OLYMPIC LỚP 8, NĂM HỌC 2011-2012

ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC LỚP 8
Năm học: 2011 – 2012
Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Chú ý: - Bộ đề thi này gồm có 05 trang, từ trang 01 đến trang 05.
- Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào bộ đề thi này.

Điểm
Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 1:
Số phách

- Bằng số:……………..
………………………………………...
(Do Chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi)

- Bằng chữ:……………
Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 2:
…………………..

………………………...
………………………………………...



I. PHONETICS:
a. Choose one word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from tbe others by circling A, B, C, or D. (3
0,2=0,6 pt)

1. A. chemist B. achieve C. require D. believe
2. A. invented B. walked C. laughed D. developed
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform

b. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others (3
0,2=0,6 pt)

4. A. award B. include C. struggle D. enroll
5. A. volunteer B. commercial C. traditional D.accessible
6. A. florist B. citizenship C. curly D. participate

II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:

a. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (19
0,2=3,8 pts)

7. I’m sorry. I’m not………….…….……to help you lift the table.
A. strong enough A. enough strong C. too strong D. enough strength
8. Don’t worry about Tom and me. We can look after………….…….……
A. myself B. himself C. ourselves D. themselves
9. He has been out of work ………….…….……a long time.
A. during B. for C. since D. through
10. I let my friend………….…….……my bicycle yesterday.
A. borrows B. borrowed C. borrow D. borrowing
11. She started learning English ten years ago.
A. She has not learnt English before. B. She has started learning English for ten years.
C. She has learnt English for ten years. D. She has learnt English since ten years.
12. It took me a long time to get used………….…….……glasses.
A. to wear B. to wearing C. wear D. wore.
13. ."Don’t shout", I said to Jim.
A. I told Jim don`t shout B. I told to Jim not to shout
C. I told Jim not to shout D. I said to Jim don`t shout.
14. We used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a………….…….……
A. washing machine B. dishwasher C. hair dryer D. steamer
15. Please ask them ………….…….……in this area.
A. don’t smoke B. not smoking C. to not smoke D. not to smoke
16. Tam ………….…….……last night when the telephone ………….…….……
A. slept-rang B. slept-wasringing
C. was sleeping-rang D. was sleeping-was ringing
17. John doesn’t play tennis. David doesn’t play tennis.
A. Both John and David doesn’t play tennis. B. Neither John nor David plays tennis.
C. Not either John or David plays tennis. D. Not only John but also David play tennis
18. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take
19. A(n) ………….…….……can take a patient to hospital quickly.
A. emergency B. bleeding C. wound D. ambulance
20. It’s becoming ………….…….……to go out alone at night.
A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. dangerousness
21. Computers are complicated machines, but ………….…….……thing is the human brain.
A. the most complex B. complex C. more complex D. as complex as
22. He ………….…….……five gold medals since the