ĐE THI HSG ENGLISH 8

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
HUYỆN HÒA BÌNH Năm học: 2008 – 2009
******* Thời gian làm bài: 90phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
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Họ và tên : ……………………………….. Số báo danh: …………….
Ngày, tháng, năm sinh: ………………………………………………...
Trường THCS: .……………………………………….………………..
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(Đề thi gồm 4 trang)

Điểm bài thi
Bằng số: ……………………… Bằng chữ:……………………..


I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three. Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.(2.5m)
1. A. needed B. played C. rained D. followed
2. A. suit B. seven C. sugar D. sun
3. A. dollar B. lower C. micro D. stone
4. A. place B. plate C. trace D. travel
5. A. above B. glove C. love D. prove
II. Circle the best answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the following sentences.(2.5m)
1. What are you going to do? - I don’t know. I haven’t made________my mind yet.
A. on B. at C. in D. up
2. It`s very kind _________ you to help me.
A. for B. at C. of D. with
3. I hate __________to do something by others.
A. being to ask B. asking C. being asked D. to ask
4. Let’s go camping in the mountain, __________?
A. do we B. can we C. will we D. shall we
5. Deaf-mutes can __________ speak __________ hear.
A. both ... and B. neither ...nor C. not only ... but also D. either ... or
6. Did you succeed __________ the problem?
A. to solve B. on solving C. in solving D. solving
7. He failed his exam __________he was lazy.
A. although B. because C. so D. but
8. The man ________ by the window is my father.
A. standing B. stands C. stand D. stood
9. My teacher told me what _______when I visited Hoi An.
A. doing B. to do C. do D. done
10. My family has decided ________ Ha Long in the summer.
A. to visit B. visit C. visited D. visits
III. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.(2.5m)



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1. I know all the people who live in my ................................. NEIGHBOR
2. During his ......................... the family lived in Cornwall CHILD
3. Bell…………………….. demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS
4. …………..…….., dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN
5. I like the city life because there are many kinds of ………………….. . ENTERTAIN
IV. There are 10 mistakes in the passage. Each line has one. Underline the mistakes and write the correct ones in the spaces.(2.5m)
Example: I haven’t saw your brother for two months.
0. seen

 Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer
1. ......................

holiday. He travelled with him schoolmates to a mountainous
2........................

area in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a
3. ......................

road through a forest among two villages. “It was very difficult
4. ......................

because there had no water to drink and no shops where we
5. ......................

could bought food”, said Nam. “It was also very cold and wet
6. ......................

in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country”.
7. .....................

Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard
8. .....................

work, but he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is