đề thi thử HSG 8 (đề 1)

English Written Test 8
Name:___________________ Class:____________________
I/ Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the rest: (2 marks)
1) a. cat b. hat c. that d. hate
2) a. thing b. there c. their d. this
3) a. mind b. window c. find d. tidy
4) a. float b. noun c. about d. out
5) a. great b. hate c. heat d. afraid
6) a. floor b. door c. more d. too
7) a. at b. hate c. ate d. late
8) a. spend b. pen c. she d. men
II/ Find the word in each group of words that is different from the others: (2 marks)
1) a. orange b. garden c. banana d. apple
2) a. red b. blue c. white d. cold
3) a. first b. second c. third d. four
4) a. sent b. laughed c. given d. done
5) a. librarian b. clown c. tiger d. worker
6) a. fish b. meat c. book d. chicken
7) a. books b. friends c. teachers d. benches
8) a. usually b. happily c. friendly d. suddenly
III/ Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence: (2 marks)
1) A person who can't speak or hear is called ..................
a. a character b. a deaf c. a bind d. a deaf-mute
2) Her room seemed warmer with a nice ................. on the wall.
a. booth b. poster c. shelf d. curtain
3) My parents will ................. their wedding anniversary next month.
a. make b. celebrate c. remember d. promise
4) The meeting was ............... in the garden last week.
a. revived b. held c. developed d. joined
5) If you don't understand many words, you can ................ them up in the dictionary.

a. look b. get c. find d. finish
6) The ............... in Vietnam usually begins in December and ends in July.
a. football match b. football team c. football fan d. football season
7) He ran to the station to .................. the early train.
a. ride b. drive c. catch d. go
8) He prefers country life ................. city life.
a. more than b. than c. to d. better than
IV/ Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: (2 marks)
1) The sun always (rise) .......................... in the East.
2) Where................ you (spend) ...................... your summer holiday last year, Tam?
3) I (visit) ......................... her tomorrow.
4) They just (phone) ........................ their friends.
5) He met his friends while he (do) .......................... the shopping.
6) He (come) ......................... back a moment ago.
7) I (read) ............................. am interesting book at the moment.
8) We (use) ............................ this bike for more than six years.
V/ Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: (2 marks)
1) Hai lives ................. 15 Ba Trieu Street .................... his parents.
2) I received a letter ..................... my old friend yesterday.
3) Let's stay here ...................... a few days.
4) My brother is ........................ the army.
5) She spends all her money .......................... clothes.
6) Young people are very fond .......................... pop music.
7) We will have a discussion ......................... how to study well tomorrow.
8) Mr. Lam is very successful ........................... his business.
VI/ Do as directed in parentheses: (3 marks)
1) They will open a new hotel next year. (Change into the passive voice)
 ....................................................................................................................................
2) "You should concentrate on your study at school." The teacher said
(Change into Reported Speech)

 .....................................................................................................................................
3) She sings (well) ............................ in my class.
(Give the superlative of the adjective )
4) He isn't tall. He can't be a good basketball player.
(Combine into one sentence, using "enough + to-infinitive")
 ......................................................................................................................................
5) Vietnam is one of the most (beauty) ............................... countries.
(Give the correct form of the word)
6) Nga speaks English well. Lan speaks English well.
(Combine into one sentence, using "as......... as ............")
 ......................................................................................................................................
VII/ Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning: (3 marks)
1) My grandmother told us a lot of stories in the past.
 My grandmother used to .............................................................................................
2) Ba is taller than Nam.
 Nam is ..........................................................................................................................
3) My classmate, Minh plays football beautifully.
 Football .......................................................................................................................
4) Can you help me put the chairs away?
 Would you mind ..........................................................................................................
5) "Please give your friend this dictionary."
 She asked me .............................................................................................................
6) He learns English so that he can communicate with people from other countries.
 He learns English in order to ....................................................................................
VIII/ Arrange these groups of words to make complete sentences: (1 mark)
1) for/ learnt/ years/ the/ 10/ students/ French/ have.
 ...................................................................................................................................
2) surface mail/ than/ you/ airmail/ do/ is/ cheaper/ think/ ?
 ..................................................................................................................................
IX/ Read the passage and do the exercises below: (3 marks)

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own
language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children
like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents seem to learn two languages
almost as easily as one. In school, it isn't so easy to learn a second language because the
pupils have little time for it; and they are busy with other subjects as well.
The best way for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with
something which we know already or which we easily remember because we have a
picture of it in our mind. That is why it is better to learn words in sentences, not by
themselves, or to see, or do, or feel what a word means when we first use it.
A) Choose the best answer: (2 marks)
1) What helps us a lot in learning a language?
a. time b. a good memory c. objects d. a second language
2) Boys and girls can learn two languages easily when they live in ....................
a. their country b. a familiar country c. the USA d. a foreign country
3) Students are always................. with their school subjects.
a. free b. good c. busy d. easy
4) According to the writer, learning ...................... is better.
a. words b. sentences c. other subjects d. pictures
B) Answer the questions: (1 mark)
1) Is it easy to learn a foreign language at school? Why (not)?
 .................................................................................................................................
2) How can we learn our own language?
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THE END - GOOD LUCK!