Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi văn hóa cấp Thành phố môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2021-2022 - Phòng GD&ĐT Bắc Giang (Có đáp án)

 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
 THÀNH PHỐ BẮC GIANG NĂM HỌC 2021-2022
 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 8
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi:04/12/2021
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I. Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (5 pts)
1. A. suggestion B. mention C. action D. education
2. A. neighbor B. cough C. although D. drought
3. A. accessible B. pressure C. illness D. success
4. A. responsible B. design C. beneficial D. export
5. A. considerate B. climate C. private D. nominate
II. Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (10 pts)
1. Daisy is _______ social media. She spends lots of time on Facebook and Instagram.
 A. tired of B. bored with C. addicted to D. curious about
2. ‘Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’ ‘_________’
 A. It’s right up my street! B. That’s awesome.
 C. Exactly what I want. D. How interesting!
3. The Viet (or Kinh) have_____number of people, accounting for about 86% of the population.
 A. large B. the large C. the largest D. larger
4. In Viet Nam you shouldn't use only the first name to__________ people older than you. 
 A. speak B.talk C. say D. address
5. In Viet Nam, the____________ we mostly use is chopsticks.
 A.cut B.cutting C.cutlery D.cutlet
6. The doctor advised me not to take_________so much work in future.
 A. after B.on C. over D. to
7. I live in a pleasant room _______ the garden.
 A. to overlook B. overlooking C. overlooked D.overlooking
8. I really can’t ______ the twins apart. They look so alike.
 A. say B. talk C. take D. tell
9. In the hotel lobby the detective caught -------- of the man he had been hired to follow.
 A. glance B.view C. vision D. sight 
10. Though Japanese and Korean cultures appear similar to the outsider, they are quite _____.
A. diverse B. separated C. unfamiliar D. distinct
 Your answers: 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
 6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
III. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. (5 pts)
1. If Bill doesn't take his library books back tomorrow, he (have to) ________ pay a fine.
2. In the ancient time, anyone (accuse) _________ of stealing something even a very small thing was 
punished in front of the public.
 Page 1/6 3. My father (work) _________ in Canada for the last year, so by the time he returns the month after next, I 
will not have seen him for fourteen months.
4. Alice didn’t expect (invite)___________ to Bill’s party.
5. He wasn’t willing to lend me his money. So when I asked him for some, he said that he (be) _________ 
broke for long.
6. It looks as if it is going to rain and I think you should have your new car (park) _________ inside.
7. Mr. Bean seems (have) _________ a good time with his teddy bear at the moment.
8. (Not want) _________ to spend a lot of time traveling, I bought a luxury car last week.
9. Not until we arrived at his house we (discover) _________ that he was on holiday.
10. Were I (know) _________ the answer, I would tell you.
Your answers:
 1. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________
 2. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________
 3. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________
 4. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________
 5. _____________________________ 10. ____________________________
IV. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
1. Children have to have moral lessons at school to avoid behavior of __________in the future. (MORALITY)
2. If you don’t go to work regularly, you will be punished for _______________in work. (REGULARITY)
3. In our country, men and women are equal. No one supports sexual _______________. (EQUALITY)
4. Every young man undergoing military training is bound to experience ______________. (COMFORT)
5. This ______________ houses the large telescope in the country.(OBSERVE)
6. Many beliefs of a culture are __________________ represented in rituals.(SYMBOL)
7. Drinking water in some areas may be _________________. (SAFE)
8. The Thai are known for their ___________ garments and their houses on stilts. (WEAVE)
9. Is that woman the ___________ of the party? (HOST)
10. Giving gifts to servants is an example of King’s _________. (GENEROUS)
Your answers:
 1. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________
 2. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________
 3. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________
 4. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________
 5. _____________________________ 10. ____________________________
V. Each of the following sentences contains ONE error. Underline the error and write the 
correct answer in the space provided. (10 pts)
 Correction
 1. In Viet Nam, a market is a trading place, or many markets are not only 
 1. _______________
 about buying and selling things.
 2. They reflect the living of the community. 2. _____________
 3. A traditional market is a social gather point for people of all ages and it 
 is a new and exciting experience for children, a trading place for local 3. ______________
 craftsmen, and a chance for young people to meet.
 4. People go to the traditional market not only to buy and sell things also to 
 4. _______________
 eat, drink, play games and socialize.
