ĐỀ HSG

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH NĂNG KHIẾU LỚP 8 CẤP HUYỆN
NĂM HỌC : 2011 - 2012

ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề ).
Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences below.
TV is bringing ________information ________entertainment.
A. not only/but also B. so/that C. more/than D. neither/nor
The residents in my _________are not happy about the changes of the new mall.
A. neighbor B. neighborhood C. neighborly D. neighboring
The pocket-watch is very _________from the wristwatch.
A. same B. similar C. different D. difficult
Airmail is _________expensive than surface mail.
A. more B. like C. as D. the most
We can _________funds for street children by collecting old newspapers and waste paper.
A. rise B. raise C. lift D. grow
These children don’t have fathers or mothers. They live in a(n)_________.
A. school B. building C. cottage D. orphanage
His parents are very __________of his intelligence.
A. dangerous B. greedy C. proud D. interested
She can __________her pronunciation after spending some months in Australia.
A. learn B. speak C. revise D. improve
Please __________this word. It is very important.
A. come across B. underline C. stick D. promise
He ___________at night when he was young.
A. used to work B. used to working C. used working D. was used to work
___________is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next.
A. Legend B. Fiction C. Folktale D. Novel
Young children do not understand that many __________objects are dangerous.
A. home B. house C. homework D. household
Don’t let your little brother play with ballpoint pens. They can __________him.
A. injure B. dust C. destroy D. move
It’s easy to find my school. It’s __________the ABC Bank.
A. under B. opposite C. next D. between
She ____________Lan and Hoa to her birthday party last Sunday.
A. brought B. invited C. conducted D. left
Fill in each blank with a suitable answer from A, B, C, or D.
One day, two men (31)_____ in the woods. Suddenly, they saw a huge black bear. One man immediately (32)_____ down, took off his backpack, and took out his sneakers. He began (33)______ off his hiking boots. The other man looked (34)_____ him and said, “Are you crazy? Do you think you can run (35)______ than that bear?” “No,” replied the first man. “But I can run faster than you!”
take off (phrv) : cởi( giày… )/ sneakers (n) : giày chạy bộ/ hiking boots (n) : giày đi bộ
A. hiked B. are hiking C. was hiking D. were hiking
A. sits B. sited C. sat D. sitted
A. take B. taking C. to take D. B & C
A. on B. at C. for D. after
A. faster B. fastly C. fast D. more fast
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
It’s easy to find a job in the city than in the country.
A B C D
The girls are looking at herself in the mirror.
A B C D
The box is too heavy for me to lift it by himself.
A B C D
Bod is a good driver. He always drives careful.
A B C D
My uncle has lived on the farm in the country since a long time.
A B C D
Read the passage and answer the following questions
Tom and Bob are brothers. They are both old men now. They grew up together on a farm in England, but they have had very different lives. When Tom left school, he started working on their father’s farm. He really enjoyed the simple village life and when their father died, he took over the farm. All his life Tom has lived in the old farmhouse.
What about Bob? He left the village as soon as he had a chance. He hasn’t visited Tom very often in the last 30 years. But Tom has read about