Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh lớp 8 số 53

Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-009
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. rub B. plumber C. bamboo D. suitable
2. A. burned B. stopped C. asked D. promised
3. A. stamps B. trains C. caves D. hotels
4. A. sight B. tribe C. seaside D. magnificent
5. A. jungle B. sunny C. bus D. surrounding
Choose the best option to complete these following sentences.
6. My family ________here since last year.
A. lived B. was lived C. have lived D. lives
7. You ought to ________your homework before going to class.
A. did B. do C. doing D. does
8. She enjoys ________jokes, but her jokes sometimes annoy us.
A. tell B. tells C. told D. telling
9. He is only two years old, so he ________to go to school.
A. is enough old B. old is enough C. isn’t enough old D. isn’t old enough
10. Could you ________me a favor?
A. do B. get C. give D. make
11. I lost my pen, but I couldn’t ________it anywhere.
A. look for B. see C. find D. All are correct
12. That’s very kind ________you to help me.
A. on B. to C. from D. of
13. Could I speak ________Lan, please?
A. for B. to C. with D. at
14. We are going to ________fishing this Sunday.
A. go B. went C. going D. have gone
15. Lan moved back home ________10. 00 pm.
A. with B. for C. of D. at
16. As students, we ________our parents.
A. ought obey B. ought to obey C. must to D. obeying
17. You can call me when you are out by using ________.

A. telephone directoryB. public telephone C. address book D. answering machine
18. He finally ________the decision to go abroad.
A. came up with B. came up C. came D. came with
19. Ho Chi Minh City is ________city in Vietnam.
A. larger B. the most large C. the largest D. more large
20. Living in the city is________.
A. more convenient B. quieter C. more peaceful D. easier
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
21. I’m glad telling you that I’m going to have interesting activities.
A B C D
22. We have gone to Ho Chi Minh City five months ago.
A B C D
23. He asked me if I like playing tennis.
A B C D
24. This hotel has been already in business for fifty years
A B C D
25. She hates watch TV in the evening.
A B C D
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Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-009
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Harry starts work at half past six. He delivers papers every day of the week, from Monday to
Saturday, but not (26)_____ Sundays. He works in the mornings before school and (27)_____ the
afternoons after school. He usually finishes work (28) ______ six o’clock.
Harry says, “(29)______ the summer, the job is OK, but (30)_____ December and January, the
weather is very cold! I like this job. I get a lot of exercise, and the money is good. I’m saving my money
in the bank at the moment for a holiday in Spain.”
26. A. in B. at C. on D. between
27. A. in B. at C. on D. when
28. A. in B. at C. on D. since

29. A. In B. At C. On D. Ø
30. A. from B. at C. on D. in
Read the passage again and then answer the following questions.
Once, there was a king in Tibet who loved to eat fish. His love for fish was so great that he couldn’t
eat anything if there was no fish on the table.
It happened one year that there was no rain. Month after month, there was less and less water in the
rivers, and less and less fish, until there was no fish at all, even for the king. The king could not eat
everything. He sent men to all the fishermen’s villages in the country to announce that the man who
brought fish to the king’s table could have any reward he asked for.
Some time passed and a poor fisherman appeared in front of the king’s palace, carrying a lot of fish.
When the guard at the gate saw the fisherman coming towards him, he immediately knew who the man
was taking the fish to, so he asked the man to give the fish to him. The fisherman did not agree. The
guard finally agreed to let him go on the condition that the fisherman had to give him half of his reward.
After the fisherman met the king, the king asked him what he wanted for the reward. Surprisingly, the
fisherman asked for thousand blows and he shared his reward to the guard at the gate. This gave the
guard a lesson about being dishonest.
31. Who loved to eat fish so great?
________________________________________________________________________________
32. Why was there no fish at all?
________________________________________________________________________________
33. Who could have any reward?
________________________________________________________________________________
34. Who appeared in front of the king’s palace?
________________________________________________________________________________
35. What did the fish man ask for?
________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
36. I usually stayed up late to watch football matches last year.
 I used to_________________________________________________________________________
37. Mary is very intelligent. She can speak four languages. (use enough)

