HSG CAP TRUONG

PHÒNG GD&ĐT TP YÊN BÁI
TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN DU
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013


(Đề thi gồm 4 trang)
Môn : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút ( không kể giao đề)


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PART I: PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (10 points)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently (2,5ps)
1.A. comment
B. equipment
C. improvement
D. development

2.A. meaning
B. bead
C. steamer
D. deaf

3.A. lunar
B. mark
C. arrange
D. sugar

4.A. teenager
B. together
C. guess
D. regular

5.A. proud
B. should
C. sound
D. count

6.A. luggage
B. cage
C. village
D. cottage

7.A. ache
B. chemist
C. cheese
D. character

8.A. liked
B. laughed
C. stopped
D. changed

9. A. size
B. sister
C. sure
D. D. see

10. A. celebration
B. collection
C. education
D. question


II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (2,5ps)
1. He was born in England. English is his _________________

A. mother tongue
B. first language
C. foreign language
D. both A and B

2. It`s dangerous _________________in this river.

A. swim
B. to swim
C. swimming
D. swam

3. I take part __________most youth activities of my school.

A. in
B. on
C. of
D. at

4. If you want to know about a new word, check it up it a _____________

A. magazine
B. book
C. dictionary
D. tape

5. Hai is learning to drive. He _____________a driver.

A. is
B. is going
C. is going to
D. is going to be

6. What is Mary doing, mom? – She is looking at __________ in the mirror.

A. her
B. hers
C. herself
D. sheself

7. I can’t remember ______________ when I was young.

A. what life was like
B. how life was like
C. what life was
D. how was life

8. She is speaking _______________ because she is having a sore throat.

A. soft
B. softly
C. well
D. fast

9. Lan promises to ________________her best in learning English.

A. try
B. make
C. work
D. learn

10. My aunt looked _______________us when my parents were away from home.

A. for
B. at
C. up
D. after

III. Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. (2,5ps)
1. Everyone stopped (laugh)_____________ when we (come)______________.
2. Putting knives into an electrical socket (be)_____________ dangerous.
3. He spends most of his free time (lie)__________ on the couch and (watch) ____________
television every afternoon.
4. She (hope) ______________she (pass) ____________________the examination.
5. I (start) ________________learning English when I (be)_________________ ten
6. I don’t think I (go) __________________out tonight. I am too tired.

IV. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets. (2,5ps)
1. I don’t like that film. It’s very ________________________ (BORE)
2. The male birds are more ______________________ than the females. (COLOR)
3. Every pupil was very _____________________ about the holiday. (EXCITE)
4. His parents are very proud of his _______________________. (SUCCEED)
5. David Beckham is one of my favorite soccer ____________________ (PLAY)
6. Some people feel that towns are too _______________ for them to live in. (NOISE)
7. ___________________stamps is Ba’s favorite hobby. (COLLECT)
8. David Copperfield is a famous ______________________. (MAGIC)
9. I think gun toys are ____________________gifts for children. (SUIT)
10. We were shocked at the news of