BỘ ĐỀ ÔN THI HSG LỚP 8

Practice test 1: 90 minutes
Question I: Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.
1- A. teacher B. scholarship C. chair D. chess
2- A. few B. dew C. new D. sew
3- A. smart B. cart C. carry D. start
4- A. burn B. bury C. curly D. turn
5- A. about B. south C. count D. young
Question II: Choose the word in each line has different stress pattern.
1- A. bamboo B. blanket C. comment D. entrance
2- A. collection B. hamburger C. pagoda D. encourage
3- A. locate B. admire C. forest D. effect
4- A. invent B. remain C. exchange D. gather
5- A. grocery B. collection C. revision D. decision
Question III: Choose the best answer:
1- Now fashion ……….. want to change the traditional Ao dai.
A. makers B. workers C. designers D. dressers
2- The word “Jeans” comes from a kind of …….. that was made in Europe.
A. substance B. form C. element D. material
3- It was careless ………. not to lock the gate.
A. of he B. for him C. of him D. from him
4- My uncle is a seaman. He usually away on voyages.
A. fisher B. sailor C. worker D. boatman
5- Some designers have taken ……….. from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.
A. liking B. hobby C. inspiration D. interest
6- This is a very popular TV program. Every week it ……… by millions of people.
A. has been watched B. is watched C. watches D. was watched
7- According to the weather ………., it will be raining tonight
A. forecast B. forecaster C. forecasted D. forecasting
8- Yesterday a hurricane hit the ……….. of Vung Tau city
A. coaster B. coast C. coasting D. coastal
9- The ………… can know when a volcano will erupt nowadays
A. science B. scientific C. scientists D. scientifically
10- Hue will have temperatures ……….. 23oC and 27oC
A. at B. between C. in D. with
Question III: Verbform:
1- Hold on! I (help) you with these heavy bags.
2- Let`s phone Mandy now before it (be) too late.
3- Someone stole my cigarettes when I (not look).
4- How is your father? Is he still ill? No, he (get better).
5- By the time he (get) back from the business trip I (leave).
6- When I realised he did not like what I was saying I rather (shut) up.
7- At first I could not decide but then I firmly (make) up my mind.
8- Where is my mobile phone? It (disappear) .
9- This is the first time I (eat) caviar.
10- I think I (get) the flu. I must go to bed.
Question IV: Wordform:
1- The ………….of people prefer TV to radio (major)
2- Lucy got ………………….quickly and went for work (dress)
3- Some young people today want to have a strange………….. (appear).
4- Do you want to go to the …………..areas to know more about the region ? (near)
5- That…………….has composed a lot of beautiful songs. (music)
6- If the industry doesn’t ……………., it will not survive. (modern)
7- This house is very lovely and very ………….. (fashion)
8- Mathematics and Literature are………..for children in this country. (compel)
9- She was the only visitor ………………………..into the sick room. (admission)
10- His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant …………. (sleep)
Question V: Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
We don’t only choose clothes to make us look ……..(1), we also use them to tell the world ……..(2) our personality. The clothes we wear and our ……..(3) as a whole give other people useful information about what we think ……..(4) we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear ……..(5) clothes and if we feel ……..(6) we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so……..(7)? Is it because they feel miserable all ……..(8)? This is unlikely