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PHÒNG GD & ĐT TRIỆU SƠN HUYỆN NĂM HỌC: 2022-2023

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Ngày thi: 16/03/2023
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm có 06 trang)
SECTION A: LISTENING (15 points)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần(giám thị chỉ mở 01 lần đĩa
tự động phát 02 lần), mỗi lần cách nhau khoảng 20 giây, mở đầu và kết
thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu.
 Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài sau tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1. You will hear an actor, called Paul Davis, talking on the radio
about his career. Choose the correct answer from A, B or C for each
question.
1. Paul got his first acting job when he was
A. 18 years old. B. 21 years old. C. 22 years old.
2. Paul left his previous job because
A. he was offered more money.
B. he needed to develop his career.
C. he was bored with the acting role.
3. What does Paul miss about his last job?
A. working with the other actors
B. being recognized all the time
C. receiving letters from fans
4. How did Paul prepare for the program he acts in now?
A. He went to the gym to get fitter.
B. He spent time with some real police officers.
C. He got to know the city it was filmed in.
5. How has the new job changed his life?
A. He travels less. B. He has less free time. C. He sees his family
less.
Part 2. You will hear a radio presenter, talking about a photography
competition for children. Fill in each blank, with no more than one word
or numbers.
Photography Competition
Competition is for children between: 8 and 12 years old
Topic of photos: the (6) ……………………………
First prize: a (7) ……………………………
Send all photos with postcard to: Star Radio, 24 (8) ……………………………Square,
London.
Postcard to show child’s: name, (9) …………………………and phone number
Date photos to be received by: 17th August
Exhibition of photos to take place at: the (10) ……………………………
Part 3: You will hear a conversation between Bernard and Alice about
the right clothes to wear for an interview. Mark the statements as true
(T) or false (F). (5pts)
11. Alice is surprised at Bernard’s choice of clothes.
…………………..
12. Bernard wore informal clothes because of what the ad had said.
…………………..

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13. Bernard’s interview was very relaxed.
…………………..
14. Alice wore informal clothes for her interview .
………………..
15. Alice believed that her clothes were the reason she didn’t get the job. .
…………
SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 points)
Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the others in the same line and write A, B, C or D
on your answer sheet. (3 points)
16. A. festival B. man C. fat D.
grand
17. A. embarrassed B. blessed C. naked D. adopted
18 A. saint B. tailor C. explain D. said
Question II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that
of the others in the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer
sheet. (2 points)
19.A. impossible B. geography C. information D. convenience
20. A. alcohol B. comment C. chemical D. proceed
SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 points)
Question I. Choose the word/ phrase that best fits the gap in each of the
following sentences and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (10
points)
21. Two friends Diana and Anne are talking about their upcoming exams.
- Diana: “Our midterm exams will start next Tuesday, are you ready?”
- Anne: “___________”
A. I’m half ready. B. God save you.
C. Thank you so much D. Don’t mention
it!
22. Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice as much as B. as much as twice C. twice more
than D. twice as
23. In spite of his abilities, Peter has been ______ overlooked for promotion.
A. repeat B. repeatedly C. repetitiveness D. repetitive
24. My dog as well as my cats ______ twice a day.
A. eat B. has eaten C. have eaten D. eats
25. Young ________ he was, he was equal to the task.
A. unless B. because C. as D. if
26. Her room is very large. She is dreaming of a ________
A. round big wooden table B. wooden big round table
C. big round wooden table D. table big wooden round
27. You can raise a _______ pet like a Neopet if you aren’t allowed to own a real
pet.
A. domestic B. virtual C. weird D. beloved
28. ________ that we had to ask a police officer for directions.
A. So confusing was the map B. was so confusing the map
C. The map was such confusing D. Such confusing was the map
29. I hope this headache ________soon.
A. goes out B. comes away C. wears off D. passes away
30. I always get _______ in my stomach before visiting the dentist.
A. worms B. butterflies C. crabs D. hedgehogs
Question II. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write the
answers on your answer sheet. (8 points)
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31.”Why you (always/grumble) ____________to the next- door woman about my
study, Mom?”
32.I’ve got a terrible headache. If only I (not/ drink)_______________ that wine.
