Đề thi HSG môn T.Anh 8 NH 2015-2016

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC: 2015-2016
Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently (1pt)
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
4. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change
II. Use the correct tense of the verbs (2 pts)
1.My father (read)......................now. He always (read)............a book after dinner.
2.Mai( telephone)................you when she comes back.
3.While my sister and I (watch)................a movie on TV last night, our uncle in the USA (phone)..............
4.Please continue your work. We don’t mind (wait)..............
5.I (not see).................your bother recently.
6.A new text book (publish)................next month.
7.Where he (spend)............his summer vacation last year?
8.You (use)...............to go camping when you (live).............in the country?
III. Choose the best answer ( 2.5 pts)
1.I am lucky..............to study abroad.
A.that B.so C.as D.enough
2.Tom is going to participate.........the game.
A.at B.on C.in D.over
3.He’s known Mai..........he was in the country.
A.when B.since C.during D.until
4.Would you...........cleaning the floor for me?
A.like B.please C.mind D.rather
5.It’s .........to believe that he passed the exam.
A.hardly B.hard C.difficutly D.difficulty
6.I failed my exam...........I was lazy.
A.although B.because C.so D.but
7.You are always..............in the class.
A.talking B.talk C.talks D.talked
8.The man.........by the windows is my uncle.
A.standing B.stands C.stand D.stood
9.My friend told me what..........when I visited Hoi An.
A.doing B.to do C.do D.done
10.My family has decided.........Dalat in the summer.
A.to visit B.visit C.visited D.visits
IV . Find out correct one mistake in A, B, C or D of each sentence.(2.5pts )
1. He slept in his room when the fire alarm rang.
A B C D
2. The ambulance will be there for about ten minutes.
A B C D
3. These color televisions are too expensive for we to buy at this time.
A B C D
4. You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it is a dangerous place.
A B C D
5. The course begins in 12 May and ends sometimes in August.
A B C D
V. Use the correct tense of the verbs ( 2.5 pts)
1.Their children have quite ..................characters. DIFFERENCE
2.Mr Pike runs his business very .............. SUCCESS
3.Is there anything.................. on TV tonight? INTEREST
4.What is the correct.................of this word? PRONOUNCE
5.My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local……. ORPHAN
VI. Read the passage. Then choose the suitable word to fill in the blank (2,5pts)
Mr. and Mrs. Gray live in a big city, and they …(1)….a son. His name is Peter, and he doesn’t like…(2)….. One day Mrs. Gray said…(3)….her husband, “Living in the city all the time isn’t good…(4)….Peter. “So last summer they found a small house in the country and took Peter…(5)….for a vacation.
When they arrived…(6)…. the house, Mrs. Gray said to Peter, “We are going to stay…(7)…. for two weeks.”
The boy ran …(8)….the house and looked in all the rooms, and he ran back to …(9)….mother and said to her, “ I haven’t found the bathtub, Mom. Where is it?”
“This is a…(10)….small house, Peter,” his mother said