đề tham khảo ôn thi hsg tiếng anh 8, test 9

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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
M«n: tiÕng anh 8
Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is
pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health
3. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
4. A. whole B. when C. where D. while
5. A. improvement B. equipment C. comment D. development
II. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions
6. She went to market without ____________ anything.
A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. Buying
7. ____________ she plays the piano!
A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good
8. The new shopping mall is quite ____________ the present shopping area.
A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar
9. There were _________________ flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy.
A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much
10. Of my parents, my father is _________________
A. the stricterB. the strictest C. strict D. stricter
11. Would you _________________ cleaning the floor for me?
A. like B. please C. mind D. rather
12. I’ve never seen such an interesting _______________
A. performing B. performer C. performance D. performed
13. I’m sorry. I’m not ___________ to help you lift the table.
A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength.
14. I usually go to work by bus, but ________ and then I use my motorbike

A. again B. once C. now D. ever
15. There are not _____________ jobs for all of us.
A. so B. such C. too D. enough
III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition.
16. She isn’t here ________________ the moment.
17. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather.
18. What do you often do ________________ weekends.
19. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month.
20. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital.
21. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor.
22. You’re better ask __________ the information desk.
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23. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father
24. “ Hamlet” is ____________ Shakespeare.
25. Jane fell _________ her bike and hit head on the road
IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right
column.
26. Their children have quite _____________ characters.
DIFFERENCE
27. What is the correct ______________of this word?
PRONOUNCE
28. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more _________ COMFORT
29. She is one of the greatest ______________ to appear in this theater.
PERFORM
30. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very __________ there in the fall WIND
31. It is _______________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH
32. During his _____________ the family lived in Cornwall CHILD
33. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention.
SUCCESS
34. Every day, there are two _________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY

35. ______________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN
V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets.
36. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ____________ through the text ?
37. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) __________ in next week”
38. Look at those black clouds. It ( rain) __________
39. The film ( begin) ___________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ?
40. Mai (telephone)____________ you when she comes back.
41. The pens ( produce ) ___________ by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and
good.
42. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I ‘d rather you ( sit ) __________ over there”
43. The price ( become ) __________ more and more expensive these days.
44, + 45. Mr Binh ( know) ______ how to drive a car although he ( not learn) ________ it
yet.
VI. Complete the following passage by choosing the best option, A, B, C or D.
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the
whole idea quite terrifying, (46) _____ flying is no more dangerous (47) __________ any other
form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most
accident occurs (48) ______________ taking off and landing when a (49) _________ decisions
are vitally important.
The people, (50) _______ job is to look (51) ______________ the passengers, the
stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (52) ___________
safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (53) ___________ such care of is all
part of the total experience. (54) ____________ other form of travel involves waiting for people
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in quite the same (55) __________, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even
video films.
46- A. although B. too C. and D. because
47- A. than B. as C. then D. with
48- A. while B. during C. for D. through
49- A. leader’s B. chief ’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s

50- A. whose B. which C. their D. that
51- A. for B. up C. after D. round
52- A. feel B. rest C. experienceD. lie
53- A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken
54- A. Any B. No C. All D. Not
55- A. way B. kind C. sort D. part
VI. Listen to the the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with one
word you hear.
When I (56) ________ a child I used to go to (57)_________________my grandmother. I
thought her house was very (58)_________________as a palace and the garden seemed
bigger than a park. (59) _______ I grew up , the house and garden seemed
(60)__________________ but I still loved visiting the (61)_____________ lady. There
were so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (62) _________ the
doll’s house which was older than grandmother herself. At (63) ____________ times, I
looked (64)___________ books which were (65)_________ interesting than my
children’s book at home.
VIII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find it by
choosing A, B, C or D.
66. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet ?
A B C D
67. “ Do you think anyone saw us ?” she told nervously.
A B C D
68. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world.
A B C D
69. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to Phu Tho next week.
A B C D
70.My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at
university. A B C D
IX. Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given.
71. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.

-> It __________________________________________________________
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72. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People ______________________________________________________
73. We arrived too late to see the film.
->. We didn’t ___________________________________________________
74. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me.
->. He asked me _________________________________________________
75. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
-> We haven’t ____________________________________________
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI CHỌN HSG
MÔN: ANH 8
I: ( 1pt), Each correct answer get 0.2pt.
1 2 3 4 5
D B A A C
II: ( 2pts) Each correct answer gets 0.2pt
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
D A A A D C C C C D
III: (2pts), Each correct answer gets 0,2 pt.
16 17 18 19 20
at from At/ on since to
21 22 23 24 25
as at from by off
IV: (3pts) . Each correct answer gets 0,3pt.
26 27 28 29 30
different pronunciation comfortable performers windy

31 32 33 34 35
unhealthy childhood successfully flights suddenly
V: (3 pts). Each correct answer gets 0,3pt.
36. am looking
37. am going to move ( am moving)
38. is going to rain
39. Does begin
40. will telephone
41. produced
42. sat
43. is becoming
44. knows
45. hasn’t learned/ learnt
VI: (2pts) Each correct answer gets 0,2 pt.
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
A A B D A C A D B A
VII: (2pts), Each correct answer gets 0,2 pt.
56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
was to Very/as when up garden with that in more
Listening.
When I was a child I used to go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was very
beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. When I grew up , the
house and garden seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so
many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played with the doll’s house which was
older than grandmother herself. At that times, I looked in books which were more
interesting than my children’s book at home.
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VIII: ( 1pt), Each correct answer get 0.2pt.
66 67 68 69 70
C D B D C

IX: (2pts) Each correct answer gets 0,5pt.
71. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house
72. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals
73. we didn’t arrive early enough to see the film
74. He asked me if I knew to speak English.
75. We haven’t met each other for 10 years.
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