DE THI HSG T.ANH 2003-2004 (KHOI 8)

UBND huyện Cao Lãnh
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
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-----Đề chính thức-----
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN KHỐI 8
Năm học 2003 – 2004
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trường . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chữ ký GT 1 Chữ ký GT 2
SBD: . . . . . . . Số phách: . . . . . . . .
Điểm Chữ ký GK1 Chữ ký GK 2
Số phách: . . . . . .
I. Make a cross on the letter before the word or phrase that would best complete the
sentences provided (2,5ms)
1. Alice . . . . . . be a supporter than a player.
a. likes b. prefer c. would rather d. had better
2. Lan is . . . . . . beautiful . . . . . . . . clever.
a. so/that b. too/to c. enough/to d.not only/but also
3. You . . . . . . .not read those magazines.
a. likes b. prefer c. would rather d. had better
4. This is . . . . . . . beautiful garden in the city.
a. the goodest b. more c. the most d. most
5. English and French . . . . . . in many countries all over the world.
a. speak b. spoken c. is spoken d. are spoken
6. They visit a lot of monuments . . . . . . the one-pillar pagoda.
a. beside b. besides c. between d. among
7. Butter is made . . . . . . milk, this knife is made . . . . . . . steel. They are made . . .
. . . . . Vietnam.
a. from/of/in b. of/in/from c. in/from/of d.of/from/in
8. Mr Green took his children to the national theatre . . . . . . . . . a play.

a. to b. for c. in d. with
9. He needs not . . . . . an eye examination.
a. to have b. has c. having d. have
10. He needs . . . . . . . a rest.
a. to have b. has c. having d. have
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UBND huyện Cao Lãnh
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO
TẠO
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-----Đề chính thức-----
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN KHỐI 8
Năm học 2003 – 2004
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trường . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Số phách: . . . . . . . .
II. Three words have the same sound. One word doesn’t. which one is it ? make a
cross (x) on that letter. (1,5ms)
1. a. sight b. lion c. child d. children
2. a. years b. hands c.shops d. signs
3. a. manure b. measure c. pasture d. adventure
4. a. children b. chance c. change d.mechanic
5. a. takes b. inches c. oranges d. houses
6. a. played b. performed c. showed d. acted
III. Choose the appropriate preposition and fill in the blanks. (2ms)
1. Jack is . . . . . . . . . the pupils and teacher is . . . . . . . . the middle of the class.
2. Daisy is . . . . . . . . . . her two classmates.
3. The Saigon market is . . . . . . . . . . . . the centre of the city.
4. Alice’s school has just set . . . . . . . . . . a workshop.

5. Tom is not enough to work . . . . . . . . . machines.
6. They are telling their father . . . . . . . . . . . . new workshop.
7. They said upper boys would make furniture . . . . . . . . . . . the canteen.
IV. Use the correct word form (2ms)
1. If I had a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I would retire at 40 (choose)
2. How . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the street is ! (danger)
3. The Sword Lake is one of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . places in Hanoi. (history)
4. He devoted all his . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to writing. (live)
5. He often writes stories. He is a . . . . . . . . . . . . . (write)
6. These flowers look . . . . . . . . . . . . . (nature)
7. Please tell me about your birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (celebrate)
8. Rubber is elastic so we can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . this string. (long)
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V. Use the correct verb form (2ms)
1. The house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on that hill is very old. (build)
2. Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from Brazil. (export)
3. My friend was . . . . . . . . . . . . . when I came. (phone)
4. She’d rather . . . . . . . . . . . . . bananas than apples. (eat)
5. When were those potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (plant)
6. Mr Green wanted his son . . . . . . . . . . . . . .an engineer. (be)
7. She had her daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . the football match on TV. (watch)
8. He told his daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . his shirt. (mend)
VI. Rewrite or combine the following sentences into a new one as directed (4ms)
1. He can get hay for cattle. He keeps grass. (Use by + present participle)
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2. When has he bought this book ? (Change into passive voice)
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3. Let’s get taxi. It’s a very long way. (Use “too or enough”)
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4. Could you speak (slowly), please ? (supply the correct form of adverb)
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VII. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (4ms)
1. Without your help, the boy can’t do all these exercises.
- If ...............................................................................................................................
2. The two packages were opened by my secretary.
- My secretary .............................................................................................................
3. How did you come there ?
- I wanted to know ......................................................................................................
4. Mai may not see that film because she is very young.
- Mai isn’t ....................................................................................................................
VIII. Read and answer the questions (2ms)
Sports and games
When we practise sports, we develop the parts of our body. Only by
sports can we make our bone strong, our muscles big and our mind quick and
active.
Very often, we see weak people, it is because they never practise any
sports. Sports are as necessary to us as our lessons and tasks are. If we only
studied and never played any games, we should become very dull.
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Nowadays, there are many kinds of games such as: football, basketball,
volleyball, tennis.
Questions:
1. What can make our bones strong, our muscles big and our mind quick and
active ?
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2. what should we be like if we only studied and never played any games ?
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