ĐỀ LUYỆN HSG

Phòng Giáo Dục ............

Đề 10
Đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi
Năm học 2013-2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
Thời gian: 150 phút(Không kể thời gian giao đề)



I- Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. this B. that C. think D. there
2. A. look B. food C. took D. loose
3. A. define B. decline C. determine D. mine
4. A. means B. meant C. bean D. clean
5. A. wondered B. arrived C. relied D. laughed
II- Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. ( write ) the letter, she put it in an envelope.
2. When Linda ( come ) back from the beach, she ( look ) very red from the Sun.
3. Yesterday I ( walk ) along the street when I ( realize ) a man with a black beard, whom I ( see ) three times already, ( follow ) me.
4. Hello, Mary. The party last night was great. You should ( come ).
5. We fell over some pieces of wood ( leave ) ( lie ) around.
6. He can`t speak English without (make) mistakes.
III- Give correct word -forms in brackets to complete sentences.
1. I had my trousers ……… because they were too short. long
2. UFO means ……….Flying Object. identify
3. He is so ………. ! No wonder he has no friends. agree
4. He felt very ……….. when he saw he had failed the exam again. courage
5. A ……….. child can hardly feed himself. able
IV- a- Change the following sentences into passive voice.
1. Did anybody see him come down the lane ?
2. They should learn this poem by heart.
3. The noise might have frightened the horse.
4. The cook ought to have prepared it.
5. Someone must tell him not to go out in the rain.
b- Supply the missing prepositions:
1. A care-taker is the person who is paid to take care ……a building ……. the owner`s absence.
2. Can you help me get ready ……….. my mother`s birthday party.
3. He suggested …………. me that we should pay her ……….. dollars.
4. …….. spite ….... the heat they went ….... and ……...
5. I`ve been trying to learn English but I`m not satisfied …………… my progress.
V- Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word in the following passage
Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday especially if the weather is fine. Last August we decided to ….(1)…... the day in the country. The only difficulty was that millions of other people had exactly the same idea. We moved …..(2)… of the city slowly behind along …..(3)…... of cars, but at last we came to a quiet country road and after some time, stopped at a lonely farm. We had ….(4)… plenty of food with us and we got ...(5)…. out of the car. Now everything was ready so we sat down near a path at the foot of a hill. It was very peaceful in the cool grass until we …..(6)….. bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us …..(7)… up our things and run back ….(8)…. the car as …..(9)….. as possible. There were about two hundred sheep coming ….(10)….. us down the path .
VI- Choose the correct word in brackets to complete the following sentences.
1. They felt……………….when Tet was coming near.
A. excitement B. excited C. excitedly D. exciting
2. Nam ……………to the sea when she lived in Hai Phong.
A. goes B. has gone C. used to go D. is going
3. They ……………..me if I could speak Japanese.
A. told B. said C. talked D. asked
4. Let’s go to the post office,………………….?
A. shall we B. will we C. do we D. did we
5. Don’t make me upset,…………………..?
A. shall you B. do you C. did you