Đề thi HSG Anh 8

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8
NĂM HỌC 2009 - 2010
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
SECTION ONE: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
QUESTION 1: Circle the best answer (20pts)

Question 1.a. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?

1. A. proud B. tour C. Pronounce D. sound
2. A. home B. come C. tongue D. one
3.A. here B. learn C. her D. verse
4. A. after B. late C. half D. hard
5. A. took B. food C. foot D. good
6. A. warm B. wash C. wall D. walk
7. A. ton B. only C. month D. son
8. A. drought B. ought C. brought D. bought


Question 1.b.


1. Mary……………..awarded a good present tomorrow.
A. will B. is C. are D. will be
2. My mother asked me where I had gone………………………………
A. yesterday B. the day before C. today D. that day
3. Mr. John came to Viet Nam……………………Vietnamese for his job.
A. study B. studies C. studying D. to study
4. Look ! The policeman………………………….after the thief.
A. is running B. are running C. was running D. to be run
5. To jog means to................................
A. work hard B. run fast C. run slowly D. work carefully
6. To quit means to................................
A. give up B. start C. begin D. sleep
7. To reduce means to....................
A. increase B decrease C. destroy D. rise
8. To assist means to............................
A. hire B. like C. hate D. help
9. I am looking forward to……………you some day .
A. seeing B. saw C. see D. sees
10. The opposite of failure is...................
A. success B. difficulty C. pride D. harm
11. The opposite of enemy is...................
A. army B. friend C. dog D. cat
12. The opposite of agree is...................
A. fly B. dream C. refuse D. grow

QUESTION 2: .Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses(20 pts)
Some flowers (give).......................to Dung yesterday.
It (agree)............................. that changes to the plan are necessary recently.
People (expect)..........................that Brazil would win.
The company (think).....................to be planning a new advertising campaign since then.
We are going to have our house (rebuild ).......................................next month.
To my (amuse)..........................he couldn’t get the door open.
Don’t overuse a causal (connect)............................like “because”.
There are (explain)..........................notes at the back of the book.
He’ll leave as soon as he ( hear)...........................the news.
Look, Trung ! You (know)..............the man who ( talk)...............to our head teacher?
He has...............................in giving up smoking( success).
12. Don’t forget (lock).............................the door before ( go)........................to bed.
13. We stopped once (buy)......petrol and then we stopped again (ask).......someone the way.
14. You hair needs (cut)................ You’d better (have)................it (do)............tomorrow.
15. You shouldn’t talk about her character only through her..................................( appear).

QUESTION 3:Find the word which fits the definition. ( 5 pts)


1. A .......................is a place where goods are bought and sold
2. A .......................is a person who writes reports and articles for newspapers.
3. An .....................is a piece of land with water all around it.
4. A .......................is