LUYỆN HSG 8 - 106

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Đề 9
Đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi
Năm học 2013-2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
Thời gian: 150 phút(Không kể thời gian giao đề)


Đề bài

I-Choose the words that has the underline pronounced differently from the others of each group:
1.A.hurry B. hurt C. turn D. excursion
2.A.pub B. lamb C. limb D. climb
3.A.fool B. boot C. blood D. noodle
4.A.glass B. class C. grass D. mass
5.A.things B. airports C. suitcases D. calculators
II-Choose the word in the parentheses to complete the following sentences:
1.Each of the girls ...................many books. (has / have/ having/ to have )
2.I love this painting of an old man. He has such a beautiful .................. smile.
( childhood/ childish/ childless/ childlike )
3.I never wear yellow because It doesn’t ................. me. (match/ fit/ like/ suit )
4.Always ..............honest in whatever you do. (to be/ be/ being/ are )
5.If we use her house, we must pay the ................... . (fee/ fare/ rent/ tip )
6.A prisoner ........................ this morning. (is hanged/ is hung/ was hanged/ was hung )
7.Scientists are doing their research work in the ................(museum/office/library/laboratory)
8.The Browns have moved into a huge .................(two-storey house/house of two storey/
two-storeys house/ house two storey )
9.In pain as a result of the fall, he ...............slowly home.(stepped/ wound/limped/sped)
10.I think he’s unwell, he was complaining ...............a headache this morning. (at/ of/ from / against )
III-Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses or forms:
1. We are used to (drive) ................. on the left in England.
2. My family (be).................. to Ho Chi Minh city for several times.
3.By the time you got to the party, they(prepare).......................everything.
4.I hope she (be)................pretty when she (grow)................... up
5.I wonder what (happen).....................there since we(leave)...................... .
6.George (go).................on holiday every two years.
7.When Queen Victoria (die)...............in 1901, she (reign)..................for over 60 years.
IV-Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences:
1.A successful business needs good ...................... . (organize)
2.There have been many (wonder) ................ developments in the field of .....................( communicate).
3.Noone can measure the (deep)................. of this river.
4.After the explosion, only two people were left (live)..................... .
5.The meeting finishes without a single (agree) ......................... .
6.She always orders other people to do things. She is (boss)..........so I (like).............her.
7.Since they lived (happy).................they decided to put an end to their (marry)............
V-Fill in each number space with an appropriate word:
Television is one of man’s most important (1)..............of communication. It brings(2)................, sounds from around the world (3)...............millions of homes. A person with a TV set can sit in (4)...............house and watch the president (5)..............a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to bring about peace. (6)..............television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands. TV even takes its viewers (7)...............of this world. It brings them coverage of America’s astronauts as astronauts explore outer (8)............. . In addition to all these things, TV brings its viewers a steady stream of programs (9).............are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides many (10).........entertainment programs than any other kinds.
VI-Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions below:
After inventing dynamite, Swedish- born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just 2 weeks before his death, he crated a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made world while contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics was awarded in 1968, just sixty seven