DE HSG TIENG ANH 8

De thi hoc sinh gioi lan 3 Tham
Question I :
I. Choose one of word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (5 pts)
1. A. Christmas B. character C. school D. church
2. A. traveled B. surprised C. worked D. climbed
3. A. tour B. pour C. your D. course
4. A. towel B. down C. window D. flower
5. A. cook B. food C. too D. pool
Question I1: Choose the best answers (10 pts)
1. Don’t be silly! That ...................................possibly be Rivaldo!
a. mustn’t b . shouldn’t c. won’t d. can’t
2. No sooner had we started the game, .........................it began to rain.
a. than b. then c. that d. and
3. I ..................................be interested in playing badminton as a child.
a. could b. ought to c. might d. used to
4. They’ve told you time and time ............................. not to go out at night.
a. to b. over c. again d. before
5. Sorry I’m late, but I..............................feed my little son before leaving home.
a. needed b. must c. had to d. was to
6. Smith writes very quickly. He’s .........................finished his essay.
a. already b. been c. for d. yet
7. What are you going to do? - I don’t know. I haven’t made................my mind yet.
a. on b. at c. in d. up
8. I’ve ..............................to Paris. I went there in March.
a. been b. gone c. just d. yet
9. This is the first ..................... I’ve ever lived far from home.
a. already b. since c. that d. time
10. What did the girl say ........................?
a. at you b. for you c. you d. to you?
Question III: Supply the correct forms of the word in parentheses. (10 pts)
1. Nam put ................(press) on that towel to stop the bleeding.
2. After many years of ............(fail), Edison finally succeeded in inventing the light bulb.
3. We use first-aid in order to ease the victim’s pain and ......................(anxious).
4. She felt ....................(relief) after she passed the exam.
5. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ..................(arrive) at the hotel.
6. We can take buses or trains to Northern ......................(destine) of Nha Trang.
7. Sapa is considered the most beautiful .......(mountain) resort in the north of Viet Nam.
8. We are having a good time here. People on the island are very friendly and ...........(hospitality).
9. The police are interested in the sudden ............(appear) of the valuable painting.
10. I wrote .............(end) letters of application but I got no reply.
IV. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. (10 pts)
Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ………………successful so the family (4) ……………… very little money. The first time he himself earned (5) ……………… by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (6) ………………the theatre.
When he (7) ……………… about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On one such tour, (8) ……………… was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director.
He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (10) ……………… of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing.
V. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition. (10 pts)
1. It’s 2.5 km…………my school………..