Đề HSG Huyện Vũ Thư Anh 8(2010 2011)

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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
N¨m häc 2010-2011
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Đề này gồm 04 trang – Học sinh làm bài vào giấy thi)

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

region
pockets
brushed
chief
chopstick

regard
proofs
posted
mechanic
pollute

logical
coughs
passed

chimney
provide

energy
lessons
cooked
speech
conserve

II. Choose one word that has a different stress position from the other.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

despite
reputation
generous
competition
yellow

weather
greenhouse
expensive
faucet
children

another
property

decorate
quarter
edition

report
celebrate
hobby
model
publish

III. Chose the best answer to complete the following sentences
11. Two people were injuired in ______ accident and were taken to _____ hospital
the/φ
an/the
an/φ
the/the
12. We are all ________ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!
relieved
afraid
delighted
certain
13. “__________to come and have dinner with us?” “I’d love to but I’m very busy”.
would you mind
could you please
Would you like
Do you enjoy
14. Can you tell me where ______________ ?
she does
does she
she is

is she
15. You have to work ____________ for the coming exam.
hardly
more hardly
more hard
hard
16. I saw her _____________ the flowers in the garden.
watering
watered
be watered
is watering
17. They had their luggage ___________ by the porter.
carry
carrying
to carry
carried
18. She often spends her weekend ___________ through pleasant open countryside.
travel
traveling
to travel
to traveling
19. He was born in England. English is his __________________
mother tongue
second language
foreign language
All are correct
20 ________________ to America yet ?
Were you
Have you ever been Were you been
Are you

IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verb in brackets
a. He couldn't make his motor bike (21.start ) _______ this morning.
b. I dislike (22.listen ) ......... to music while (23.do) _________ my homework.
c. These tigers used (24.keep) __________ in iron cages .
d. What you (25.do) ________ when I (26.phone) _________ you last night ?
e. When we entered his room, we (27.see) _________ him (28.sleep) ___________ in an armchair.
f. She said that her mother (29.not be) _________very well, so she (30.can not) __________ go to
the party.
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V. Give the correct form of CAPITAL word to complete each following sentence .
31

Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________________.

32

The child should be punished of his bad _________________.

33

Mr. Minh has made an ______________to see us at 3 o’clock.

34

Bell______________ demonstrated his invention.

35

________________, dark clouds appeared and it began to rain.

36
37

Every day, there are two ______ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city.
My country is rich in_________resources.

38

The __________ she gave last night was marvellous.

39

It's __________ to cross the avenue.

40

Could you give me some__________?

(COMFORT)
(BEHAVE)

(ARRANGE)
(SUCCESS)

(FORTUNATE)

(FLY)

(nature)

( PERFORM)
(danger)
(inform)

VI/ Each sentence has ONE mistake. Find and correct it.
41. Her sister is studying very hard in order getting scholarship at university.
42. When I was having lunch, two friends of mine were coming to see me.
43. What happens to the glass when it is sending to the factory?
44. He asked Tom does his brother was living in Washington.
45. If you couldn’t guess the answer, I will win the game.
46. Mr. Hai decided to give up her job in order to have more time with her children.
47. All the people lived in this village can speak French and English.
48. By whom was the famous song “White Christmas” writting?
49. France has presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
50. Discovered penicillin made Sir Alexander Fleming famous all over the world.

VII/ Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition
51. He worked_____ deaf-mutes at Boston University
52. He thought very carefully and finally came______ ______ a very important decision
53. The thief broke ________ the national bank
54. He was sent ______ prison
55. Children enjoy taking part________ different activities after class
56. My father gave _________ smoking
57. She didn’t go to school because she had to look ________her younger sisters
58. He accused me_________ stealing the money
59. This table is made_______ wood
60. My brother succeeded ________ winning the race

VIII. Put ONE suitable word into each blank to complete the passage .
Learning a language is, in some ways, like (61) __________________ how to fly or play the
piano. There (62) _________________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It
is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (63) ___________ practice. It is never enough
simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (64) ___________ know. For
example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (65) ______________ to fly an aero plane. A (66)
___________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to
(67) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (68) ____________ .
The same is true of (69) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about
it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (70) _________________ first?
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IX. The following sentences belong to a passage about Cinderella, but they are not
in the correct order. Put them in their correct order to make a full passage.
A.Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy
sisters did nothing.
B. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress and a wonderful coach.
C. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the
dance floor.
D. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace.
E. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the
shoe was the right size for Cinderella.
F. Cinderella was left at home, very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella
that she could go to the ball - but to return home by midnight.
G. She and the prince were married and lived happily ever after.
ANSWERS:

71............. 72........... 73............. 74.............. 75................ 76................ 77................

X. Read the following passage and answer the questions
Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used.
Before printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy
books. Often these people were unable to read and hadn’t enough time to learn. In any case, the
books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today. They wanted
booked because they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few
people were able to write, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people
who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.
The position with computers is very similar today. A few years ago, computers were very large
and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didn’t know how to use
them. In many countries, however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only
own microcomputer but also know how to use them.
Questions:
78. What happened before printing presses were invented?
79. Why were books wanted before printing presses were invented?
80. What is common feature of a book and a computer?

XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first:
81. The last time we saw him was in 1998.
 We haven’t______________________________________________________________
82. She said, “I’m living in Vu Thu now”.
 She said_______________________________________________________________
83. Both of the chairs are uncomfortable.
 Neither of______________________________________________________________
84. Peter spent three hours on repairing his computer.
 It_____________________________________________________________________
85. He doesn’t let anyone smoke in his house.
 He hardly allows__________________________________________________________
86. She is the most intelligent girl in her family.

 No one _________________________________________________________________
87. She would rather play golf than play tennis.
 She prefers_______________________________________________________________
88. He made his children study hard late at night.
 His children______________________________________________________________
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89. You can’t take this book away.
 This book_______________________________________________________________
90. Your younger brother is too weak to lift that box.
 Your brother is not________________________________________________________

XII. Use given words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.
91. She/ tell/ not/ close/ window.
92. Nga/ used/ swim/ this river/ but/ she/ not/ any more.
93. if/ I/ be/ you/ I/ not buy/ that/ bicycle.
94. How long/ she/ learn/ English/ ?
95. It / difficult / prevent / people / park here.

XIII. Put the words in their correct order to make complete sentences. Beginning
with the underline words.
96. community meeting/ They/ organized/ the situation/ discuss/ have/ in order to/ a.
97. he/ loves/ but/ Ba/ like/ playing/ doesn’t/ glasses/ video games/ gathering/ broken.
98. close friends/ the same/ Do/ characters/ and/ have/ you/ or/ different/ your. ?
99. cook/ you’ll/ yourself/ I’m/ have/ but/ dinner/ to/ sorry.
100. example sentences/ the words/ They/ remember/ one or two/ the right way/ each new word/
write/ how to use/ with/ in order to/ in.

The end./.

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KHẢO SÁT CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
ĐÁP ÁN – BIỂU ĐIỂM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
N¨m häc 2010-2011
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Toàn bài 100 câu x 0.2 điểm/ câu)

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.
1.
regard
2.
lessons
3.
posted
4.
mechanic
5.
chopstick
II. Choose one word that has a different stress position from the other.
6.
weather
7.
reputation
8.

expensive
9.
competition
10.
edition
III. Chose the best answer to complete the following sentences
17. carried
11. the/φ
18. traveling
12. delighted
19. mother tongue
13. Would you like
20. Have you ever been
14. she is
15. hard
16. watering
IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verb in brackets
26. phoned
21. start
27. saw
22. listening
28. sleeping
23. doing
29. wasn’t
24. to be kept
30. couldn’t
25. were –doing
V. Give the correct form of CAPITAL word to complete each following sentence
31. COMFORTABLE
36. FLIGHTS

32. BEHAVIOR
37. NATURAL
33. ARRANGEMENT
38. PERFORMANCE
34. SUCCESSFULLY
39. DANGEROUS
35. UNFORTUNATELY
40. INFORMATION
VI/ Each sentence has one mistake. Find and correct it.
41. getting
to get
42. were coming
came
43. sending
sent
44. does
if/ whether
45. couldn’t
can’t
VII/ Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition
51. with
56. up
52. up with
57. after
53. into
58. of
54. to
59. of
55. in
60. in

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46. her
his
47. lived
live
48. writing
written
49. has presented
presented
50. Discovered
Discovering


VII I. Put ONE suitable word into each blank to complete the passage .
61. learning
62. are
63. of
64. you
65. how
66. book
67. fly
68. yourself
69. playing
70. practice
IX. The following sentences belong to a passage about Cinderella, but they are not in the correct
order. Put them in their correct order to make a full passage.
71A
72D

73F
74B
75C
76E 77G
X. Read the following passage and answer the questions
78. Only kings and dukes had enough money to buy books.
79. Because books were expensive and magical.
80. They were large and expensive at first
XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first:
81. We haven’t seen him since 1998
82. She said (that) she was living in Vu Thu then
83. Neither of the chairs is comfortable
84. It took Peter three hours to repair his computer
85. He hardly allows anyone to smoke in his house
86. No one in her family is as intelligent as her/ she is
//No one in her family is as intelligent as she is/ her
87. She prefers to play golf rather than play tennis/ She prefers playing golf to (playing) tennis
88. His children were made to study hard late at night.
89. This book can’t be taken away
90. Your brother is not strong enough to lift that box
XII. Use given words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.
91. She tells me not to close the window.
92. Nga used to swim in this river but she doesn’t any more.
93. If I were you, I would not buy that bicycle.
94. How long has she learnt English?
95. It is difficult to prevent people from parking here.
XIII: Put the words in their correct order to make complete sentences. Beginning with the
underline words.
96. They have organized a community meeting in order to discuss the situation.
97. Ba loves playing video games but he doesn’t like gathering broken glasses

98. Do you and your close friends have the same or different characters?
99. I’m sorry, but you have to cook dinner yourself.
100. They write one or two example sentences with each new word in order to remember how to use
the words in the right way.

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