LUYỆN HSG 8

THE EXERCISES FOR EXERLENT STUDENTS.
TEST 12.
1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
2. a. dark b. father c. star d. principal
2. a. old b. sociable c. outgoing d. volunteer
3. a. my b. curly c. library d. lucky
4. fair b. straight c. train d. wait
5. a. spends b. laughs c. friends d. potatoes
2. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. The water in the lake seldom_______in winter.
. freeze b. freezes c. froze d. freezing
7. In Britain school always________in September.
a. begin b. begins c. began d. beginning
8. I don’t have enough money_______________.
a. for a holiday b. to a holiday c. to go a holiday d. going on holiday
9. He wasn’t experienced enough_______.
. for doing the job b. to do the job c. to the job d. doing the job
10. The wall was________.
a. ten meters height b. ten meter height c. ten meters high d. high ten meters
11. Here are some books. Take the_____you want.
a. books b. things c. ones d. person
12. He’s the boy________ invited me to his party.
a. he b. who c. ones d. whom
13. Her new glasses change her________
a. appear b. appears c. appearance d. appearances
14. She is very generous ................. She often buys me presents.
a. sociable b. outgoing c. kind d. reserved
15. _______is something that you say or do to make people laugh.
a. Joke b. Novel c. Poem d. Fairy tale
II. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
16. He always eats eggs for breakfast and drink some milk.
A B C D
17. When he is four, Michael came to London with his parents.
A B C D
18. You won’t pass the examination if you don’t work hardly enough.
A B C D
19. The instructions were’t clear enough for me understand
A B C D
20. Last year, Tim comes to the school for the first time.
A B C D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the bank spaces.
Dear Tuan.
Hello! I’m your new pen friend. My name is Halen. That’s my first name. My (21)______is Jones.
I’m from Cardiff, in Wales. I’m fifteen years (22)_______
The name of my school is the Central Cardiff Comprehensive. I am in Year 8. There (23)___twenty-seven students (24)____my class. My (25)_____singer is Justin Timberlake. Who is your favorite? Best wishes,
Helen This is a (26)_________of me!
21. a. second name b.nick name c. middle name d. family name
22. a. age b.ages c.old d. ago
23. a. is b.are c. was d. were
24. a. in b. at c. on d.of
25. a. favorite b. interesting c. pleased d.best
26. a. photo b. photograph c. book d. a&b are correct

V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
My best friend’s full name is Stuart Kenneth Young. His family, call
him Ken, for short, but his nickname at school is ‘Sky’! He was born in Manchester, but now he lives in Newcastle. Sky is fifteen years old. He is 1.65m tall and he weighs 50 kilos. He’s got short brown hair and dark brown eyes.