180 words to support your opinion.

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