HSG lớp 8 năm hoc 2009-2010

Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi LớP 8 năm học 2008 - 2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút


I. Which word is differently pronounced ? Circle the letter A, B, C or D ( 1 point ) :

1.
A. business
B. send
C. noisy
D. workers

2.
A. hour
B. horn
C. high
D. home

3
A. finished
B. stopped
C. pronounced
D. closed

4.
A. few
B. threw
C. knew
D. new

5.
A. corn
B. carriage
C. city
D. car

6. A. wear
B. where
 C. hair
D. here

7.
A. both
B. dozen
C. close
D. so

8.
A. shoot
B. food
C. poor
D. mood

9.
A. laughter
B. caught
C. taught
D. daughter

10.
A. the
B. them
C. they
D. three


II. Choose the best by circling the corresponding letter A or B, C, D ( 2.5 points ) :
1. I sometimes stay .................. bed until lunchtime.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. by

2. He has gone abroad. He will return ....................

A. for two years
B. in two years

C. for two years ago
D. in next two years

3. Please .................. the radio, it’s too noisy.
A. slow down B. turn down C. put down D. let down
4. .................. to swim across a flooded river.
A. Dangerous C. Very dangerous is
B. There has danger D. It’s dangerous
5. Every car ........ a number at the back and front.
A. is having B. have C. has D. are having
6. The singers were at the microphone at the time of the broadcast. ....................... .
A. It was a successful broadcast C. It was a charity broadcast
B. It was an education broadcast D. It was a live broadcast
7. Good morning Susan. This is my sister, Emily. ................................... .
A. What do you do? B. How do you do?
C. What do you like? D. Don`t I meet you?
8. ........................... , Sir? - Fruit salad, please.
A. What would you like for dessert B. What dessert you would like
C. How would you like for dessert D. How dessert would like
9. Could you tell me.................. to get to the bank?
A. where
B. what
C. how
D. place

10.You did very..................in your study.
A. good
B. excellent
C. bad
D. well

11. Wait a minute I want to .................. a picture of you and the baby.
A. take
B. give
C. make
D. do

12. Airmail is much ................... than surface mail.
A. expensive B. very expensive C. more expensive D. most expensive
13. No one can make me ......... my mind ?
A. change
B. changing
C. to change
 D. changed

14. What are you cooking in that saucepan ? It ............. good ?
A. makes
B. feels
C. smells
D. tastes

15. This is my book and ......................... .
A. that are yours B. those are your
C. that are your D. those are yours
16. Lan`s got dark hair, but ..................... is fair.
A. his brother`s hair B. his brother hairs
C. his brother hair D. his brother hair`s
17. What`s your birthday, Ann ? - It`s ........................ .
A. on the thirty-one of July B. on the thirty-first of July
C. on July the thirty-one D. in July the thirty-first
18. Tommy is a better swimmer than Tony.
A. No one can swim as well as Tommy and Tony.
B. Tommy is the best swimmer of all, apart from Tony.
C. Tony can’t swim so well as Tommy.
D, Tony can’t be better