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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 that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently. (5 pts)

A. geology
B. psychology
C. classify
D. photography


A. death
B. stream
C. ready
D. leather


A. children
B. child
C. mild
D. wild


A. canceled
B. earned
C. startled
D. laughed


A. helped
B. booked
C. hoped
D. waited

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.(5 pts)

A. difference
B. suburban
C. internet
D. character


A. beautiful
B. effective
C. favorite
D. popular


A. attraction
B. government
C. borrowing
D. visit


A. difficulty
B. individual
C. population
D. unemployment


A. biology
B. redundancy
C. interviewer
D. comparative

III.Each of the numbered lines in the passage contains a mistake, find and correct it.(20 pts)
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IV.Put the words in the correct form.(20 pts)
21. People in my country are very warm and (friend)_____________.
22.An(orphan)_____________ is a home for children whose parents are dead.
23. L.A Hill is a(humor)_____________ writer.
24. I love the(peaceful)_____________ of summer evenings in the countryside.
25. Brian is very(social)_____________ and generous.
26. The N12 hurricane in Central Vietnam caused the (break)_____________ of epidemics.
27. Many people are made (penny)_____________ after the mishap of the typhoon.
28. My parents enjoy the (peaceful)_____________ of the countryside.
29. The (chaos)_____________ crowds of flood-stricken victims are striving for survival.
30. His bad behaviors are said to be resultedfrom his childhood’s (bring)_____________.
V.Fill in each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.(10 pts)
I began my teaching career nearly ten years (31)_______. I spent six years (32)_______ in a remote village (33)_______ the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very disappointed because of bad (34)_______ condition and low pay. I was really homesick. However, at (35)_______ time,with my youth enthusiasm, I (36)_______ my best to devote myself to (37)_______ noblest career that was "teaching". I loved my poor little students. They were living in (38)_______ but they could not suffer from empty mind.
I am proud of myself to be a teacher, a hard working "boatman" taking my students (39)_______ the "destination" of (40)_______.
VI. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition.(10 pts)
41. Snow is falling all________ the country. 42. Will you pick me________after the party?
43. The secretary took a message________ her boss.44. He emigrated________ Canada during 1870s.
45. We all agreed________ their request for a full investigation.
46. The post office is not far________ my house.
47. Let’s meet at the City Theater________ 7 o’clock because the play is on at 7 p.m.
48. She was born________May 16th, 2001 inNhaTrang.
49. He worked________deaf-mutes at Boston University.
50. Mrs. Lien said you could reach her________ 8 603 312.
VII. Choose from A, B, C, or D the one that best answers each of the questions.(20 pts)
A pilot cannot fly by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since human eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot how fast nearby planes are moving. The basic principle of radar is exemplified by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the sounds against the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of sound waves. Radio waves travel at the speed of light, about 300,000 kilometers in one second. A radar set sends out a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes produced when the waves bounce off objects. By determining the time it takes for the echoes to return to the radar set, a trained technician can determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word “radar”, in fact, gets its name from