Đề thi HSG 8 cấp trường(Mới)

PHÒNG GD & ĐT THANH OAI
TRƯỜNG: THCS THANH CAO


ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC: 2012 - 2013
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

A.PHONETICS: (10 ms)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently ( 5 ms)
1. a. happy b.character c. fat d. classmate
2. a. blind b. hire c. mint d. light
3. a. steamer b. bead c. appear d. theater
4. a. Christmas b. anchor c. chemistry d. cheque
5. a. young b. about c. account d. sound
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of others: (5ms)
1. a machine b. mobile c. movie d. theater
2. a. directory b. telephone c. invention d. experiment
3. a. arrange b. transmit c. demonstrate d. device
4. a. delivery b. emigrate c. introduce d. customer
5. a. furniture b. university c. patient d. hospital
B. VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE (15ms)
Choose the right words or phrases to fill in the blank :
1. Jack is ____________.His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot.
A. generous B. humorous C. easy-going D. unusual
2. I’m sorry. I’m not __________to help you lift the table.
A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength.
3. We used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a ____________
A. washing machine B. dishwasher C. hair dryer D. steamer.
4. It took me a long time to get used ___________ glasses.
A. to wear B. to wearing C. wear D. wore.
5. The doctor ................he should take a few days off.
A. say B. said C. ask D. tell
6. She went to market without………. anything.
A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. buying
7. Please show me how_______ this.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. to have done
8. He likes travel, and_______ does she.
A. too B. such C. so D. but
9. He doesn`t get up early on Sundays. He gets up_______
A. late B. lately C. early D. earlily
10._____ him a few words of Italian? The waiter.
A. Who taught B. What did he teach
C. Who did teach D. Whom did he teach

11."Do you think Margaret will take the job you offered her?"
"I don’t know. She seemed __________ in it, however".
A interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly

12. He drives as______ his father does.
A. careful as B. more carefully
C. the most careful D. carefully as
13. It’s interesting to ___________ friends with people from other countries.
A. have B. do C. make D. go
14. His .................towards me is very strange.
A. behave B. behavior C. behaved D. behaving
15.Of my parents, my father is …………………..
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter
16.He worked _______________ than his brother.
A. more careful B. very carefully C. carefullier D. more carefully
17. She spends most of her free time __________ volunteer work.
A. do B. doing C. to do D. for doing
18. She has _____________ hair.
A. black straight long B. straight black long
C. straight long black D. long straight black
19. His friends often laugh ____ his jokes.