Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Đề số 06

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1. Full name: Class: Date: ĐỀ SỐ 06 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8 Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried 2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health 3. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage 4. A. whole B. when C. where D. while 5. A. improvement B. equipment C. comment D. development II. Choose the correct word or phrase underlined to complete each of the following sentences. 1. My mother is (enough/ too/ so/ very) tired to cook tonight 2. They haven’t seen each other (since/ for/ at/ in ) Christmas. 3. Alexander Graham Bell invented the (washing machine/ computer/ television set/ telephone). 4. Mr Hoang is used (eat/ to eat/ to eating/ ate) no thing before going to work 5. Tim saw his friends while he (cross/ was crossing/ is crossing/ crossed) the street. 6. He asked me (if I have/ whether I have/ if I had/ whether I have had) a driving licence. 7. Cool the burn immediately (so as/ so that/ in order to/ because) to minimize tissue damage. 8. She promises she (is/ be/ has been/ will be) back in about ten minutes. 9. This project (is carried out/ will carried out / carries out/ will be carried out) next month. 10. I saw him (watering/ water/ is watering/ to water) the flowers in the garden. 11. Angkor Wat is the (large/ largest / larger/ most largest ) temple in the world. 12. In the rice – cooking festival, a fire is made in the (modern/ new/ traditional/ old time) way. 13. Hoa told me that she (is / was/ were/ had been) hungry. 14. It (sounds/ hears/ says/ listens) interesting. How does it work ? 15. It isn’t good for children (to eat/ eating/ for eating/ eat) too many sweets. III. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions 6. She went to market without ___ anything.
2. A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. Buying 7. ___ she plays the piano! A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good 8. The new shopping mall is quite ___ the present shopping area. A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar 9. There were ___ flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy. A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much 10. Of my parents, my father is ___ A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter 11. Would you ___ cleaning the floor for me? A. like B. please C. mind D. rather 12. I’ve never seen such an interesting ___ A. performing B. performer C. performance D. performed 13. I’m sorry. I’m not ___ to help you lift the table. A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength. 14. I usually go to work by bus, but ___ and then I use my motorbike A. again B. once C. now D. ever 15. There are not ___ jobs for all of us. A. so B. such C. too D. enough IV . Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets to compete the passage. Robert Wilson (1. be) ___ a politician. He (2. go) ___ to Oxford University in 1960, and in 1976 he (3. become) ___ a Member of Parliament (an MP). He (4. be) ___ an MP since then. He (5. be) ___ Minister of Education from 1980 to 1985. He (6. write) ___ many books. He (7. get) ___ married and (8. have) ___ two children. His family lived in Oxford for 15 years, then they (9. move) ___ to London in 1980. They now (10. live) ___ in a house in Kensington Street, London. III. Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning 1. She studies English so that she can improve her knowledge. ➢ She studies English so as ___ 2. The last time I went to Ho Chi Minh City was 6 years ago. ➢ I haven’t___ 3. “Where is the post office?” A visitor asked Lan. ➢ A visitor asked Lan___ 4. May I borrow your ruler? ➢ Would you mind___ 5. We spent five hours getting to London.
3. ➢ It took us ___ 6. Some one is going to tune my piano tomorrow. ➢ I am going___ 7. Nam keeps forgetting his homework. ➢ Nam is___ 8. My mother gave me a very nice watch yesterday. ➢ I was ___ 9. We’d prefer you not to smoke. ➢ We’d rather___ 10.“ You should not believe him, Minh” said Toan ➢ Toan advised___ IV. Fill a suitable preposition in each blank. 1. Mrs Vui always prides ___ her cooking. 2. It is safe to keep medicine ___ locked cupboards. 3. Lipton tea is different___ Dilmah tea. 4. How ___ going to Vinh Market this afternoon ? 5. Mr John is very interested ___ the history of Viet Nam. 6. When my parents arrived home, I was waiting___ a phone call. 7. Mary regretted not bringing a lot of clothes___ her. It was very cold. 8. Hoa got up late as her alarm clock didn’t go___ 9. Would you mind if I had a look ___ your luggage ? 10.Because of the heavy storm, the ship moved up and___ the water. V. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. The lecturer is giving us first-aid ___ (instruct) 2. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ___ (comfort) 3. He said “Good morning” in a most ___ way. (friend) 4. This book is ___ enough for me to read. (interest) 5. Sa Pa is a wonderful ___ resort in Viet Nam. (mountain) 6. Nam’s sister has been an___ for seven years. (act) 7. Diana is a ___ She sells flowers at a shop in New York. (flower) 8. The view of this mountain is ___ (beauty) 9. My mother doesn’t like me to wear short skirts to church. She thinks they are ___ (suitable) 10.Christmas songs were ___ for people in towns and villages. (perform) III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition. 16. She isn’t here ___ the moment. 17. Warm clothes protect us ___ bad weather. 18. What do you often do ___ weekends. 19. We haven’t seen him ___ last month.
4. 20. He had an accident and was taken ___ hospital. 21. We regarded him ___ a famous doctor. 22. You’re better ask ___ the information desk. 23. He borrowed $ 100 ___ his father 24. “ Hamlet” is written ___ Shakespeare. 25. Jane fell ___ her bike and hit head on the road VI. Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces. Paper Paper was (1) ___ by the Chinese in the first century AD. Most paper is made (2) ___ wood. When trees are (3) ___, they are transported (4) ___ land or water to paper mill. Here they are cut (5) ___ and the wood is broken up into fibres. Which are (6) ___ with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried on a machine (7) ___ into paper. One tree is needed for every 400 (8) ___ of a typical forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40.000 trees a day. Trees are being cut down faster than they are being (9) ___, so there may be a (n) (10) ___ paper shortage before the year 2010. 1. a. imagined b. invented c. thought d. brought 2. a. from b. of c. by d. with 3. a. cut in b. cut of c. cut down d. cut up 4. a. on b. of c. through d. by 5. a. up b. all c. over d. in 6. a. turned b. mixed c. beaten d. joined 7. a. make b. making c. made d. to make 8. a. covers b. texts c. sheets d. copies 9. a. set up b. replaced c. grown up d. found 10. a. able b. important c. serious d. essential IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column. 26. Their children have quite ___ characters. DIFFERENCE 27. What is the correct ___of this word? PRONOUNCE 28. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ___ COMFORT 29. She is one of the greatest ___ to appear in this theater. PERFORM 30. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very ___ there in the fall. WIND 31. It is ___ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH 32. During his ___ the family lived in Cornwall. CHILD 33. Bell ___ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS 34. Every day, there are two ___ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY 35. ___ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN
5. V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. 36. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ___ through the text ? 37. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) ___ in next week” 38. Look at those black clouds. It ( rain) ___ 39. The film ( begin) ___ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ? 40. Mai (telephone)___ you when she comes back. 41. The pens ( produce ) ___ by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good. 42. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I ‘d rather you ( sit ) ___ over there” 43. The price ( become ) ___ more and more expensive these days. 44, + 45. Mr Binh ( know) ___ how to drive a car although he ( not learn) ___ it yet. VIII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find it by choosing A, B, C or D. 66. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet ? A B C D 67. “ Do you think anyone saw us ?” she told nervously. A B C D 68. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world. A B C D 69. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to Phu Tho next week. A B C D 70.My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting A B C scholarship at university. D VII. Write a description of 100-120 words with the title “My holidays”. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ THE END