Hsg anh 8

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HSG TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
ĐỀ 3 NĂM HỌC : 2014- 2015
Thời gian : 120 phút( không kể thời gian giao đề)

I. LISTENING.( 2pts)
Listen and fill in the missing words.
Mr and Mrs Gray live in a big city, and they …(1)….a son. His name is Peter, and he doesn’t like…(2)….. One day Mrs Gray said…(3)….her husband, “Living in the city all the time isn’t good…(4)….Peter. “So last summer they found a small house in the country and took Peter…(5)….for a vacation.
When they arrived…(6)…. the house, Mrs Gray said to Peter,”We are going to stay…(7)…. for two weeks.”
The boy ran …(8)….the house and looked in all the rooms, and he ran back to …(9)….mother and said to her, “ I haven’t found the bathtub, Mom. Where is it?”
“ This is a…(10)….small house, Peter,” his mother said. “ This is going to be a very nice vacation.”

II. PHONETICS : ( 2PTS)

1/ Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D ( 1pt)
11: A. tourist B. anxious C. delicious D. famous
12: A. university B. unit C. discuss D. computer
13: A. fat B. festival C. grand D. man
14: A. rub B. surrounding C. plumber D. husk
15: A. helped B. worked C. asked D. cleaned

2/ Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others .( 1pt)
16. A. comprise B. depend C. design D. novel
17. A. tropical B. collection C. tendency D. charity
18 A. friendliness B. occasion C. pagoda D. deposit
19. A. importing B. specific C. impolite D. important
20. A. federation B. unpolluted C. disappearing D. profitable

III. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (6PTS)

1. Circle the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences : ( 2pts)
21. Our friends have lived in Ho Chi Minh city __________ 2002
A. for B. since C. in D. about
22. He prefers soccer ___________ tennis
A. from B. than C. to D. or
23. This is the first time I _________ this film.
A. am seeing B. saw C. see D. have seen
24. He __________ to his friend’s party when his parents asked him to go home.
A. was going B. goes C. went D. has gone
25. There’s a strange man behind us. I think_______.
A. we are followed B. we are being followed
C. we are being following D. we are following
26. Which of the following is the strongest advice?
A. You really must get a hair-cut B. If I were you, I’d get a hair-cut.
C. You ought to get a hair-cut. D. You should get a hair-cut.
27. ________ you mind if I use your dictionary?
A. Will B. Can C. Do D. Did
28. The man ________ to the principal is my form teacher.
A. talks B. talk C. talked D. talking
29 . All that rubbish will have to be _____ at once.
A. got rid of B. get rid of C. got rid D. getting rid of
30. Would you mind putting out your cigarette? ~ _____________
A. No, thanks. B. No, of course not C. No, I wouldn’t. D. No, I don’t.

2. Use the words given in brackets to form a word that fits in the spaces(2pts).
31. Their children have quite _____________ characters. (difference)
32. What is the correct ______________of this word? (pronounce)
33. He didn’t win the championship, so he felt very _____________ . (hope)
34. She is one of the greatest _______ to appear in this theater. (perform)
35. My house is on