PHÒNG GD&ĐT HUYỆN KIM SƠN
TRƯỜNG THCS QUANG THIỆN

ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HSG
TIẾNG ANH 8
NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
Thời gian: 60'

PART A. LISTENING.
I): Listen to the recording and circle the appropriate answer A, B or C. You
will hear the conversation twice.
1. Which boy is Ben's brother?
A. He's wearing a blue sweater
B. He's wearing a black sweater
C. He's wearing a blue sweater and a hat
2. Which girl is Ann's sister?
A. She's on the balcony B. She's skipping
C. She's playing with the leaves
3. How does Sue's mum go to work?
A. By bike
B. By bus
C. By car
4. Where does Jill live?
A. Next to a lake
B. In the mountains
C. In the city
II). Listen and fill in the missing information in the numbered space. You will
hear the recording twice.
WESTWOOD ENGLISH SCHOOL
- Evening class on
Thursday
- Next course starts on
(1) 22nd____________________________
- Name of the teacher
(2) Miss____________________________
- Cost for 12 classes
(3) ____________________________pounds
- School next to the
(4) ____________________________
PART B. PHONETICS
I. CirclethewordA,B,C or Dwhoseunderlined
artispronounceddifferentlyfromothers.
1. A.invent
B. debris
C. chemical
D. newspaper
2.A. earthquake B. thermal
C.although
D. thunderstorm
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group.
3. A. radiation
B. political
C. historical
D. contaminant
4. A. seriously
B. measurement C. scientific
D. logical
5. A. aquatic
B. historic
C. physic
D. botanical
PART C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. CirclethebestansweramongA, B,C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. English is an _______________ language in Singapore
A. office
B. official
C. officer
D. officially
2. She wouldn't go out if she _______________ the weather forecast.
A. listens to
B. listened to
C. listening to
D. is listening to
3.This beautiful house _______________ by Mark.
A. buy
B. bought
C.buying
D.was bought

4. The plane _______________ at 5.00 tomorrow morning.
A.takes off
B. taking off
C. will take off
D. taking off
5.“Waiter! I'd like a menu, please?” – “ _______________ ”
A. But I don't like. B. Here you are, Sir C. Here are you, Sir D. Yes, Thank you
6.When I got up this morning, my wife _______________
A. has already left
B. already has left C. had already leftD. already had left
7. “Why don't we buy Tim a book as a birthday present?” - _______________ ”
A. Tim will be fourteen next week
B. Thank for the present
C. Do you like it?
D. That's a good idea!
8. People who live in the diferent regions can speak their languages with
different________.
A. accent
B. voices
C. voice
D. accents
II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets
1. The natural__________ beauty of Thodupuzha has attracted many Malayalam
movie makers. (scenery)
2. The town is__________ situated between two glacial lakes and is surrounded by
natural beauty. (unique)
3. The Eiffel Tower is the most__________ Parisian landmark. (icon)
4. Which countries have the most English__________? (speak)
5. The __________ anthem of Vietnam is “Tiến Quân Ca”. (nation)
6. England is the largest of the four__________ regions making up the United
Kingdom. (geography)
7. The _________ between Vietnam and America is good. (friend)
8. They enjoy the _________ atmosphere here. (peace)
9. The Glastonbury Festival in England is a ___________ of music and it attracts
thousands of people. (celebrate)
10. The ________ founder of the city was Helenus, son of Priam, and Virgil. (legend)
II. Give the correct tense/ form of the verb in brackets.
1. When I came to the threatre, the film (start) _______________
2. If I (have)_______________ more time, I would do more on my websites.
3. We (not see)......................Nga since Monday.
4. Lan (be).....................in the USA for 2 years.
5. I (go) .................to bed at 11 o'clock last night.
6. They (move).......................to London in 2003.

7. They (live)..................in HCM city since January.
8. That's a very old bike. He (have)......................it for a long time.
9. I (buy)...................the motorbike 5 years ago.
10. Peter (be) ................ill for a week.
PART D. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The City of London , the capital of United Kingdom is a year-round tourist
destination. London is the (1)_______________ city in Europe and located astride the
famous (2)_______________ of Thames. This is the home for(3)_______________ of the
international organisations and the city is headed by the Lord Mayor of London.
The City of London is considered as both business and tourist destination and(4)
_______________ by millions of people annually.You can visit London museums,Royal
palaces and London parks and much more places for bed and dine. London is
considered an expensivecity in the world and even though its home for many
foreign migrants, still keeping (5)_______________ traditional heritage and
surrounding.
1. A. largest
B. larger
C. large
D. largely
2. A. mountain
B. river
C. bridge
D. road
3. A. little
B. a little
C.more
D. most
4. A. visit
B. visited
C. visiting
D. to visit
5. A. it
B. its
C.they
D. their
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm
to the ground and is often – although not always – visible as a funnel cloud.
Lighting and hails are common in thunderstorms that produces
tornadoes.Tornadoes cause extensive damages to structures and disrupt
transportation, power, water, gas, commmunications and other services in its
direct path and in neighbouring areas.Related thunderstorms can cause heavy
rains, flash flooding and hail.
About 1,200 tornadoes in the United States every year and every state is at risk.
Most tornadoes in the United States occur east of the Rocky Mountain with
concentrations in the central and southern plains, the Gulf Coast and Florida.
Tornadoes can strike any seasons, but occur most often in the spring and summer
months . They can occurs at all hours of the day or night but are most likely to
occur between 3 pm and 9 p.m.
1. A tornado is a violently rotating column of_______________
A. water
B.air
C. wind
2. Tornadoes cause _______________ damages to structures
.
A. slight
B.small
C. big
3. How many tornadoes hit the United States every year?

