10 ĐỀ THI HS GIỎI E.8

E 8 – TUYỂN 10 ĐỀ THI HSG

I- Choose the word which has underlined letters pronounced differently from that of the rest :
1/ arrange family attract man
2/ card face make paint
3/ library child wife activity
4/ children choice machine change
5/ activity width musical admire
6/ divided wanted translated walked
7/ played showed lined stopped
8/ thousand thirsty clothes thin

II- Fill in the blank with the best word in parentheses :
1/ I`m not interested.....................................any of his stories (by, at, in, with)
2/ The boys are tired.....................................having to wash the dishes every night (with, by, of, in)
3/ The girl, .....................father is a chief at a famous restaurant, can not cook ( who, whom, whose, that)
4/ Smoke and waste chemicals from vehicles and factories.............................................the air and water (polluted, refresh, clean, wash)
5/ Mary learns Mathematics..............................than Peter does.( well, badly, best, better)
6/ It`s very kind.. .. ………………………..you to help the poor(for, with, by, of)
7/ Fruits are very useful.. .. .. ………………………..our health.(for, with, in, to)
8/ The river is deep.. .. ……………for ships to sail up to the port of Hai phong (too, as, enough, necessary)

III- Put the verbs in parentheses into their correct form :
1/ I don`t think we (meet) each other before.
2/ Nothing (do) since I moved here.
3/ Like humans, zoo animals must (have) a dentist (fill) their teeth.
4/ At last you`re here. I (wait) for you for more than half an hour.
5/ If I (be) the President, I (change) a lot of things.
6/ He wishes he (come) back to his mother land now.
7/ These books (write) (read) by every one. It should be shown in the library.
8/You looked very busy when I saw you last night. What you (do) ?

IV- Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meanings stay the same :
1/ Thank you for helping me
- It was kind ........................................................................................................................................
2/ Robert is a playwright as well as an actor.
- Robert is not only.............................................................................................................................
3/ The last time I saw Linda was at Jimmy`s birthday party.
- I haven`t............................................................................................................................................
4/ Mrs Green told Alice to carry those book back home.
- Mrs Green had................................................................................................................................
5/ A child can understand the problem.
- The problem.......................................................................................................................................
6/ It`s such a heavy box that I can`t lift it.
- The box.............................................................................................................................................
7/ I`ve never seen that play before.
- It`s......................................................................................................................................................
8/ They`re watching my father`s new car
- My father`s new car..........................................................................................................................



TEST 1
I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage. (20 points )
Linda is from England, but she (1-live )_________in the United States. She (2-work)_______for a women’s magazine. She (3-start )_________writing articles many years ago. She (4-write )__________
many articles. As a journalist, she (5-visit )_________nearly every city in the world. Recently, she (6-be )
_________to a number of countries in Africa. Now she (7-be )__________on holiday in Italy. She (8-go )
____________there three days ago. She (9-say )___________she (10-return )__________to the United States next week.

II. Write the correct form of words in capitals. (10 points )
1, Gases from factories are extremely____________________. HARM
2, We’ve decided to interview only ten __________________for the job. APPLY
3, The water is__________________. You can’t drink it . POLLUTE
4, Boys and girls may behave __________________in this situation. DIFFER
5, He was the greatest ___________________of the time . SCIENCE

III, Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meanings stay the same. (10 points
1, They are painting the living room at the moment.
- The living room…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2, John drives more carefully than his brother does.
- John’s brother …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3, Learning English is not easy.
- It is…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4, They