LUYỆN HSG 8 - 123

Part I : Phonetics
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D.
A. cap B. character C. straight D. hat (U1)
A. agree B. arcade C. annoy D. allow (U2)
A. mobile B. score C. foreword D. consider (U2)
A. series B. region C. resort D. device (U3)
A. rise B. first C. fire D. knife (U3)
A. sky B. safety C. type D. shy (U4)
A. excited B. rice C. device D. festival (U4)
A. sound B. own C. wardrobe D. folk (U5)
A. habit B. behavior C. escape D. graze (U5)
10A. fund B. lunar C. rug D. dust (U6)
11A. position B. collection C. scout D. compare (U6)
12 A. score B. boring C. orphanage D. enroll (U7)
13 A. prefer B. behavior C. repair D. serve (U7)
14 A. lunar. B. surface C. rural D. cruel (U8)
15 A. plentiful B. tired C. light D. migrant (U8)
16 A. urban B. curly C. surface D. rural (U9)
17 A. victim B. minimize C. bite D. notice (U9)
18 A. cut B. lunar C. upset D. struggle (U10)
19 A. compost B. contact C. comfort D. product (U10)
20 A. limestone B. resident C. migrant D. tribe (U10)

Part II. Lexico-Grammar
Questions 1 – 20 are incomplete sentences. Choose from the four options given ( marked A , B , C or D ) .one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A , B , C or D.
1. John is lucky enough ___________ a lot of friends
A. having B. have C. has D. to have
2. He enjoys ______________ Joker but he is not going out.
A. telling B. talking C. say D. tell
3. Thomas Watson finally came ____ with a device which they first produced in 1976. A. up B. about C. often D. for
4. They called _____________ his stationery order.
A. about B. after C. to D. for
5. Which word is the same meaning "chore"?
A. housework B. working C. scissors D. divertor
6. Jane was so tired. She__________ have worked days and nights.
A. should B. can C. need D. must
7. I want to get a better ____________ and earn more money.
A. employment . B. work C. job D. employ
8. I am sharing an apartment with my _____________ .
A. sister`s boy friend C. they boy`s friends sister B. boyfriend`s sister D. the sister`s boy friend
9. He is a good driver. He drive very___________________
A. careful B. fast C. carefully D. carefulness
10. You look tired. You _____________________ go to bed.
A. must B. ought C. are to D. should
11. Are you interested_______________ squash tomorrow ?
A. to play B. on play C. in playing D. playing
12. You can participate in other programs such as raising funs for the poor _________ street children.
A. helping B. helped C. to help D. help
13. They have had new flags ______________ 1999.
A. for B. since C. recently D. yet
14. They _____________ in that restaurant for 2 weeks.
A. have eaten B.