ÔN THI HSG TA LỚP 8

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI - CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học: 2012-2013

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health
3. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
4. A. children B. charity C. charm D. champagne
5. A. angry B. danger C. language D. passage
6. A. when B. where C. whole D. while
7. A. socket B. notice C. enroll D. mobile.
8. A. engineer B. excited C. experiment D. enlarge.
9. A. equipment B. improvement C. comment D. development
10. A. overhead B. teammate C. speaker D. bean.

II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. Someone….........tickets were free. A. said me B. said me that C. told me D. told to me
2. When she lived in the countryside, she ……………….in the river.
A. was swimming B. used to swim C. has swum D. is used to swimming
3. Saigon ……………more than three hundred years ago.
A. was built B. has been built C. was building D. built
4. It is nearly ten years ……………….I saw her. A. when B. since C. for D. while
5. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take
6. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
7. They ……………me if I could speak Japanese. A. told B. said C. asked D. talked
8. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
9. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp…………………
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
10. There were ………………..flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy.
A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much
11. She doesn’t like Spainish……………she has to study the language.
A. so B. though C. but D. when
12. It took him six years to …………… a doctor and now he is a good doctor.
A. make B. do C. qualify D. become
13. She asked me…………………………………………...
A. if I like pop music or not B. whether I like pop music or not
C. if I liked pop music or no D. if I liked pop music or not
14. My brother and I ……………………………………
A. am having a wonderful time here B. am having a wonder time here
C. are having a wonderful time here D. are having a wonder time here
15. Don’t shout, dear. I can’t ………….the shout !
A. stand B. sit C. listen D. hear
16. He laughs ………………of her funny face.
A. because B. since C. as D. for
17. What are you ……………? - My pen, I’ve lost it.
A. looking B. looking for C. looking after D. looking at
18. Why don’t you ……………..with your university study ?
A. go in B. go on C. go by D. go at
19. Of my parents, my father is …………………..
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter
20. Who is going to ………………the phone ?
A. reply B. respond C. answer D. pick

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