 Mary____________________________________________________________________________
38. They intend to visit their grandparents at Christmas.
 They are going____________________________________________________________________
39. “You should practice speaking English every day”. The teacher said to us
 The teacher advised________________________________________________________________
40. Our teacher said, “Listen carefully in class to save your study time at home.”
 Our teacher told___________________________________________________________________
THE END
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Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-009
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. rub B. plumber C. bamboo D. suitable
2. A. burned B. stopped C. asked D. promised
3. A. stamps B. trains C. caves D. hotels
4. A. sight B. tribe C. seaside D. magnificent
5. A. jungle B. sunny C. bus D. surrounding
Choose the best option to complete these following sentences.
6. My family ________here since last year.
A. lived B. was lived C. have lived D. lives
7. You ought to ________your homework before going to class.
A. did B. do C. doing D. does
8. She enjoys ________jokes, but her jokes sometimes annoy us.
A. tell B. tells C. told D. telling
9. He is only two years old, so he ________to go to school.
A. is enough old B. old is enough C. isn’t enough old D. isn’t old enough
10. Could you ________me a favor?
A. do B. get C. give D. make
11. I lost my pen, but I couldn’t ________it anywhere.
A. look for B. see C. find D. All are correct
12. That’s very kind ________you to help me.

A. on B. to C. from D. of
13. Could I speak ________Lan, please?
A. for B. to C. with D. at
14. We are going to ________fishing this Sunday.
A. go B. went C. going D. have gone
15. Lan moved back home ________10. 00 pm.
A. with B. for C. of D. at
16. As students, we ________our parents.
A. ought obey B. ought to obey C. must to D. obeying
17. You can call me when you are out by using ________.
A. telephone directoryB. public telephone C. address book D. answering machine
18. He finally ________the decision to go abroad.
A. came up with B. came up C. came D. came with
19. Ho Chi Minh City is ________city in Vietnam.
A. larger B. the most large C. the largest D. more large
20. Living in the city is________.
A. more convenient B. quieter C. more peaceful D. easier
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
21. I’m glad telling you that I’m going to have interesting activities.
A B C D
22. We have gone to Ho Chi Minh City five months ago.
A B C D
23. He asked me if I like playing tennis.
A B C D
24. This hotel has been already in business for fifty years
A B C D
25. She hates watch TV in the evening.
A B C D
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Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-009

Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Harry starts work at half past six. He delivers papers every day of the week, from Monday to
Saturday, but not (26)_____ Sundays. He works in the mornings before school and (27)_____ the
afternoons after school. He usually finishes work (28)______ six o’clock.
Harry says, “(29)______ the summer, the job is OK, but (30)_____ December and January, the
weather is very cold! I like this job. I get a lot of exercise, and the money is good. I’m saving my money
in the bank at the moment for a holiday in Spain.”
26. A. in B. at C. on D. between
27. A. in B. at C. on D. when
28. A. in B. at C. on D. since
29. A. In B. At C. On D. Ø
30. A. from B. at C. on D. in
Read the passage again and then answer the following questions.
Once, there was a king in Tibet who loved to eat fish. His love for fish was so great that he couldn’t
eat anything if there was no fish on the table.
It happened one year that there was no rain. Month after month, there was less and less water in the
rivers, and less and less fish, until there was no fish at all, even for the king. The king could not eat
everything. He sent men to all the fishermen’s villages in the country to announce that the man who
brought fish to the king’s table could have any reward he asked for.
Some time passed and a poor fisherman appeared in front of the king’s palace, carrying a lot of fish.
When the guard at the gate saw the fisherman coming toward him, he immediately knew who the man
was taking the fish to, so he asked the man to give the fish to him. The fisherman did not agree. The
guard finally agreed to let him go on the condition that the fisherman had to give him half of his reward.
After the fisherman met the king, the king asked him what he wanted for the reward. Surprisingly, the
fisherman asked for thousand blows and he shared his reward to the guard at the gate. This gave the
guard a lesson about being dishonest.
31. Who loved to eat fish so great?

The king loved to eat fish so great.___________________________________________________
32. Why was there no fish at all?


Because there was no rain and there was less and less water in rivers._______________________
33. Who could have any reward?

The man who brought fish to the king’s table could have any reward he asked for. ____________
34. Who appeared in front of the king’s palace?

A poor fisherman appeared in front of the king’s palace,_________________________________
35. What did the fish man ask for?

He asked for thousand blows._______________________________________________________
Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
36. I usually stayed up late to watch football matches last year.
 I used to stay up late to watch football matches last year.__________________________________
37. Mary is very intelligent. She can speak four languages. (use enough)
 Mary is intelligent enough to speak four languages._____________________________________
38. They intend to visit their grandparents at Christmas.
 They are going to visit their grandparents at Christmas.___________________________________
39. “You should practice speaking English every day”. The teacher said to us
 The teacher advised us to practice speaking English every day._____________________________
40. Our teacher said, “Listen carefully in class to save your study time at home.”
 Our teacher told us to listen carefully in class to save our study time at home._________________
THE END
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