De thi HSNK8

Phòng gd & đt thanh ba
đề thi học sinh năng khiếu
Năm học: 2010 - 2011
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)



GK1: ........................................................... (Ký, họ tên)

Số phách


GK2: ........................................................... (Ký, họ tên)


Điểm bài thi


Bằng số: ........................

Bằng chữ: .......................................................................................

(Đề thi gồm 04 trang - Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi)
I. Choose the underlined letter which has different pronunciation from the three others by cycling the letter a, b, c, or d.
1. a. held b. flew c. mend d. tent
2. a. bear b. ear c. tear d. hear
3. a. habit b. hour c. honest d. honor
4. a. such b. mechanic c. chance d. rich
5. a. worked b. played c. studied d. lived
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. She hasn`t finished the letter........................
a. already b. just c. yet d. never
2. Lan is studying hard.......................pass the final exam.
a. for b. in order to c. so to d. as to
3. Chicago is ................... right on the shore of Lake Michigan.
a. situated b. placed c. put d. laid
4. The teacher.................to the principal is in charge of my class.
a. talks b. is talking c. talking d. to talking
5. The bike.......................in Japan is $ 100.
a. making b. made c. is making d. to make
6.We....................... dinner when the phone rang.
a. are having b. had c. have had d. were having
7. What are people in Australia like? - ......................
a. Their friends b. They like chocolate
c. They are friendlily d. They are friendly
8. He said that he.......................for a car company.
a. worked b. works c. is working d. has worked
9. What happened after the storm? - Harvests ....................
a. are destroyed b. will be destroyed c. were destroyed d. destroyed
10. Vietnam is a ....................... country.
a. rice – export b. export – rice c. rice – exporting d. rice exporting
III. Use the correct form/tense of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences:
1. It is unsafe (leave) ............................................ medicine around the house.
2. The earth (go) ........................................... around the sun in a definite orbit.
3. My father used to (live)....................................on a farm when he was a young boy.
4. Unlike you, I am not used to (be)..................................treated in such a formal way.
5. Would you mind if I (take).......................................... some photos?
6. Mary (make)...................................a cake for her husband’s birthday at present.
7. Daisy is very upset. Her lovely cat (die).............................the day before yesterday.
8. Would you mind (lend).....................................me a hand with all this heavy work?
9. He (serve) ................................................in the Army between 1946 and 1961.
10. I (never see) ................................................. such a lazy boy like him before.
IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences:
1. Mark was................................ enough to get to the airport in time to catch the plane. (LUCK)
2. Paul is a very...................................... He is not shy at all. (SOCIAL)
3. It is very kind of them to go to the.............. to visit the children there. (ORPHAN)
4. His ............................................. at the party surprised me a great deal. (ARRIVE)
5. The ...................................of the bridge will make traveling in the city easier. (COMPLETE)
V. There are 10 mistakes in the flowing passage. Underline and correct them.
More than 400 million people speaks English as their mother- tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how much people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the language with many speakers than English, but it