Đề Thi HS Giỏi Anh Văn

ĐỀ TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian: 90 phút, không tính thời gian giao đề

PART A. LISTENING. Listen and complete the passage:
The world’s (1)..........famous clock, Big Ben, is standing (2)........to the Houses of Parliament in London. Big Ben is the (3).........of the bell which chimes every hour. The bell (4)........named after Sừ Benjamin Hall, the man (5)........was given the task of hauling the bell up the clock tower. The clock (6).......four faces and keeps accurate time. It can (7).........adjusted by the removal or addition of coins (8).........a tray attached to the clock’s pendulum. One interesting thing about the clock is (9)........when the light shines above the belfry at night, it (10)......that the House of Common is still in session.
PART B. LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
I. Choose the best answer.
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.
1. The letter I (receive)...................yesterday is on the desk.
2. This film is the best one I (ever / see)................
3. She always (remember)...................the name of the people she meets.
4. A. What...............you (do)................now?
B. I (learn).................my English lessons.
5. I (not / see)...............him since he (leave)................this school.
6. I usually read the newspaper while I (wait)..................for the bus.
7. I (not / be)..................at work tomorrow. I’m having the day off.


8. Mary (find)..............a five- pound note while she (walk)............to school yesterday.
9. Mai (attend)................a meeting at the moment.
10. Do you mind (go)..................abroad.
III. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the given worD.

1. The...............in this town are very friendly.
2. She received a lot of...........from her parents.
3. If your work is............, you’ll get a raise.
4. What is the correct...................of this word?
5. The child should be punished because of his bad............
6. We’ve decided to interview the best six..........for the job.
7. Many rural areas in Vietnam have been..........the last few years.
8. It is................to eat too much sugar and fat.
9. If you can give a reasonable..............for your bad behaviour
last night, I’ll forgive you.
10. After taking an aspirin, her headache..............

1. RESIDE
2. COURAGE
3. SATISFY
4. PRONOUNCE
5. BEHAVE
6. APPLY
7. URBAN
8. HEALTH
9. EXPLAIN
10. APPEAR


IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill the blanks.
An increasing number of people are going on (0)..........to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and half million (1).......visited Egypt. The (2).........of Egypt is about fifty million and the (3)........is El Qahfra (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million people. Although the (4)........is hot and dry and most of the country is desert