33.He told her not to eat the meat, (explain)____________ that there was a risk of
food poisoning.
34.Do you mind (disturb)_____________________ when you are working?
35.I smell something terrible in this room. Someone ( smoke) ___________ here.
36.Were you to ask to marry her, what you (say) ____________?
37.I demand that I (allow)_________________ to retake the exam.
38.I (hurry) ________________ because the meeting started later than schedule.
Question III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write the
answers on your answer sheet. (7 points)
39. The baby slept very because the bed was really
comfortable. SOUND
40. The Sydney Opera House is an monument of Australia.
ICON
41.During a volcano, you should follow the order issued by authorities.
EVACUATE
42. Five-coloured sticky rice is a traditional___________ of Tay people. SPECIAL
43. I enjoy ______________ with friends and going out at the weekend.
SOCIAL
44. The Internet has changed the English language ______________.
CONSIDER
45. A lifestyle has its advantages and disadvantages.
NOMAD
Question IV. The passage below contains 5 mistakes (only ONE word for
ONE mistake from 46 to 50. Find out the mistakes and correct them.
Write the correct answers on your answer sheet. (5 points)
Lin Passage
e
1 People usually sing because they like musical or because they feel
2 happy. They express their happy by singing. When a bird sings, however,
3 its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have
4 many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are
5 their languages. The most beautiful songs are sung by man birds. They
6 sing when they want to attract a female bird. It is their way of singing
7 that they are looking after a wife. Birds also sing to tell other birds to
8 keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a brach of tree, is his home, He
9 does not want strangers to come near him. However, he sings to warn
10 them. If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of
11 giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out its tails or
make others sing. One bird has a most unusual way of finding a wife. It
builds a small garden of shells and flowers.
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SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)

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Question I. Read the following passage, then fill in each gap with ONE
suitable word. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (10 points)
Children’s bilingual picture books on Trường Sa .
The author wrote her first book on Trường Sa titled Cà Nóng Chu Du Trường
Sa (Cà Nóng Travels to Trường Sa) (51) ________ by the Kim Đồng Publishing
House in 2021.The book features a trip by a camera (52) ________ Cà Nóng, (53)
___________ has an opportunity to visit Trường Sa with its owner, a young
journalist. The work helped Quyên (54) ________ a C prize at the 2022 National
Book Awards. She also won an (55) ________for Best Children’s Book given by the
HCM City Writers’ Association in 2021, and the Mai Vàng (Golden Ochna) Awards
for Best Literary Work (56) ________by the Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper
in 2022. The books Phong Ba Nơi Đầu Sóng and Biển Ấy Là Của Mình are (57)
________ at bookstores nationwide and on e-commercial platforms. A series of
workshops called “Lớp Học Bác Ba Phi” (Uncle Ba Phi’s Classes) will also be held
(58) ________ schools in Hà Nội, HCM City and the provinces of Đồng Nai and Bà
Rịa Vũng Tàu. The programmes will (59) ________ painting exhibitions on Trường
Sa, storytelling and postcard making to help students learn (60) _____about Việt
Nam’s sea and islands.
Question II: Read the following passage and then choose the most
suitable word or phrase for each space. (10 points)
Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste. (61)
________ say they can think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when
they have some boring work to (62) ________. Others chew gum when they are
nervous. Gum is a (63) ________ of things. For many years gum companies made
gum from chicle. Chicle is a natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central
America. Now companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum (64)
________ of chicle. Gum must be soft (65) ________ you can chew it. A softener
keeps it soft. The gum company makes the softener from vegetable oil. A
sweetener makes the gum sweet. The sweetener is usually sugar. Then the
company (66) ________ the flavor. Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle
in 1836. (67) ________, chewing gum was not new. The Greeks chewed gum from
a tree (68) ________ 2,000 years ago. Mayan Indians in Mexico chewed chicle.
Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to chew gum from a
tree there. People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (69) ________
bubble with bubble gum. Some university students do (70) ________.