A.1,2000
B.1,200
C. 120
4. Most tornadoes in the United States occur in the __________ of the Rocky Mountain
A.central
B.south
C. east
5. Tornadoesoccur most often in _______________
A. the sping
B.the fall
C. the winter
PART E. WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning
with the given words.
1. They have discussed the pollution problems since last month
 The pollution problems _________________________________________.
2. I had lunch,then I watched an interesting film.
 Before _______________________________________________________.
3. If you don't take the taxi , you will be late for the meeting
Unless__________________________________________________________.
4. Mr. Nam started teaching English 20 years ago
Mr. Nam has ______________________________________________________.
5. They will do the test well. They will review them all hard.
-->If ______________________________________________________.
6. The rescue workers evacuated the villagers in the raged flood to the safe place last
night.
The villagers in the raged flood ___________________________________________.
7. The students will provide aids for the homeless people tomorrow.
-->Aids ______________________________________________________.
8. The people will protect the environment now. The environment will be nice
If ______________________________________________________.
9. They don't have a map, so they get lost
If ______________________________________________________.
10. The storm destroyed many houses in this village last week.
-->Many houses ______________________________________________________.
II. Arrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.
1. the/of the fish/ water/can/ The death / lead to/ polluted.
 ______________________________________________________________.
2. Lan/ at the office/yet/hasn't finished/ work / her.
_______________________________________________________________.
3. rain /it / If / heavily / didn't, could / the / we / to / market/ go.
_______________________ _____________.
4. was / in/ The telephone / invented /1876/ Alexander G.Bell/ by.
_______________________________________________________________.
III. Use the given words to write the complete sentences.
1. Canberra / be/ capital city / Australian.
 _____________________________________________________________.

2. Ann and David / not eat / by the time / I / arrive
______________________________________________________________.
IV. Write an email (90 - 110 words) to your pen friend telling him about your
favourite food.
 Use the following questions as cues:
- What is its name?
- How often do you eat it?
- What are the ingredients?
- Why do you like it?

PHÒNG GD&ĐT HUYỆN KIM SƠN
TRƯỜNG THCS QUANGTHIEN

ĐÁP ÁN THI KHẢO SÁT HSG
NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8

Mỗi ý đúng 0,2 điểm 1 ý x 42=8,4 điểm điểm bài viết luận 1,6
điểm
Tổng điểm =10 điểm
PART A. LISTENING.
I): Listen to the recording and circle the appropriate answer A, B or C. You
will hear the conversation twice.
1. C
2. C
3.B
4. A
II). Listen and fill in the missing information in the numbered space. You will
hear the recording twice.
1. September
2. Jarvis
3. 78
4. bookshop
PART B. PHONETICS
I.
CirclethewordA,B,CorDwhoseunderlinedpartispronounceddifferentlyfromoth
ers.
1. D
2.C
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group.
3. A
4. C
5. C
PART C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. CirclethebestansweramongA, B,C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. A

5. B
6. C
7. D
II. Give the correct tense/ form of the verb in brackets.
1. had started

8. A

2. had

PART D. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. B

5. B

II. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. C

5. A

PART E. WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning
with the given words.
1. They have discussed the pollution problems since last month
 The pollution problems have been discussed since last month
2. I had lunch,then I watched an interesting film.
 Before I watched an interesting film, I had had lunch
3. If you don't take the taxi , you will be late for the meeting
Unless you take the taxi , you will be late for the meeting
4. Mr. Nam started teaching English 20 years ago
 Mr. Nam has taught English for 20 years
II. Arrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.
1.Thedeath of the fish can lead to the polluted water.
2.Lan hasn't finished her work at the office yet.
3. If it didn't rain heavily,we could go to the market.
4. The telephone was invented byAlexander G.Bell in 1876.
III. Use the given words to write the complete sentences.
1.Canberra is the capital city of Australian.
2.Ann and David had not eaten by the time I arrived
IV. Write an email (90 - 110 words) to your pen friend telling him about your
favourite food. 1,6 Điểm
 Use the following questions as cues:
- What is its name?
- How often do you eat it?
- What are the ingredients?
- Why do you like it?