OLYMPIC LỚP 8- NĂM HỌC 2012-2013

ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC LỚP 8
Năm học: 2012 – 2013
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 the others by circling A, B, C, or D: (6
0,2=1,2 pts)
1.
A. says
B. days
C. prays
D. plays

2.
A. husband
B. surrounding
C. rubbish
D. plumber

3.
A. informative
B. information
C. formal
D. forward

4.
A. stream
B. teacher
C. weather
D. teammate

5.
A. restaurant
B. festival
C. sentence
D. semester

6.
A. through
B. shout
C. household
D. mountain


b. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others (4
0,2=0,8 pt)
7.
A. demontrate
B. commercial
C. comfortable
D. generous

8.
A. institute
B. position
C. behavior
D. equipment

9.
A. medical
B. minimize
C. physical
D. selection

10.
A. grateful
B. order
C. reduce
D. comfort


II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
a. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (15
0,2=3,0 pts)
11. The representatives from “Friends of the Earth” show us how to .............................. the
environment.
A. prevent
B. protect
C. refill
D. reduce

12. Tam .............................. last night when the telephone ..............................
A. was sleeping - rang
B. slept - was ringing

C. slept - rang
D. was sleeping - was ringing

13. She knows that she .............................. to pay now.
A. ought
B. mustn’t
C. had better
D. should

14. John .............................. Susan to go out with him but her parents didn’t let her out.
A. helpes
B. insisted
C. suggested
D. invited

15. He hates.............................. to do something by others.
A. to ask
B. asking
C. to be asked
D. being asked

16. Everyone has to follow this way to get into the fair, ..............................?
A. do they
B. doesn’t he
C. don’t they
D. doesn’t she

17. This time last year my brother.............................. in London.
A. will study
B. studied
C. has studied
D. was studying

18. The prefix “re-“ in the word “reuse” means ..............................
A. against
B. again
C. for
D. no

19. This book is .............................. that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time.
A. so interested
B. too interesting
C. so interesting
D. such interesting

20. Which sentence has the same meaning as the root one?
“He said that he had to leave then”.
A. “I had to leave then,” he said. B. “I must leave now,” he said.
C. “He had to leave now,” he said. D. “He has to leave then,” he said.
21. If you don`t understand many words, you can .............................. them up in the dictionary.
A. finish
B. get
C. find
D. look

22. We can’t help ................................ when he told us what happened.
A. laughing
B. laugh
C. to laugh
D. to be laughing

23. Do you know the boy.............................. to Mrs Nga?
A. is talking
B. talked
C. talking
D. he talks

24. It`s an hour since he .............................., so he must be at the office now.
A. has left
B. is leaving
C. was leaving
D. left