Thi HSG Quỳnh lưu

PHÒNG GD&ĐT QUỲNH LƯU

KỲ KIỂM TRA NĂNG KHIẾU HỌC SINH
LỚP 8 NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012


Đề thi môn: Anh văn


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

PART 1: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (5 points)
1. A. winter B. where C. wrong D. warm
2. A. said B. neighbor C. grade D. great
3. A. anything B. bath C. thin D. those
4. A. shout B. through C. mountain D. household
5. A. used B. pleased C. reached D. cleaned
PART 2: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer (10 points)
1. We are all _____ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!
A. upset B. afraid C. delighted D. certain
2. Reading many books _____ you widen your knowledge.
A. helps B. helping C. help D are helped
3. Can you tell me where _____?
A. we shall meet B. shall we meet C. we meeting D. we to meet
4. The temple _____ many years ago is old and mossy now.
A. building B. was built C. built D. builds
5. Would you mind if she _____ the room with you?
A. cleans B. tidies C. stayed D. shared
6. He came to my house _____ help me do the assignments.
A. to not B. so as not to C. not so as to D. so as to not
7. Hoa is reading short stories _____ Jack London.
A. of B. from C. by D. with
8. His car has the similar color _____ my uncle’s.
A. with B. like C. as D. to
9. The natural resources are limited _____ we recycle used things.
A. so B. because C. and D. but
10. _____ for some minutes and you’ll feel more _____.
A. Relax B. Relaxing C. Relaxation D. To relax
II. Each sentence below has ONE mistake. Find and correct it (10 points).
1. Let’s decorate the houses themselves. It must be cheaper.
2. She doesn’t like the room because it is not big enough for her family to live.
3. The cars producing in 1990s were not modern.
4. I think five thousand dongs are not enough to buy a hat at present.
5. “Smoking is not good for your health, Nam” ~ “I see and I promise giving it up soon”
6. Eiffel Tower of Paris is one of the greatest attractions tourist.
7. Nhi wanted to know the rules of play the game 20 questions.
8. Tuan, you’ve done such a big mistake!
9. Nobody have cleaned this street since the storm so it is very dirty now.
10. Do you know to pronounce this word? I
III. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets (5 points)
1. There are many cultural _____ between his country and mine. (DIFFER)
2. The festivals in my village are always _____ held. (TRADITION)
3. Vung Tau beach is said to be one of the _____ places in Vietnam. (LOVE)
4. You should _____ your trousers, they are too long for you. (SHORT)
5. “Too many _____ spoil the dish” is a famous saying. (COOK)
PART 3: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (10 points)
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his (1) ____ language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children (2) ____ boys and girls who live abroad with their parents seem to learn two languages almost (3) ____ easily as one. In school, it isn`t so easy to learn a second language because the pupils have (4) ____ time for it; and they are busy with other (5) ____ as well.
The best way for (6) ____ of us to remember things is to join them in our