Anh 8 HSG huyen

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Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện lớp 8
năm học 2009 - 2010

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

*Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài vào Tờ giấy thi và không được sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu nào. Đề thi gồm 3 trang
Part 1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a . coughed b. played c. solved d. failed
2. a. chemist b. achieve c. require d. believe
3. a. low b. slow c. allow d. own
4. a. leaf b. of c. deaf d. wife
5. a. drought b. ought c. brought d. bought
6. a. this b. that c. these d. think
7. a. young b. about c. account d. sound
8. a. look b. cook c. book d. roof
9. a. trade b. payment c. relation d. bank
10. a. son b. six c. suit d. sugar
Part 2. Choose the best answer in the blank for each of the following sentences.
The phone rang while I ( sleep/ slept/ was sleeping/ has slept) in the bedroom.
She asked me (if I know/ if I knew/ whether I know/ whether I have known ) him.
My parents advised me ( study/ to study/ studying/ studied) harder.
This work ( must do/ must be done/ must did/ must to do) well.
He promises he ( is/ be/ has been/ will be) back in 20 minutes.
Milk bottles can be (reused / recycle / thrown away / brokem) after being cleaned.
Mr Huy is (enough / too / so/ very) poor to buy a house.
It’s a long time (since / fo r / at/ in) I had a good meal.
Viet Nam is a ( exporting-rice/ rice-exporting/ rice-export/ export-rice) country.
This is the ( far/ farther/ further/ furthest) I have ever traveled.
In the world, million of papers ( thrown/ is throwing / are thrown/ threw) away every day.
I prefer lemon juice ( rather / to / more / than) orange juice.
Part 3. Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning.
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important. -> It is …………………………
2. They last wrote to their parents in March. -> They……………….………
3. Ha said to her teacher,“ Will I finish my exercise at home?" -> Ha asked her teacher ..….…
4. She wrote the letter in two hours. -> It took…………………...…
5. They have built a new hotel in Ha Tinh since 2009. -> A……………………………
6. I am happy to look after the baby for you. ->I don’t mind…………………
7. I can’t cook as well as my mother does. ->My mother…….……………
8. She failed the exam because of her laziness. ->Because she……….….…..…
9. The librarian didn’t allow Nam to take the book home. -> Nam…………………………
10. She forgot my birthday and so did I. -> She didn’t……..……………
Part 4. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
1. “I come from Canada”. He said he comes from Canada.
A B C D
2. I’m bored and I wonder if you could to tell me what to do your fun.
A B C D
3. Thank for invite me to the rice –cooking contest of your school.
A B C D
4. I am interesting in the rice – cooking contest you organized yesterday.
A B C D
5. We don’t want to go out tonight because it is rain.
A B C D
6. Nam has learnt English since three years.
A B C D
7. He is very happy now. Because his bike is repaired yesterday.
A B C D
8. She is enough