De thi hsg mon tieng anh 8

ĐỀ ÔN THI HSG ANH 8
ĐỀ SỐ 1

I. Circle the word which is pronounced differently from the others.(5pts)
1. a. listened b. watched c. learned d. played
2. a. slim b. thin c. smile d. visit
3. a. teacher b. school c. chemistry d. character
4. a. who b. where c. why d. what
5. a. wishes b. teaches c. likes d. finishes
II. Circle the word that has the word that has different stress pattern in each line.(5pts)
1. a. conversation b. favorite c. uniform d. treatment
2. a. medicine b. attend c. conclusion d. attention
3. a. happy b. allow c. career d. employee
4. a. discussion b. assistant c. character d. expensive
5. a. computer b. memory c. serious d. special
III. Choose the correct answer: Circle the letter A, B, C or D. (15pts)
1. Her.......towards me is very strange.
a. behave b. behavior c. behaved c. behaving
2. How much is the car.............in Japan?
a. makes b. making c. to make d. made
3. I tried my.......not to laugh.
a. good b. well c. better d. best
4. I left at 6 a.m............late.
a. so as not to be b. so as not being C. so as to be d. so as not being
5. She went to the market without.........anything.
a. buy b. to buy c. buying d. for buying
6. It.........the coldest day in Ha Noi for 40 years.
a. has b. was c. is d. has been
7. Living in the countryside is not expensive, and it isn’t complex,..............
a. too b. either c. neither d. so
8. Tim’s teacher asked him to spend more time............Spanish pronunciation.
a. in b. of c. at d. on
9. It took me a long time to get used...............glasses.
a. to wear b. to wearing c. wear d. wore
10. Would you mind............the door?
a. to close b. closing c. about closing d. closed
11. Will you pick me...........after the party?
a. on b. over c. up d. through
12. I’ve never seen such an interesting................
a. performing b. performer c. performance d. performed
13. It’s at least a month since............John.
a. I last seen b. I have last seen c. I last seen d. I last saw
14. The new shopping mall is quite.........the present shopping area.
a. different from b. the same c. like to d. similar
15. I like my sister’s house. It is a............
a. a new beautiful house b. beautiful house new
c. beautiful new house d. new house beautiful

IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (10pts)
The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the refuse of the inhabitants of
No.13 to have any form of (communicate) with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise (pollute). Every evening, the (
think
) neighbors used to turn up the volume
on the TV so loud that no one in the (
neighbor
) was able to hear anything else. Not knowing
what (
act
) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any (
suggest
) as to
know how to deal woth the problem. A decision was (
make
) to send a number of people to
talk to the family in No. 13 and ask them (
polite
) to turn their music down after six in the
evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to be (
success
), as the inhabitants of No.13
refused to talk to them. So on the (
advise
) of local police, the matter is now in the hands of
court.
V. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. (10pts)
1. We (watch) our favorite TV programmes at the moment.
2. Marry and John are neighbors. They (know) each other for a long time.
3. When he came, I (cook) dinner.
4. I haven’t met him since he (move) to Ho Chi Minh City.
5. My mother is tired enough (cook) tonight.
6. The asked me (not make)