 5. For example, if you go to Sa Pa Market, there is the highlands in the 
 5. _______________
 north of Viet Nam,
 Page 2/6 6. you can see people wear their nicest clothes and take all day long at the 
 6. _______________
 market.
 7. _______________ 
 7. They buy things, play a flute, dance and sing.
 _______________
 8. This is also a time to meet, make friend or look for lovers.That is why 
 8. _______________
 this kind of gathering is also called “love market".
 9. ". Some other countryside markets in the Mekong Delta are held in 
 9. _______________
 boats. Most of the goods are sold at a floating market.
 10. The most exciting time is in the early morning, when boats arrive 
 10. _______________
 loaded up of agricultural products.
VI. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Write A, B, 
C or D on your answer sheet. (5 points)
 Dogs are probably much cleverer than most people think, scientists say. They are convinced that 
dogs can count and that the animals try to (1) _______ different messages through the pitch and pace 
of their barks. Animal behaviorists used to think their bark was simply a way of (2) _______ attention. 
Now a new study suggests that individual dogs have (3) _______ barks with a range of meanings. For 
example, dogs usually use high-pitched single barks when they are (4) _______ from their owners and 
a lower, hasher super bark when strangers (5) _______ towards them or the doorbell rings.
 Dogs also know when they are receiving fewer treats because they have a basic mathematical ability 
that (6) ________ them to tell when one pile of objects is bigger than another. But to count, an animal 
has to recognize that each object in a set (7) _______ to a single number and that the last number in a 
(8) _______represents the total number of objects.
 The theory has been tested on eleven dogs. They were first (9) _______ treats before a screen was 
lowered so that the treats were out of (10) _______. The treats were left as they were or some were 
added or taken away. If a treat was added or taken away, the dogs looked at them much longer than 
they did when the treats were not disturbed, presumably because they had done their sums and the 
numbers did not meet their expectations. Dogs are descended from wolves, which not only have a 
large neo-cortex – the brain’s centre of reasoning – but live in large social groups. This mathematical 
ability could have been used to work out how many enemies and allies they had in a pack.
1. A. transfer B.bear C.convey D. suggest
2. A. paying B. attracting C. causing D. devoting
3. A. specific B. exact C. detailed D. specialized
4. A. split B. detached C. separated D. divided
5. A. approach B. appear C. draw D. move
6. A. assists B. facilitates C. enables D. informs
7. A. corresponds B. ties C. fits D. complements
8. A. sequence B. system C. progression D. succession
9. A. tempted B. demonstrated C. shown D. presented
10. A. sight B. notice C. perception D. view
 Your answers:
 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
 6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
VII. Read the passages and fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the text. (10 pts):
 Scientists say that in the future people will live longer. (1) __________diseases will be cured 
and ‘bad’ genes will be probably replaced. With (2) __________lifestyles and better medical care, the 
average person will live to be 100 instead of 70 (for men) or 75 (for women) like today. Anti-ageing 
pills will also be (3) __________to help people live longer.
 Travelling to Mars might become a (4) __________sooner than you think. Scientists are 
planning to send people (not animals) to (5) _________Mars in the near future. They believe that it’s 
the (6) _______way to find out if there is, or ever has been life on this planet. They will explore the (7) 
_____________of living there. So people may go there to live one day!
 Future homes will be located (8) ________the ocean, in the air, or underground. These homes 
will have (9) ___________energy saving devices such as solar panels, solar windows, and smart home 
 Page 3/6 technology. Future homes will take (10) ___________of robots to do chores such as cleaning, cooking, 
washing, and organizing everything for their owners.
Your answers:
 1. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________
 2. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________
 3. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________
 4. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________
 5. _____________________________ 10. ____________________________
VIII. Read the following passage, then answer the questions according to the information given 
in the passage. (5 pts)
 Under certain circumstances, the human body must cope with gases at greater-than-normal 
atmospheric pressure. For example, gas pressures increase rapidly during a dive made with scuba gear 
because the breathing equipment allows divers to stay underwater longer and dive deeper. The 
pressure exerted on the human body increases by 1 atmosphere for every 10 meters of depth in 
seawater, so that at 30 meters in seawater a diver is exposed to a pressure of about 4 atmospheres. The 
pressure of the gases being breathed must equal the external pressure applied to the body; otherwise 
breathing is very difficult. Therefore, all of the gases in the air breathed by a scuba diver at 40 meters 
are present at five times their usual pressure. Nitrogen, which composes 80 percent of the air we 
breathe, usually causes a balmy feeling of well-being at this pressure. At a depth of 5 atmospheres, 
nitrogen causes symptoms resembling alcohol intoxication, known as nitrogen narcosis. Nitrogen 
narcosis apparently results from a direct effect on the brain of the large amounts of nitrogen dissolved 
in the blood. Deep dives are less dangerous if helium is substituted for nitrogen, because under these 
pressures helium does not exert a similar narcotic effect. 
