Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh lớp 8 số 54

Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EAXAMINATION-010
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. how B. now C. know D. cow
2. A. what B. where C. when D. who
3. A. please B. teach C. head D. meet
4. A. talked B. stopped C. noted D. laughed
5. A. books B. cats C. stamps D. weeds
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
6. _________ were you last Sunday? - I went to Ha Long Bay.
A. What B. Who C. When D. Where
7. Don’t get up so late! You ought _________ earlier.
A. get up B. gets up C. to get up D. to get
8. Nam’s father _________ him how to ride a bike when he was seven.
A. teach B. taught C. teacher D. to teach
9. I’ve studied English _________ 3 years.
A. at B. for C. since D. on
10. Mrs. Lan asked me _________ her the truth.
A. tell B. told C. telling D. to tell
11. They used _________ on a farm when they were young.
A. to live B. live C. lived D. living
12. Mai often _________ badminton in the afternoon.
A. to play B. play C. plays D. played
13. ______ is the study of the earth and its countries, mountains, rivers, weather, etc.
A. Geography B. Physics C. Chemistry D. Math
14. They _________ a new bike three years ago.
A. bought B. buy C. buying D. to buy
15. Vietnamese language is different _________ English language.
A. as B. from C. like D. with
16. Would you like ___________a message?
A. leave B. leaving C. to leave D. left
17. The children are old enough to look after__________

A. ourselves B. themselves C. herself D. himself
18. My father used _________us to the zoo when he was alive.
A. taking B. took C. take D. to take
19. They’ll arrive _________Monday, 14 July.
A. during B. in C. on D. at
20. The new shopping mall is quite _________the present shopping area.
A. the same B. different from C. like to D. similar
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
21. I strongly believe that friends plays a very important role in our life.
A B C D
22. We are having a birthday party in Saturday night. Would you like to come?
A B C D
23. There are a lot of books in the library but you ought buy some more from the bookshop.
A B C D
24. We have learnt to play the piano for 2005.
A B C D
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Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EAXAMINATION-010
25. I used to working for this company when I was young.
A B C D
Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the gaps.
Once a farmer (26)______ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which
the farmer used to (27)______ to buy food and clothing for his family.
One day, he (28)______ to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He
shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”
His wife (29)______ to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more,
so her husband decided (30)______ open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he
couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all the chickens were dead.
There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.
26. A. lived B. live C. lives D. living

27. A. selling B. sell C. sells D. sold
28. A. go B. goes C. went D. is going
29. A. run B. runs C. is running D. ran
30. A. cutting B. to cut C. cut D. A&B
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and a lot of people don’t know which is
which. They both have blond hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans and T-shirts. They like
doing the same things, too. For example, they both like jazz and they’re crazy about football. They go to
a football match once a week. Tim doesn’t like dancing or discos and Tom doesn’t like them, either.
Although they’re twins, they’re not exactly the same at everything. Tim works hard at school because
he wants to go to university, but Tom is a bit lazy. Our mother is often away from home because of her
job, so we all work together in the house. Most of the time it’s fine, but sometimes we fight a bit!
31. What do Tim and Tom always wear?
_________________________________________________________________________________
32. How often do they go to a football match?
_________________________________________________________________________________
33. What don’t they like?
_________________________________________________________________________________
34. Why does Tim work hard at school?
_________________________________________________________________________________
35. Why is their mother often out?
_________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
36. Mai / enjoy / learn English. (build sentence)
_________________________________________________________________________________
37. She often went to school by bike but now she doesn’t any more. (use used to)
 She______________________________________________________________________________
38. “Don’t go out and put on warm clothes!” said the doctor. ( use reported speech)
 The doctor________________________________________________________________________
39. Minh is too young. He can’t drive a car. ( use enough)

 Minh____________________________________________________________________________
40. I started playing tennis last year.
 I have____________________________________________________________________________
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