HSG anh 8



ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC LỚP 8
Năm học: 2014 – 2015
Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Chú ý: - Bộ đề thi này gồm có 05 trang, từ trang 01 đến trang 05.
- Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào bộ đề thi này.


PART A: LISTENING (0,2x10=2pts)
Listen and choose the best answer to complete the passage.
Cotton has been grown for thousands of years in places as….(1)…. Apart as Mexico, China, Egypt, and India. American colonists …..(2)…..to grow cotton in the early 1600s. Before 1800, cotton was a great luxury, more expensive than silk,…….(3).…..so many workers were needed to pick it. …..(4)…..,a huge increase in the number of slaves in the American South….(5)…..in much greater cotton production and a fall…...(6)…....the price. This, and the new technology of the industrial…….(7)…..., made cotton the cheapest fabric in history. By 1820, cotton…..(8)…..more money for the United States than tobacco, and more money worldwide than sugar. Many Southern farmers and plantation ……(9)…… believed that slave labor was …...(10)….. for them to make money growing cotton.
1. A. long B. away C. out D. far
2. A. started B. brought C. came D. carried
3. A. after B. although C. despite D. because
4. A. In addition B. Since C. However D. Therefore
5. A. took B. resulted C. brought D. was
6. A. to B. in C. down D. of
7. A. factory B. reform C. revolution D. company
8. A. will make B. has made C. makes D. had made
9. A. keepers B. owners C. growers D. directors
10. A. necessary B. based C. certain D. made

PART B. PRONUNCIATION4,0pts)
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: (0,2x5=1pt)
11. A. switch B. stomach C. match D. catch
12. A. laughs B. cars C. stops D. works
13. A. watched B. reduced C. coughed D. raised
14. A. three B. through C. without D. thank
15. A. angle B. face C. page D. angel
* Your answer:












II. Choose the word whose main stress is not the same as that of the
others: (0,2x5=1pt)
A. directory B. telephone C.invention D. experiment
17. A. furniture B. university C. patient D. hospital
18. A. sociable B. humorous C. generous D. reserved
19. A. delivery B. equipment C. electricity D. experiment
20. A. enroll B. summer C. hobby D. favor
* Your answer:

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PART C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY8,0pts)
I. cirles the correct answer to complete the sentences(0,2x10=2pts)
. Jack is ____________.His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot.
A. generous B. humorous C. easy-going D. unusual
. I’m sorry. I’m not __________to help you lift the table.
A. enough strong B. too strong C strong enough D. enough strength.
. We used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a ____________
A. washing machine B. dishwasher C. hair dryer D. steamer.
. It took me a long time to get used ___________ glasses.
A. to wear B. to wearing C. wear D. wore.

. The doctor ................he should take a few days off.
A. say B. said C. ask