 As a scuba diver descends, the pressure of nitrogen in the lungs increases. Nitrogen then 
diffuses from the lungs to the blood, and from the blood to body tissues. The reverse occurs when the 
diver surfaces; the nitrogen pressure in the lungs falls and the nitrogen diffuses from the ti ssues into 
the blood, and from the blood into the lungs. If the return to the surface is too rapid, nitrogen in the 
tissues and blood cannot diffuse out rapidly enough and nitrogen bubbles are formed. They can cause 
severe pains, particularly around the joints. 
 Another complication may result if the breath is held during ascent. During ascent from a depth 
of 10 meters, the volume of air in the lungs will double because the air pressure at the surface is only 
half of what it was at 10 meters. This change in volume may cause the lungs to distend and even 
rupture. This condition is called air embolism. To avoid this event, a diver must ascend slowly, never 
at a rate exceeding the rise of the exhaled air bubbles, and must exhale during ascent. 
1. What does the passage mainly discuss? 
A. The effects of pressure on gases in the human body B. The equipment divers use
C. The symptoms of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream D. How to prepare for a deep dive
2. The words "exposed to" in line 5 are closest in meaning to _______.
A. leaving behind B. subjected to C. prepared for D. propelled by 
3. The word "exert" in line 12 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. permit B. need C.cause D. change
4. The word "diffuses" in line 16 is closest in meaning to _______. 
A. travels B. yields C. starts D. surfaces 
5. What happens to nitrogen in body tissues if a diver ascends too quickly?
A. It goes directly to the brain. B. It forms bubbles.
C. It is reabsorbed by the lungs. D. It has a narcotic effect. 
6. The word "they" in line 18 refers to _______. 
A. bubbles B. joints C. pains D. tissues 
7. The word "rupture" in line 22 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. burst B. hurt C. shrink D. stop
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diver? 
A. Pressurized helium B. Nitrogen diffusion C. An air embolism D. Nitrogen bubbles
9. What should a diver do when ascending?
A. Relax completely B. Rise slowly C.Breathe faster D. Breathe helium
10. During ascent, the volume of air in the lung will _______.
A. decrease B. remain the same C. disappear D. increase
Your answers:
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
IX.Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence 
printed before it. (10 pts)
1. She’s not in the habit of living on her own.
→ She’s not used____________________________________________________
2. We left quietly so that we wouldn’t disturb her.
→ In___________________________________________________________
3. I expected that the test would be more difficult.
→ The test was not___________________________________________________
4. I'm quite happy to look after the baby for you.
→ I don't mind______________________________________________________
5. 'Shall I carry that bag for you, John?' said Pauline.
→ Pauline offered ___________________________________________________
6. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly. 
→ I object _________________________________________________________
 7. I’d prefer you to sign the contract without any further delay.
→ I’d rather ________________________________________________________
 8. We know that feudalism lasted for hundreds of years in Europe.
→ Feudalism _______________________________________________________
 9. Despite my support for him, I am not convinced he’s right.
→ Even ___________________________________________________________
 10. The child was so afraid that he hid behind the sofa. 
→ So______________________________________________________________
X. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the 
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between THREE AND FIVE words, 
including the words given. (5 pts) 
1. It was easy for me to get tickets for the concert. (NO)
→ I ______________________________________________ getting tickets for the concert.
2. She has always had a good relationship with the children. (GOT)
→ She has always ___________________________________________ the children. 
3. My grandfather was sixty when he learnt to swim. (AGE)
→ My grandfather learnt to swim ___________________________________________________.
4. I tried to talk to Jack about the problems but he was too busy. (WORD)
→ I tried to _____________________ about the problems but he was too busy.
 Page 5/6 5. Customers who complain about the service should see the manager.(COMPLAINING)
→ Customers ___________________________________should see the manager.
XI. Paragraph writing (10 pts)
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