Đề thi HSG Anh 8 (2008-2009) phần tự luận

ĐỀ THI KIỂM ĐỊNH CHẤT LƯỢNG MŨI NHỌN NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian làm bài: 100 phút (kể cả thời gian giao đề)
Họ và tên thí sinh: …………………………...…. Số báo danh ………….
Học sinh lớp: …….. Trường THCS ………………………………………
Hội đồng coi thi: THCS …………………………………………………..
Giám thị số 1: ……………………… Giám thị số 2: …………………….


Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi: 1: ………………………………
2: ………………………………

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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)……………………
2.This film is the best one I(ever see)……………………
3.She always (remember)……………………..the name of the people that she meets.
4.A.What………….you(do)…………now?
B.I (learn)……………English.









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 taking 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. RESIDE
2.She received a lot of ………………from her parents. COURAGE
3.If your work is ………………..,you’ll get a raise . SATISFY
4.What is the correct ………………of this word? PRONOUNCE
5.The child should be punished because of his bad…………… BEHAVE
6.We’ve decided to interview the best six……………..for the job. APPLY
7.Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been………………… URBAN
I the last few years.
8.It is …………..to eat too much sugar and fat. HEALTH
9.If you can give a reasonable………………..for your bad behavior EXPLAIN
last night, I’ll forgive you.
10.After taking an aspirin, her headache………………….. 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 Qahira (Cairo),a busy city of just under nine million people .Although the (4)…………is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the average (5)………..from October to March is not too high. The most (6)…………sights are the pyramids at Giza. However, it is also pleasant to (7)…………Alexandria, Port Said and several other places and do as much (8)……….as possible in the time available. A (9)………..to Luxor is an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent (10)………..there from Cairo.
0. A. holiday B. visit C. excursion D. trip
1. A. explorers B. voyagers C. tourists D. passengers
2. A. people B. citizenship C. nation D. population
3. A. principal B. head C