Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh 8

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
DUY XUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
I. Choose the best answer.(25 pts)
1. Look at those black clouds. It ............rain.
A. will B. is going to C. can D. should
2. It wastes of time ......................that book.
A. reads B. to read C. reading D. read
3. The desk .............................several times this year.
A. is repaired B. has been repaired C. is being repaired D. repair
4. Vietnam is a ......................country.
A. rice export B. rice-exported C. rice-exporting D. rice-export
5. He has been here ......................last week.
A. for B. on C. since D. in
6. I am .................that you broke the record.
A. delighting B. delighted C. delight D. delightful
7. It took me a long time to get used to...................glasses.
A. to wear B. to wearing C. wear D. wore
8. I............................my key. Can you help me look for it?
A. lose B. lost C. had lost D. have lost
9. Trang always wears a red shirt but now she......................a white shirt.
A. wears B. is wearing C. wore D. to wear
10. I have not had my car .....................yet.
A. fix B. fixed C. to fix D. fixing
11. It is difficult .........................all these things.
A. remember B. remembering C. to remember D. remembered
12. I would rather you ...................... It is harmful for your health
A. don’t smoke B. haven’t smoke C. didn’t smoke D. not smoking
13. Billions of cans are thrown ......................every year all over the world.
A. up B. at C. on D. away
14. I prefer the city........................the countryside .
A. or B. from C. and D. to
15. Swimming in polluted water can .........................health problems.
A. cause B. arise C. result D. make
16. Learners don’t only learn the meaning ...... the spelling and pronunciation of new words.
A. too B. as well as C. also D. but also
17. He told us to use our dictionaries to ……every word we didn’t understand.
A. look out B. look for C. look at D. look up
18. .......................................... she plays the piano!
A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good
19. I saw Peter at the party last night. He .................... a red dress
A. wore B. was wearing C. had worn D. wears
20. Your hair is long. It needs .......................
A. cut B. cutting C. to cut D. had cut
21. He’s honest, so he always……....……the truth
A. tells B. says C. talks D. speaks
* Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?
22. A. page B. village C. luggage D. heritage
23. A. seat B. great C. please D. beach
24. A. hotel B. photo C. move D. pagoda
25. A. typhoon B. goose C. food D. flood

II. Read the text and fill in each gap with a suitable word provided.(5 pts)

pollutes away air gases acid

Smoke and car-exhaust fumes give off certain ...................................(1) . The gases rise into the..................(2) and mix with water. That makes dilute ...............(3), which sometimes falls back to earth as rain or snow. This “acid rain”............(4) rivers and kills fish and