Lớp 8 - Đề thi Olympic trường Amsterdam 2011 môn tiếng Anh
SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HÀ NỘI – AMSTERDAM
ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC HÀ NỘI - AMSTERDAM 2011
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8
Ngày thi: 25/3/2011
Thời gian:60phút.
(Đề thi gồm 4 trang. Học sinh làm bài vào đề. Không được sử dụng tài liệu và các loại từ điển)
PART A: PHONETICS
I.Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others. (5pts)
1. A. documentary B. advantage C. magazine D. popularity ….……
2. A. introduction B. television C. graduation D. reputation ….……
3. A. economy B. diplomacy C. informative D. information ……….
4. A. forget B. harbour C. tutor D. surface ….…..
5. A. family B. enemy C.assembly D. harmony ………
II.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.(5pts)
1. A. stayed B. traveled C. enjoyed D. blocked ….…..
2. A. without B. sixth C. month D. think …..….
3. A. whisper B. whistle C. who D. why ….….
4. A. average B. behave C. liberate D. tolerate ….….
5. A. hates B. dates C. similes D. bakes …...…
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase
below. Write your answer in the box provided. (15pts)
1. I don’t like my nextdoor neighbor, who often ………..ill of everyone behind his back
A. says B. speaks C. tells D. whispers
2. There was nothing they could do ………..leave the car at the roadside where it had broken down.
A. unless B. than C. but D. in stead of
3. I have to get my picture ………..for my website.
A. take B. taken C. taking D. took
4. The staff are working at weekend………..delay the project any further.
A. so that not to B. so not to C. so as not to D. for not
5. We were so disappointed that most of the guests………..when we arrived at the party.
A. leave B. left C. have left D. had left
6. Because his argument was so confusing………..people understood it.
A. a few B. much C. few D. many
7. There are a lot of letters………...right now.
A. to be written B. to have written C. to be writing D. to write
8. Many people like the slow ………..of life in the countryside.
A. step B. pace C. speed D. space
9. I am tired of my neighbours ………...noise every night.
A. to make B. make C. having made D. making
10. Doctors advise us.………...too many hours watching television.
A. not to spend B. not being spend C. not spend D. not spending
11. There are chances that Manchester United………..the last match against Juventus.
A. will win B. won C. has won D. would win
12. I like detective stories where I can’t ……….. who committed the murder!
A. work up B. work for C. work out D. work on
13. I am leaving the keys under the pot in the garden ………..you should be home earlier than usual.
A. because B. in case C. so that D. though
14. I was made ………..hard when I was at high school.
A. studying B. studied C. to study D. study
15. I regret………...you the story. I really didn’t know it would make you disappointed.
A. tell B. telling C. to tell D. told
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II. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb. Write your answer in the box provided. (5pts)
1. When we had worked….…......the cost of a holiday abroad, we decided to stay at home.
2. I thought he was mad and backed……...nervously.
3. Blow ….….......the candles on the birthday cake before you cut it.
4. When I was looking through my papers, I came….…........this picture.
5. People often look back….… their childhood as a happy time.
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III.Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Write your answer in the box provided. (10pts)
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the (1)………nor the last child prodigy,
(2)……….he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (3)……….his unmatched musical genius
made itself known extremely early. Mozart began (4)……… to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was
composed in 1761 when he was five, the (5)………at which he also first appeared in public. From the age of six, his father
(6)……..him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England,
Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart (7)……..almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of
35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he (8)……..to tour and give concerts. Mozart also (9)………a lot of operas. His first opera,
Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was (10)……… in Milan when he was 14, and it was one of many successes in the life of the genius.
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IV. Supply the correct form or tense of the words given in parentheses. Write your answer in the box provided. (10pts)
1. You are always ( misery). Isn’t there anything that makes you happy?
2. They frequently ( mobile) the traffic as they march through the streets.
3. If you behave with this sort of ( polite) to your other customers, I don’t think you will remain in business long.
4. Burning coal is an ( economy) way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper.
5. Young children should be well aware of their ( behave) manners.
6. Be careful. You may be (advice) to put all your eggs in one basket.
7. Don’t be so nervous. (loose) up a little.
8. ( Pollute) released from these factories are a danger to the environment.
