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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 8Nămhọc: 2017-2018
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thờigian 90 phút)

I. Choose the best answer.(10 pts)
1.Lan enjoys_______ the piano.
A. play B. playing C. plays D. played
2.Can you help me_______ this exercise?
A. do B. doing C. did D. does
3.Peter’s apartment is smaller_______ Daisy’s.
A. that B. the C. than D. those
4.My son is too tired_______ dinner.
A. to have B. have C. having D. had
5.What_______ the cakes like?
A. does B. do C. are D. had
6.John has lived in Paris_______ last summer.
A. yet B. in C. since D. for
7.The red bicycle is not as expensive_______ the blue one.
A. so B. like C. more D. as
8.My mother shows me how_______ clothes.
A. to make B. making C. make D. made
9.These houses_______ 100 years ago.
A. are built B. built C. were built D. build
10.I prefer tea_______ coffee.
A. rather B. than C. more D. to
II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in the brackets. (10 pts)
a.The letter I (11. receive)_______ yesterday is on the desk.
b.This film is the best one I(12. ever see)_______.
c.She always (13. remember)_______ the name of the people that she meets.
d.I (14. not see)_______ him since he (15. leave)_______ this school.
e.I usually read the newspaper while I (16. wait)_______ for the bus.
f.I (17. not be)_______ at work tomorrow. I’m taking the day off.
g.Mary(18. find)_______ a five- pound note while she (19. walk)_______ to school yesterday.
h.Mai (20. attend)_______ a meeting at the moment.
III. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the given word. (10 pts)
21.The_______ in this town are very friendly. RESIDE
22.She received a lot of_______ from her parents. COURAGE
23.If your work is_______, you’ll get a raise. SATISFY
24.What is the correct_______ of this word? PRONOUNCE
25.The child should be punished because of his bad_______. BEHAVE
26.We’ve decided to interview the best six_______ for the job. APPLY
27.Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been_______in the last few years. URBAN
28.It is_______ to eat too much sugar and fat. HEALTH
29.If you can give a reasonable_______ for your bad behavior last night, I’ll forgive you. EXPLAIN
30.After taking an aspirin, her headache_______. APPEAR
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill the blanks.(10 pts)
An increasing number of people are going on holiday to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and half million (31)_______ visited Egypt. The (32)_______ of Egypt is about fifty million and the (33)_______ is El Qahira (Cairo),a busy city of just under nine million people .Although the (34)_______ is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the average (35)_______ from October to March is not too high. The most (36)_______ sights are the pyramids at Giza. However, it is also pleasant to (37)_______ Alexandria, Port Said and several other places and do as much (38)_______ as possible in the time available. A (39)_______ to Luxor is an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent (40)_______ there from Cairo.
31. A. explorers B. voyagers C. tourists D. passengers
32. A. people B. citizenship C. nation D. population
33. A. principal B. head C. state D. capital
34. A. temperature B. climate C. condition D. position
35. A. weather B. measurement C. climate D. temperature
36. A. famous B. known C. visited D. requested
37.