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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 word in each group that has underlined, italic part pronounced differently. (5 pts)
1. A. neighbor B. receive C. weight D. great
2. A. cloudy B. windy C. dry D. rainy
3. A. compost B. shore C. order D. pour
4. A. southern B. sunbathing C. breathe D. thunder
5. A. houses B. faces C. horses D. places
II.Complete the sentences with the most suitable words.(15 pts)
6. The front yard is_______ to play soccer in.
A. small too B. so small C. too small D. very small
7. My brother feels_______ again after his operation.
A. strongly B. strength C. strong D. enough strong
8. Their family had a few_______ rest after a long trip.
A. hours B. hour’s C. hours’ D. hour
9. Her son was absent from school_______ of his illness last Tuesday.
A. because B. instead C. though D. but
10. Susan is the_______ of the three girls.
A. prettier B. prettiest C. pretty D. prettily
11. _______ the beginning of the day called morning or evening?
A. Is B. Are C. Does D.Can
12. Nam_______ familiar with getting up early in winter two years ago.
A. was B. were C. is D. has been
13.The school yard was_______ with students.
A. crowd B. crowds C. crowded D. crowding
14. After a month, Hoa got used to_______ in her new school.
A. study B. studying C. studied D. is studying
15. My father always drives_______. He is a_______ driver.
A. carefully/ careful B. carefully/carefullyC. carefully/ care D. careful/carefully
16. Unless you work hard, you_______ fail the exams.
A. won’t fail B. will fail C. don’t fail D. didn’t fail
17. Mr Minh used to_______ alot when he was young.
A. smoke B. smoking C. smoked D.be smoking
18. She told me_______ up too late.
A. don’t stay B. not to stay C. not stay D. to not stay
19. Why are you turning on the TV? I_______ the news. A. will watch B. am going to watch C. watch D. watched
20. Hung is_______ to ride motorbike to school.
A. not old enough B. old not enough C. enough old not D. enough not old
III.Choose A, B, C, D to complete the paragraph.(10 pts)
I had a terrible time last Saturday. It (21)_______ cold, but quite sunny, so after lunch I walked into town. I wanted to buy a pullover. I was looking in the window of a clothes (22)_______ when someone stole my wallet. While I was walking home, it started (23)_______ and I arrived home cold and miserable. I decided to have a hot bath. I was getting ready to have my bath (24)_______ the doorbell rang. It was a flower seller and it took me several minutes to make him go away. Unfortunately, all the time he was talking (25)_______ me, the water was running. You can imagine how the kitchen was!
21. A.was B.is C.has been D.were
22. A.office B.bar C.shop D.café
23. A.rain B.rained C.rains D.to rain
24. A. where B.when C. if D.so
25. A. to B. out C.of D.on
IV.Read the passage carefully, then choose the