ĐÊ THI HSG VÀ ĐÁP ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 TAM DƯƠNG 2011

UBND HUYỆN TAM DƯƠNG
PHÒNG GD&ĐT


KÌ THI GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI
Năm học 2010- 2011
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Đề thi này gồm 04 trang


I - Listen to the tape twice, and fill in each blank with ONE missing word.
Nam: Dad, the printer isn’t working.
Mr. Nhat: It is new. There shouldn’t be anything (1)___________with it. Have you turned it on yet?
Nam: Yes, I have already done it.
Mr. Nhat: Have you connected it properly?
Nam: Oh, Dad. I know how to (2)____________a printer.
Mr. Nhat: Has the plug come out of the socket?
Nam: No, it’s OK.
Mr. Nhat: I have no idea what the (3)____________is. This manual isn’t very helpful.
Nam: Can you call the store you (4)____________it from?
Mr. Nhat: I can, but I bought it in Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t know what they can do. However, it’s under (5)____________so the company should do something with it.
Nam: Let’s phone them now.
II - Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1. A. wharf B. award C. carve D. snorkel
2. A. conscious B. contact C. comment D. connect
3. A. grind B. civil C. compile D. giant
4. A. stretcher B. crutch C. brochure D. match
5. A. exhibition B. overhead C. highlight D. behavior
III - Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B, C, D) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. She advised me _________an apple everyday to stay healthy.
A. eating B. to eat C. I should eat D. Please, eat
2. Sarah was driving too fast, so she _________to slow down.
A. is ask B. asks C. was asked D. asked
3. My teacher told me to study _________.
A. hard B. good C. lately D. hardly
4. You needn’t ask for__________ , you can use it whenever you like.
A. permissibly B. permission C. permissible D. permissive
5. He was very ill, __________he had to stay in bed.
A. but B. because C. however D. so
6. He lives__________6 miles of London.
A. for B. in C. into D. within
7. Do you _________my turning the TV on now?
A. mind B. want C. object D. disapprove
8. The letter arrived _________post.
A. with B. by C. through D. from
9. His mother wouldn’t _________her ride a bicycle.
A. allow B. permit C. let D. accept
10. Lien can hardly speak any English,__________?
A. can she B. can’t Lien C. can’t she D. can her
11. I’ll remember _________him about the letters when I see him.
A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. having told
12. I wish you _________stop correcting every word I say.
A. should B. will C. would D. might
13. People have received information through the internet __________.
A. last week B. just C. recently D. yet
14. The salesperson showed us _________the washing machine.
A. for using B. how to use C. to work D. the working of
15. When I was a child, I _________play games with my friends in a big field.
A. often B. am used to C. use to D. used to
16. I take part __________most youth activities of my school.
A. on B. of C. in D. at