61. A. The other B. The others C. Others D. Other
62. A. do B. make C. get D. carry
63. A. fix B. roll C. mixture D. connection
64. A. aside B. apart C. inside D. instead
65. A. then B. so that C. for D. that
66. A. puts B. places C. adds D. fits
67. A. However B. More C. But D. Though
68. A. more B. over C. above D. than
69. A. turn B. set C. pass D. blow
70. A. so B. too C. then D. same
Question III: Read the following passage and choose the best answers to
the questions below. (10 points)
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important
feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is
contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close
observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters
for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of
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spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp
comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters.
In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing
people in Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese
cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially
those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of
great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to
illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi
have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the formof cartoons.
The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the
Chinese sages in a very attractive way.
In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in
so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to
laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In
addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons
have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely
as possible among the people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading
knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people
throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live.
Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese
philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as
Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with
the Chinese culture.
Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been
overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of
cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore
are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the
West.
Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast
increase in the popularity ofthese cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of
Confucius’s famous saying “One picture is worth a thousand words.”
71. Which of the following clearly characterizes Western cartoons?
A. Enjoyment, liveliness, and carefulness.
B. Originality, freshness, and astonishment.
C. Seriousness, propaganda, and attractiveness.
D. Humour, unexpectedness, and criticism.
72. Chinese cartoons have been useful as an important means of______.
A. political propaganda in wartime B. amusing people all the time
C. educating ordinary people D. spreadingWestern ideas
73. The major differences between Chinese cartoons and Western cartoons
comefrom
their ______.
A. purposes B. values C. styles D. nationalities
74. The pronoun “this” in paragraph 4 mostly refers to ______.
A. an educational purpose B. a piece of art
C. a funny element D. a propaganda campaign
75. The passage is intended to present ______.
A. an opinion about how cartoons entertain people
B. an outline of Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
C. a description of cartoons of all kinds the world over
D. a contrast between Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
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76. In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at ______.
A. disseminating traditional practices inChina and throughout the world
B. spreading the Chinese ideas and cultural values throughout the world
C. bringing education toilliterate and semi-literate people in the world
D. illustrating the truth ofChinese great men’s famous sayings
77. The word “imbalance” in paragraph 6 refers to ______.
A. the discrimination between the Westcultureand the East culture
B. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons
C. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons
D. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
78. Which of the following is most likely the traditional subject of Chinese
cartoons?
A. Jokes and other kinds of humour in political and social matters.
B. The philosophies and sayings of ancient Chinese thinkers.
C. The illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China.
D. The stories and features of the lives of great men the world over.
79. According to the passage, which ofthe following is true?
A. Cartoons will replace other forms of writing.
B. Language barriers restricted cartoons.
C. Cartoons can serve various purposes.
D. Western cartoons always have a serious purpose.
80. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. Chinese Cartoons and Western Cartoons
B. A Very Powerful Force in Influencing People
C. An Excellent Way of Spreading Propaganda
D. Cartoons as a Way of Educating People
SECTION E: WRITING (20 points)
Question I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that
it means the same as the sentence printed above it. Write the answers
your answer sheet (5 points)
81. The training course was too expensive; I couldn’t afford it.
 It was ....................................................................................................................................................................................................
82. This is my first game of water-polo.
 I have ....................................................................................................................................................................................................
83. Smith Ltd are supplying our company with furniture.
 Our company ................................................................................................................................................................................
84. ‘I didn’t harm anybody!’ cried the accused.
 The accused ..................................................................................................................................................................................
85. She never seems to succeed eventhough she studies much.
 Much……………………………………………………………………………………………..
Question II. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the given
words so that it keeps the same meaning. Do not change the form of the
words given. Write the answers your answer sheet. (5 points)
86. Walter sits in front of the television for too many hours a day.
(sitting)
 Every day, Walter spends ……………………………………………………………… in front of the television.
87. Tim looks nothing like his father.
(take)
 Tim ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… at all.
88. John is not accustomed to sleeping after meals.
(habit)
 John………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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89. Everyone who spoke to the victim is a suspect.
(under)
 Everyone who ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
90 .If I were you, I wouldn't take too many classes this semester.
(shoes)
If ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Question III. Paragraph writing. (10 points)
“How do outdoor acticities benefit high school students?”.
In about 130 to 160 words, write a paragraph to express your ideas.
………. THE END …………..
Họ và tên thí sinh.......................................................
SBD .................................................

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