Đề + Đáp án HSG Anh 8

TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN VĂN TRỖI ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 - MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8

Ngày thi: 04/4/2011 Thời gian: 120 phút
Đề thi theo thang điểm 100
Thí sinh làm bài vào giấy thi
SECTION ONE : PHONETICS (5m)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
1. A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character
2. A. love B. home C. come D. some
3. A. dad B. stay C. tale D. great
4. A. shy B. fly C. curly D. sky
5. A. learned B. played C. ruled D. cooked
SECTION TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40ms)
1.Chose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences(20ms)
1. The teacher told him ___________ up late.
A. to not stay B. to stay not C. to stay not D. not to stay
2. My father is good at ____________ English.
A. speaking B. spoken C. speak D. to speak
3. We are all ________ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!
A. relieved B. afraid C. delighted D. certain
4. “__________to come and have dinner with us?” “I’d love to but I’m very busy”.
A. would you mind B. could you please C. Would you like D. Do you enjoy
5. I am very _____________ in the information you have given me.
A. concerned B. interested C. surprised D. worried
6. Can you tell me where ______________ ?
A. she does B. does she C. she is D. is she
7. You have to work ____________ for the coming exam.
A. hardly B. more hardly C. more hard D. hard
8. I saw her _____________ the flowers in the garden.

A. watering B. watered C. be watered D. is watering
9. They had their luggage ___________ by the porter.
A. carry B. carrying C. to carry D. carried
10. She often spends her weekend ___________ through pleasant open countryside.
A. travel B. traveling C. to travel D. to traveling
11- My brother is studying hard pass the exam.
A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that
12- We have studied seven o'clock.
A. for B. at C. since D. to
13- He was born in England. English is his
A. mother tongue B. first language
C. foreign language D. A and B are correct
14- It's dangerous in this river.
A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. swam
15- to America yet ?
A. Were you B. Have you ever been C.Were you been D. Are you
16- The boy was by the dog
A. bite B. bit C. bited D. bitten
17- My father used me to school.
A. took B. taking C. to take D. take
18- Would you mind for a few minutes?
A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. be waiting
19. My aunt speaks English very
A. good B. well C. goodly D. best
20. We have math on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; It means we have math a week.
A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times
2. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses. (10ms)
1. This book has a lot of information. It’s very ____________________. (use)
2. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ___________________ at the hotel. (arrive)
3. Our post is delivered _______________________ except for Saturday ( day)

4. Ha Long Bay was ___________by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. (recognition)
5. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________________ . (comfort)
6. His parents are very __________________ of him. (pride)
7. “The lost shoes” is one of the _______________ stories I like best. (tradition)
8. The _____________ from Hanoi to London was delayed in two hours. (fly)
9. I’m sure that I have connected the printer ___________ . (proper)
10. Each of my friends has a _________________ character. (differ)
3. Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the
space. (10ms)
1. I go to see her if I have enough time.
2. It is not easy do that difficult work.
3. He drove such fast that he won the race.
4. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend.
5. When she came, I read her letter.
6. It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets.
7. The bicycle is so expensive for me to buy.
8. Dave is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time.
9. My brother were a teacher in this school last year
10. The table made in wood is very nice

SECTION THREE : READING (20ms)
1. Complete the following passage, using the word given in the box below. There are
more words than blanks 10ms)
are work no days get planted take soon didn’t
as to build schools over lived responsibility
Everyone is interested in education all (1) the world in big countries and in
small ones, in cities as well as in villages. People (2) building better
(3)
In one little village in the Philippines there was (4) school at all. A typhoon
blew down the old school and many of the homes and a new school. When the storm was

over, everyone set to work (5) homes and new schools. They cut bamboo poles to
make the walls of the school and used palm leaves for the roof. To separate the rooms, they
built screens of grass and palm leaves fastened to bamboo frames. On hot (6) ,
they pushed all the screens back to let in as much air (7) possible. Even the children
helped. They made paths of stone and sand, and (8) flowers along the edges.
(9) , they finished a fine new village school. It didn’t
(10) any money to build this fine school, but it took a lot of hard work. No
wonder, everyone was proud of it. And all were proving that everyone was interested in
education.
2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in each
space (10ms)
I have several good friends but I suppose that my best (1) is Ellen. We have
been friends with each other (2) we were very young because she used to live next
door to me. We were in the (3) class at school. She has always been much more
clever than me at all subjects. I don’t mind (4) she often help me with my
homework! Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I beat her at tennis and
she didn’t like that. In fact, she hates (5) at anything and gets very annoyed if
she does. That is the only thing that I don’t like about her. Otherwise, she has a great sense
of (6) and she always makes me laugh. We get on very well (7)
although we have arguments about silly little things sometimes. Ellen and her family moved
to another district last year but I (8) see her a lot. We’re planning to go on a
(9) around Europe next summer. I’m really looking forward to it because I think
we’ll (10) a lot of fun and see exciting places.
SECTION FOUR : WRITING (35ms)
1. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets 10ms)
1) British people (drink) more and more wine, apparently
2) Lisa (not go) to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well.
3) That bag looks heavy. I (help) you with it.
4) We (not see) Tom since we left school.
5) Ask him (come) in. Don’t keep him (stand) at the door

