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 KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn thi : Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút
(không kể thời gian giao đề)

Họ và tên thí sinh: ........................................................số báo danh:......................

ĐỀ BÀI

I/ Supply the appropriate form of the words in the brackets ( 2 points)
1/ It is quite…………………………..……………… to find your house, Nghia. (DIFFICULT)
2/ The project will be…………………………………. ……………… next month. ( COMPLETE)
3/ I want everyone to listen………………………………………….………………….. , please.(CARE)
4/ He is a good student. He always behaves ………………………..…………………. . (GOOD)
II. Read and answer the questions: ( 4 points)
Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others studies by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in film, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Learning other language! Learning English! Why do all these people want to learn English? It is not difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and Math…and English. (In England or America or Australia many boys and girls study their own language, which is English and Math and other language, perhaps French or German or Spanish)
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
Answer the questions:
Where do the students learn English?

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Is it easy to answer the question “Why do all these people learn English?

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Why do teenagers learn English?

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According to you, why do you learn English?

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III. Supply the correct form of the verbs in the parentheses.( 2,5 points )
1. When Mr. Minh (look)………………………..out, she (see) that the children (play).........................…… the swings.
2. These skirts need (iron)………………………………………..……………….
3. I only (use)….....…………..… this pen once since the day I had it (mend)……………….…….
4. Most people prefer (spend) …………………….……….money to (earn)………………..…………. it.
5. I (meet) …………….……him twice this week but I (not / speak) …………….………..to him.

IV. Turn the following sentences into passive voice.( 2,5 points )
1. Nobody has used this room for ages. …………………………………………………………………………………….............................................................................

2. People said that they bought this shop last year.
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3. I had him repair my bicycle yesterday. …………………………………………………………………………………….............................................................................
4. They saw her come in. ……………………………………………………………………………………..............................................................................
5. She hates people staring at her. ……………………………………………………………………………………...............................................................................

V. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed above it.( 5 points )
1. Shall we go to the cinema tonight ?
(Let……………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………
2. “ Can I borrow your computer, Joe?” asked Peter.
( Peter asked if………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………
3. She started working as a secretary five years ago.
( She has…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
( I don’t know…………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….
5. My English friend finds driving on the left difficult.
( My English friend isn’t………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. I had a cat once , but now I don’t have it any more.
( I used ……………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………
7. The front yard isn’t too small to play soccer in
( The front yard isn’t ………………………………………………………………………….……………………………
8. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.
( The sea was too……………………………………………………………………………………….……………..………
9. “ Don’t come back after ten o’clock ”. said my mother.
( My mother asked…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. The mechanic serviced my car last week.
( I had ………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………
VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.( 2 points )
Michael Jackson was (1)………….……………………in San Francisco, California, in 1876. He took a high place in American literature at the (2)……………….…………………..of the twentieth (3).........……………………. . At that time, the library shelves and bookshops of America were already (4)…………………………of book by famous (5)………………………..……………..but Michael’s stories were new (6)…………………….……………………his heroes were not like the ones in the book