De thi Olympic mon tieng anh khoi 8 - phong giao duc dao tao Huong Son

Đề thi ÔLIMPIC năm học 2010- 2011 của phòng giáo dục đào tạo Hương Sơn.
Môn Tiếng anh – Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

I-Choose the words that has the underline pronounced differently from that of the others in each group..
A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character
A. deaf B. beat C. lead D. teacher
A. youth B. thank C. thirsty D. there
A. played B. worked C. studied D. lived
A. heritage B. shortage C. teenage D. luggage
A. honest B. hour C. honor D. humor
II-Choose a word that differs from others.
Eg: A. Car B. plane C. bus D. truck
Answer: B. Plane
1. A. friendly B. softly C. safely D. quickly
2. A. ate B. seen C. done D. played
3. A. shock B. faint C. burn D. ease
4. A. cooker B. worker C. teacher D. rider
5. A. Great Wall B. Pyramids C. Taj Mahal D. Angkor Wat
III. Choose the best option.
1. Your house is old. It needs ( repainting / repaint / repainted / to repaint )
2. A view is something you (taste / see / hear / wear )
3. Nam gets up early so ( order / as / since / cause ) to revise his lessons.
4. The teacher suggested that the game ( be played / is played / was played / played )
5. It is a contest in which( participate / participants / participations / participators ) have to read two poems in English.
6. My Uncle is the same ( high / age / tall / heavy ) as hers.
7. Most of the earth’s ( cover / air / atmosphere / surface ) is water.
8. He has ( fewer / less / little / much) work than his wife.
9. Scouting builds character and encourages good ( neighborhood / citizenship / nationhood / community) and personal fitness.
10. Today, we went on an ( eight-hours / eight-hour / hour- eight / hours-eight) tour which included the Napa Valley.
IV. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word.
1. The train made a late(depart)
2. Hanoi was (recognition) by UNESCO as a peace city.
3. Santa Claus is base on the (describe) of Saint Nicolas in a poem.
4. The leaders of the Church said the songs were (suit) and forbade them from singing.
5. Their (friend) has lasted a lifetime.
V. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses.
1. The child should be funished of his bad…………(BEHAVE)
2. By recycling we can save…………resources. (NATURE)
3. They had an………….Christmas vacation.(ENJOY)
4. It’s………..to eat sugar and fat. (HEALTH)
5. Some stamps…………..are beautiful. (COLLECT)
6. She often drives very…………She has had 3 accidents this year.(CARE)
VI. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.
1. That’s very kind……….you to help me………..this math problem.
2. Bread is made………bread flour and yeast.
3. Her hair has the same color………mine.
4. He divided the candies……..his three children.
VII. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.
The Moon revolves once on its axis each time it orbits the Earth, thus always presenting the same face to earth bound observers. However, even to the unaided eye this unchanging face shows two contrasting types of landscape dark, plain- like areas of lower relief, and brighter, decidedly more rugged regions which cover about two- thirds of the surface. Early astronomers mistakenly referred to the smooth dark areas as Maria (or sea) giving the name terrace (or land) to the bright up land regions. The terms have persisted since, even though the Moon’s surface has long been known to be completely waterless
1. The Moon’s revolution is responsible for…………………… .
A. the way it orbits the sun B. the way its own axis is referred
C. the way earth bound people can observe it D. the way it is presented in history book
2. To us, the Moon’s surface……………………………. .
A. never changes B. change as we