De thi hsg huyen ly nhan

Phòng giáo dục đề kiểm tra chất lượng học sinh mũi nhọn
Huyện lý nhân năm học 2006-2007
Môn: tiếng anh - lớp 8
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể giao đề)
Điểm bài thi: Số phách: .............................
Bằng số: .................................. Họ tên, chữ ký của giám khảo
Bằng chữ: ................................ 1/ ......................................................
2/ ......................................................
đề kiểm tra và bài làm môn tiếng anh lớp 8
(Bộ đề này gồm có 04 trang. Học sinh làm bài ngay vào bộ đề này)

Question 1: Choose the best answer to finish each of the following sentences.
(circle the letter: a, b, c or d)
1/ Most of NOKIA mobile phones .......... in the shop are imported from China.
a. selling b. sold c. are sold d. were sold
2/ Milk bottles can be ........... after being cleaned.
a. recycle b. thrown away c. broken d. reused
3/ There is nothing to prevent the children ............ playing here.
a. off b. away c. from d. to
4/ The woman ................. by the door is my aunt.
a. stands b. stood c. standing d. stand
5/ If you don’t go to the cinema, neither ............. I.
a. did b. won’t c. shan’t d. shall
6/ It’s .......... to believe that she passed the exam.
a. hard b. hardly c. difficultly d. difficulty
7/ After the clothes have been washed, they ............. out to dry.
a. were hung b. are hung c. are hanged d. were hanged
8/ Mary will be leaving .......... Paris on Sunday.
a. from b. at c. in d. for
9/ I’m going to go out and ..................... .
a. have made my dress b. have my dress made
c. let my dress made d. my dress be made
10/ I’m ............. with the result.
a. please b. pleasing c. pleasant d. pleased
11/ I’ve lost my key. I ought ............... it in a safe place.
a. that I put b. to be putting c. to have put d. to put
12/ I don’t think I want to see this film. – Oh! I think you ........... enjoy it.
a. can b. will c. shall d. would
Question 2: Read the passage and choose the best answer for each space.
Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological ...(1)... . But actually the idea for a computer ...(2)... worked out over two centuries ago by a man called Charles Babbage. Babbage was born in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines ...(3)... be called “engines”. But despite the fact that he ...(4)... building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years people have argued ...(5)... his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building ...(6)... engine based on one of Babbage’s designs. ...(7)... has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum ...(8)... remind people of Babbage’s work.
1/ a. year b. age c. time d. days
2/ a. has b. had c. was d. is
3/ a. who b. whose c. these d. which
4/ a. wanted b. made c. started d. missed
5/ a. until b. whether c. though d. while
6/ a. the b. an c. some d. that
7/ a. One b. He c. They d. It
8/ a. to b. for c. as d. so

Question 3: Fill in each of the numbered blank with one suitable preposition.
Right! your plane leaves at 14.00 hours. You should check in one and a half hour ...(1)... departure time, so you need to be ...(2)... the airport at 12.30. You can wait in the departure lounge ...(3)... check - in time ...(4)... departure time.
You’ll probably wait there ...(5)... about 13.50. Now, about getting ...(6)... the airport. There’s an airport bus that leaves the terminal ...(7)... 11.00 hours. You could catch that. I know there’s always a lot of traffic going to the airport ...(8).... the morning