9. Don’t throw these plastics away, they may be (recycle).
10. Color-blindness is ( able) to distinguish color.
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V. Identify and correct the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that is the mistake. Write your
answer in the box provided. (10pts)
1. The police have not found the robbers yet and the bank robbery is still in investigation.
A B C D
2. Stood among so many strangers, the frightened child began to sob uncontrollably.
A B C D
3. The boys are collecting sticks to put them in the fire.
A B C D
4. Unfortunately, the natural resources are becoming unadequate for the support of the increasing population.
A B C D
5. The custom dates back to the period when many Londoners travel on horseback.
A B C D
6. We don’t have any milk left. We have run in of milk.
A B C D
7. Other cooking technique discovered was the barbecue, a kind of salted and smoke-dried meat over a fire.
A B C D
8. The size of the pupil, according to psychologists, is effected by mental activity.
A B C D
9. Dr Brown was honored by an award for his excellent work in the medical profession.
A B C D
10. You waste too much time doing things as sitting in cafes all day.
A B C D
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PART C: WRITING
Rewrite each of the following sentences, using the suggested word(s) so that the meaning stays the same. (10pts)
1.There are more tourists in the city this year than ever before.
Never ……………………………………………………………………………………………………......................
2. The area is so polluted that it is hard to live there.
Such ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t wear out. No
matter……………………………………………………………………………………………………….............
4. The questions were so easy that all the students could give the correct answers.
They were……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. As people get older, their eyesight becomes weaker. The
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….......
6. That old keyboard is not worth repairing.
It is……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. I could realize how important the family is only after I left home.
Not until………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
8. It was wrong of you to allow a four-year-old child to walk home alone.
You should……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. Although Richard is competent in his work, he does not know how to deal with this client.
Competent……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..
10. I could hold a big party thanks to my Mom’s help.
Had it not ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….
PART D: READING
Read the following notice and answer the questions. (10pts)
1. Which exhibition can you visit in late August?
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2. A student would like a headset for the Greek Olympic Sculpture. How much will it cost?
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3. Which exhibition shows the work of young people?
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4. In which location would you find the oldest exhibits?
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5. Which exhibition could a large group see most cheaply?
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The end
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NÔI KỲ THI OLYMPIC NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
TRƯỜNG PTTH CHUYÊN HÀ NỘI-AMSTERDAM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
THỜI GIAN: 60 PHÚT
(Học sinh làm bài vào đề. Không được sử dụng tài liệu, từ điển, kim từ điển….)
PART A: PHONETICS
I.Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others. (5pts)
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
II.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.(5pts)
1.D
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. C
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I.Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase
below. Write your answer in the box provided. (15pts)
1 B
2 C
3 B
4 C
5 D
6 C
7 A
8 B
9D
10 A
11A
12 C
13B
14C
15B
II.Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb. Write your answer in the box provided.(5pts)
1 out
2 away
3 out
4 across
5 on
III.Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Write your answer in the box provided. (10pts)
1first
2 but
3 where/and
4 learning
5 age
6 took
7 spent
8 continued
9wrote/composed
10 performed
IV. Supply the correct form or tense of the words given in parentheses. Write your answer in the box provided. (10pts)
1miserable
2 immobilize
3 impoliteness
4uneconomical
5behavioral
6ill-advised
7loosen
8pollutants
9recyclable
10inability
IV. Identify and correct the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that is the mistake. Write your answer in the box
provided. (10pts)
1D-under
2A-standing among
3C-#
4C-inadequate
5D-travelled
6C-run out of
7 A- another
8 C- affected
9 B-with
10 C- like
PART C: WRITING
Rewrite each of the following sentences, using the suggested word(s) so that the meaning stays the same. (10pts)
1. Never before have there been so/ as many tourists in the city as this year.
2. Such is the pollution of the area that it is hard to live there.
3. No matter how long you use it, it won’t wear out.
4. They were such easy questions that all the students got them right.
5. The older people get, the worse their eyesight becomes.
6. It is pointless to have that old keyboard repaired.
7. Not until I left home could I realize how important the family is.
8. You should not have allowed a four-year-old child to walk home alone.
9. Competent as/ though Richard is/ may be in his work, he doesn’t not know how to deal with this client.
10. Had it not been for my Mom’s help, I could not have held a big party.
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III.Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Write your answer in the box provided. (10pts)
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the (1)………nor the last child prodigy,
(2)……….he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (3)……….his unmatched musical genius
made itself known extremely early. Mozart began (4)……… to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was
composed in 1761 when he was five, the (5)………at which he also first appeared in public. From the age of six, his father
(6)……..him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England,
Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart (7)……..almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of
35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he (8)……..to tour and give concerts. Mozart also (9)………a lot of operas. His first opera,
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