6) We (have) a party next Sunday. Would you like (come) ?
7) you (be) away? Yes I (go) to the country last Sunday
8) If you arrive after 4pm, the bank (be) closed.
9) Hoa (study) English since 2007
10) Bao suggested (meet) at the cafe corner.
2. Complete the following sentences based on the given cues.(5ms)
1- How long / it / take you / get / school ?
2- He / not interested / buy / new / house.
3- I / play badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come.
4- I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day.
5- Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867
3. Complete the 2
nd
sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the fist (15ms).
1. The children are too young to be in class 6.
→The children are not
2. "Eat more fruits and vegetables", the doctor said to her
→The doctor told
3. We began to study English 5 years ago.
→.We have
4 “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?”
→Tom told
5. A dog is bigger than a cat.
→ A cat isn’t as
6. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it.
→ The coffee is too
7. The ladder isn’t very long. It doesn’t reach the window.
→ The ladder
8. The weather was fine. We could go camping.
→ The weather

9. I often went boating when I was young.
→ I used to
10. We built this house in 1975.
→This house
11. “Please stop making noise”, said Mrs. Lan.
 Mrs. Lan told her children …………….……………………………………………
12. He asked us many difficult questions.
 We …………………… …….………………………… …………
13. Mary is more intelligent than other girls in class.
 Mary is ………………………….…………………………………………………
14. We began to study English 5 years ago.
We have ………………………….………………………………………………
15. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework.
 Vinh is ………………………….………………………………………………….
4. Put the words in their correct order to make complete sentences. Beginning with the
underline words.(5ms)
1) community meeting/ They/ organized/ the situation/ discuss/ have/ in order to/ the
situation.
2) he/ loves/ but/ Ba/ like/ playing/ doesn’t/ glasses/ video games/ gathering.
3) close friends/ the same/ Do/ characters/ and/ have/ you/ or/ different/ your. ?
4) cook/ you’ll/ yourself/ I’m/ have/ but/ dinner/ to/ sorry.
5) example sentences/ the words/ They/ remember/ one or two/ the right way/ each new
word/ write/ how to use/ with/ in order to/ in.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
ĐÁP ÁN HSG 4/4/2011
SECTION ONE : PHONETICS (5m)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
Chän tõ mµ phÇn g¹ch ch©n cã c¸ch ph¸t ©m kh¸c víi c¸c tõ cßn l¹i.
1. D 2. B 3. A 4.C 5.D

SECTION TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40ms)
1.Chose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences(20ms)
1. D 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.B 6.C 7.D
8.A 9.D 10.B 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.B
15.B 16.D 17.C 18.B 19.B 20.C
2. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses. (10ms)
1. useful 2. arrival 3. daily 4. recognized 5. comfortable
6. proud 7. traditional 8. flight 9.property 10. different
3. Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the
space. (10ms)
1. go
→ will go
5. read
→ was reading
2. do
→ to do
6. fastly
→ fast
3. such
→ so
7. so
→ too
4. can
→ could
8. knew
→ have known
SECTION THREE : READING (20ms)
1. Complete the following passage, using the word given in the box below. There are
more words than blanks 10ms)
Blank 1 2 3 4 5

Answer over are schools no to build
Blank 6 7 8 9 10
Answer days as planted Soon take
2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one word in
each space . Write your answers in the table below.
Blank 1 2 3 4 5
Answer friend since same because losing
Blank 6 7 8 9 10
Answer humor together still trip have
SECTION FOUR : WRITING (35ms)
1. complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (10ms)
1) are drinking; 2) didn’t go; 3)will help; 4) haven’t seen; 5) to come/ standing
6) are having/ to come; 7) Have you been/ went; 8)will be; 9) has studied; 10) meeting
2. Complete the following sentences based on the given cues.(5ms)
1- How long does it take you to get to the school ?
2- He is not interested in buying a new house.
3- I was playing badminton when my friends came.
4- I am bored with doing the same thing day after day.
5- Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867.
3. Complete the 2
nd
sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the fist (15ms).
1. The children are not old enough to be in class 6.
2. The doctor told her to eat more fruits and vegetables.
3. We have studied English for 5 years.
4. Tom told Jerry to wait for him there.
5. A cat is not as big as a dog.
6. The coffe is too hot for me to drink.
7. The ladder is not long enough to reach the window. Or The ladder is too short to
reach the window.

8. The weather was so fine that we could go camping./ The weather was too fine for us
to go camping. / The weather was fine enough for us to go camping.
9. I used to go boating when I was young./ I used to boat when I was young.
10. This house was built by us in 1975. Or This house was built in 1975 by us.
11. Mrs. Lan told her children to stop making noise
12. We were asked many difficult questions.
13. Mary is the most intelligent girls in class
14. We have studied English for 5 years
15. Vinh is always forgetting his homework
4. Put the words in their correct order to make complete sentences. Beginning with the
underline words. (5ms)
1) They have organized a community meeting in order to discuss the situation.
2) Ba loves playing video games but he doesn’t like gathering broken glasses
3) Do you and your close friends have the same or different characters?
4) I’m sorry, but you have to cook dinner yourself.
5) They write one or two example sentences with each new word in order to remember how
to use the words in the right way.
The end