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Phòng Giáo dục Krông Ana KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN NĂM 2005
---------- Đề thi môn : Tiếng Anh – Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi)
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Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ Chữ ký GK 1 Chữ ký GK 2
I/ Vocabulary: (5 marks)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. After three months, Nam got used to …………… in her new school.
a. study b. studying c. studied d. is studying
2. Ba isn’t ……………….. to driver a motorbike.
a. enough old b. old enough c. young d. young enough
3. Last Tuesday Hoa was absent ………… school because of her illness.
a. for b. at c. from d. in
4. Have you ………… any news about Lan since her bike accident?
a. hear b. hearing c. are hearing d. heard
5. Ho Chi Minh City is ………….. city in Viet Nam.
a. largest b. the largest c. large d. larger than
6. My brother works for a company called FPT. He has worked for them ……… he graduated from
university.
a. at b. in c. since d. for
7. We should use cloth bags ……………. of plastic bags.
a. besides b. apart c. without d. instead
8. Farmers collect household and garden waste to make ………………
a. compost b. glassware c. pipes d. floor covering
9. What’s the correct ……………… of this word?
a. pronounce b. pronunciation c. pronounced

10. We are having a plan to help them by …………… them to do things.
a. encourage b. encouraged c. to encourage d. encouraging
II/ Rewrite the following sentences that they mean almost the same as those printed before. (5
marks)
1. “Please turn down the radio for me” said my father
My father asked me ………………………………………..……..
2. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
Số phách
Chữ ký GT 1 Chữ ký GT 2
I …………………………………………………………..…………
3. We started living here fifteen years ago.
We …………………………………………………………………..
4. She sings more beautifully than her sister.
Her sister ……………………………………………………………
5. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
It’s …………………………………………………………………..
6. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
He was delighted that his ………………………………………….
7. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
The time machine ..…………………………………………………
8. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
People ……………………………………………………………….
9. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.
I’m very sad not ……………………………………………………
10. He failed the exams because of his laziness
Because he ………………………………………………………….
III/ Fill in each gap in the passage below with one suitable word from the box. (5 marks)
Keep prices exercise good with well
Listen nature space money breathe make
People in the country enjoys some advantages that people in the city cannot enjoy. The country

has
(1)
…………… for people to do things. They have space to plant flowers and space to
(2)
…………. animals. It’s
easy for them to get fresh vegetables, fresh fruit and fresh milk at low
(3)
………… They are closed contact
with
(4)
……………. They
(5)
…………. with trees and soil, cows and dogs . They
(6)
…….. fresh air. They fight
(7)
…………….. strong winds. They get a lot of
(8)
…………. when they work on the land. They can
(9)
………… to the
songs of birds while working. This contact with nature is
(10)
…………. for strong health.
IV/ Use suggested words and phrases to complete the letter below. (5 marks)
Dear Mai,
1. Thank you / much / flowers / you send / while / I / be / hospital.
 …………………………………………………………………………….
2. They / beautiful / and / they / really help / cheer / up.
 …………………………………………………………………………….

3. I / come out / hospital / Thursday morning.
 …………………………………………………………………………….
4. You / come over / place / weekend / because / I / very bored / now.
 …………………………………………………………………………….
5. I / look / forward / see / soon.
 …………………………………………………………………………….
Your friend,
Hoa.
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