Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2018-2019 - Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo huyện Thanh Oai

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aif ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8

NĂM HỌC: 2018 - 2019

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Chú ý: - Bộ đề thi này gồm có 06 trang, từ trang 01 đến trang 06. - Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào bộ đề thi này.

Điểm Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 1: Số phách

- Bằng số:…………….. ………………………………………... (Do Chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi) - Bằng chữ:…………… Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 2: ………………………... ………………………………………... …………………..

PART ONE: LISTENING (3.0 pts) Listen and fill in the gaps: (15 0.2 = 3.0 pts)

Walk a Mile in My Shoes Have you ever heard the (1) ......................................... "Walk a mile in my shoes?" I think it is a very good saying. Do you know what it means? It means, that before you judge (2) ........................................., you should put yourself in his or her (3) ..........................................

For example, if someone was running in a race, and they did very (4) ......................................... and came in last it wouldn't be fair to say, "Oh, he's just a (5) ......................................... runner."

You would have to look at all the circumstances that made the person (6) ......................................... the race.

Maybe they pulled a muscle in their leg the day before; maybe this is their very first race; maybe they are not in good form because something isn't right in their (7) .......................................... There can be so many things that affect a person's life, (8) ......................................... and moods. If someone was very (9) ......................................... at a party, you couldn't just assume that they weren't friendly.

You don't know what is (10) ......................................... in their lives. They could be feeling ill, or they might have just had a bad experience. Nobody can know (11) ......................................... how another person feels. Even if someone tells you what he or she is experiencing, you still won't fully (12)

......................................... what is going on inside the other person.

Everyone perceives and feels things differently. To walk a mile in someone else's shoes is to try and understand things from that person's perspective.

We are all (13) ......................................... by the events that have taken place in our lives. No two people have gone through the exact same things. So, before you are quick to (14) ......................................... someone, stop and think about what it is that they might have gone through.

You won't (15) ......................................... understand why people do what they do, but you can try to understand and put yourself in their position. -> Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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PART TWO: PHONETICS: (2.0 pts) I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently: (5 0.2 = 1.0 pt)

16. A. typhoon B. skeptical C. toaster D. position 17. A. decompose B. conscious C. position D. concern 18. A. permanently B. tragedy C. academic D. adequate 19. A. knife B. knowledge C. knee D. blanket 20. A. buffalo B. bulletin C. crush D. umbrella -> Your answers:

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others:

(5 0.2 = 1.0 pt) 21. A. device B. curly C. wisedom D. object 22. A. agree B. succeed C. suggest D. nation 23. A. decision B. encourage C. memory D. behavior 24. A. recycle B. resident C. injection D. commercial 25. A. satisfactory B. participation C. educational D. entertainment -> Your answers:

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES: (5.0 pts)

I. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (10 0.2 = 2.0 pts) 26. After a few days, my cousins got used to...................... in the new place.

A. live B. lived C. to live D. living 27. Minh and Huy …