Đề thi HSG tiếng Anh số 8

PHÒNG GD- ĐT PHÙ MỸ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH 9
TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ HIỆP NĂM HỌC : 2011-2012
( ( ( Thời gian làm bài : 150 phút ( không kể thời gian phát đề )
A. READING (12ms)
Part I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (1,0m):
1. ........... he comes in half an hour, we shall go alone
A. Because
B. If
C. Unless
D. When

2. I don’t believe a word she says , I think she ............... .
A. lied
B. I laying
C. is telling lie
D. is lying

3. .................., a bat sends out a series of signals, which bounce off any object in its path.
A. When in flying
B. While it is flying
C.When they are flying
D. Once flying

4. Mr John does not know ................. the lawn mover after they had finished using it .
A. where did they put
B. where they did put
C. where they put
D. where to put

5. The .............. noise startled the woman .
A. frightened
B. frighten
C. frightening
D. fright

6. Jack’s shoes are very dirty . They need ..............
A. cleaning
B. cleaner
C. to clean
D. clean

7. His pronunciation causes me a lot of .................. .
A. difficulties
B. difficult
C. difficulty
D. difficultly

8. We lived in that ................ on the corner.
A. old house brick small .
C. small old brick house
B. brick small old house.
D. house brick small old

9. ............. around us gives us vital information about our environment
A. The sounds are heard.
C. Hearing the sounds .
B. That the hearing of sound.
D. What ever the sounds are heard .

10. He took his seat quietly ,............ .
A. in order that not to disturb their conversation.
C. in order not disturb their conversation .
B. so as to disturb their conversation
D. so as not to disturb their conversation .

Part II.Give the correct form of the words in brackets . There is an example for you . (1,0m):
The environment - our responsibility
These days it is (0). impossible..... to open a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing to the environment. The earth is being (1) ............. and the future looks bad . What can each of us do ?
We can not clean up our (2) .............. rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we stop the
(3) .............. of plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem while (4)............... search for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s (5) .................... .
It may not be easy to change your lifestyle (6) .................., but some steps are easy to take : cut down the amount of (7).............. ...you do, or use as little plastics as possible .
It is also easy to save energy, which also reduces (8)................ bills . We must all make a personal (9)................ to work for the future of our planet if we want to (10)............... a better world for our grand - children .
0. possible
1. threat
2. pollution
3. appear
4. science

5. defend
6. complete
7. drive
8. house
9. decide
10. sure

Part III. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each blank in the following passage(1,0m):
My home is in the air - I do an enormous amount of travelling . It is a fast life and (1)........ of work , but I like it and that is the only way (2)............. me .
Everything is tiring - music, travelling- but what can I do ? I am not (3).......... to complaining . It is hard to imagine now (4)........... I will ever be very long in one place . My home town is on the Caspian Sea . There is sea, wind, sun, and (5).......... many tourists and hotels . I have my own flat with four or five rooms , but I am seldom there . If I am there for a day or two I prefer to (6).......... with my mother and grandmother . They live in a small house , (7)......... it is very comfortable and my mother cooks for me . I like good, simple food.
I have no wife , no brothers or sisters and my father (8).......... when I was seven . He was an engineer and I don’t (9)......... him very well . He liked music very much and wanted me to(10).......... a musician.

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