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KIỂM TRA HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN: ANH 8
Thời gian làm bài : 120 phút
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I. Choose the one word in parentheses that best fits blank space (2.5pts)
1. You should add some organic .......................(garbage - plastic - fertilizer - matter) to the soil make
the flowers grow well.
2. It was so hot the butter started to ................... (down - melt - freeze - vapor).
3. British schools are now required by ...................(force - regulation- rule - law) to publish their exam
results.
4. Their children ............ the house for three years, but it still looks very new. (built - have built - has
built - build)
5. She's ................. singer I've ever known, (the best -the famous - the most famous - more famous)
6. We get up early .......................go to school on time (so - in order to - so that – a)
7. Do you mind ........................ a questionnaire? (to prepare - prepare - preparing - prepared).
8. Is it difficult ............................. your directions ? (follow - following -followed - to follow).
9. They were watching TV ................... the telephone rang.(when - while - if - until).
10. Now I can walk to work instead ....................... (of -
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from -for - with) going by car.
II. Use the correct form of the word in parentheses (2.5 pts)
1. I usually keep my money in that...................... (wood) box.

2. Are your opinions ............................... (represent) of all the students here?
3. The meeting is a complete ....................................... (wasteful) of time.
4. You'll get good crops after keeping grass for a few years to make the soil........................... (fertility).
5. Fire-fighters have to wear .................... (protect) clothing to stop them getting burned. .
6. First, I'll ........................................ (explanation) the rules of the game.
7. We have no .......................................... during sleep, (conscious)
8. A ..................................... currency is rather inconvenient, (metal)
9. Women have struggled for years for good ..................................(recognize)
10. We try to satisfy all.............................................................. (participate)
III. Use the proper form or tense of the verbs in parentheses to fill in each blank (2.5pts)
1) Cheese ................................................................. (make) from milk
2) The question is difficult............................................ (answer)
3) While I was on vacation, my camera .....................................(steal) from my hotel.
4) Hurry up! Everybody ........................... (wait) for you
5) They .................................... the victims when we came to the place of accident, (search)
6) His wounds .................................. so carefully that he got well soon. (treat)
7) That fuel gas .................................. in the next stage of production (liquefy)
8) All athletes........... ...................... heartily since the beginning of the Games (compare)
9) Would you mind...................................... the volume of your radio ? It's midnight, (adjust)
10) She has promised .................................... harder. (work)
IV. Fill each blank with the most appropriate word from the box. There are one extra words you don't
need to use (2.5pts)
about cross for quietly until difference
made firmly excited seriously different
My mother and my father are very ...................... (1) people Mum is always very calm not exactly
easy-going, because she does take things very ......................... (2)sometimes, but she doesn't
get ........................ (3) . When we were small she almost never shouted at us. When we did something
wrong, she talked to us about it very ................... (4) but in a calm tone of voice. If we shouted and cried,
she ..................... (5) us go and sit by ourselves in her sewing room .......... (6) we calmed down. So when
the news came, she reacted in her usual way. ................... (7) seeing what she could do to

prepare...................... (8) the changes that were coming Dad on the other hand, shouted, kicked a chair, and
went a long walk to try and cool off. During the next few days he was ................................ (9) with us. as
nothing was our fault. All of us kids were worried ………......... (10) what was going to happen, and a bit
afraid, but we didn't talk to our parents much. Most of all we were sad about having to leave all of our
school friends.
V. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.
(2.5pts)
The first stamp in the world was an English Stamp. It was made in 1840. Before that time, people
paid money to the postman (1) ........................ every letter that they got and the postman didn't give
letters to anybody (2) ...................... did not pay him.
An English teacher, (3)......................... name was Rowland Hill, thought much about this. One day, he said
that the people who wrote the letters must pay for them, and not the people who got the letter. He spoke
(4)........ it to people in the government. Soon the post- offices began to sell little pieces of paper with
stamp (5).............................. them.
VI. Rewrite the sentences as required in parentheses (2.5pts)
1. Gordon Gould invented laser in 1958
_______________________________________________________________________
2. The Bakers moved into this city in 1994.
The Bakers has ___________________________________________________________
3. I came to see Jane yesterday. She was cooking dinner then.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. John lent me this book.
 This book_______________________________________________________________
5. Karen was given a present by Peter.
Peter_______________________________________________________________________
6. It’s not safe to stand on that chair.
That chair___________________________________________________________________
7. Ho Chi Minh City is my place of birth.
I was _______________________________________________________________________
8. “ Do you see Peter around here?” She asked her friend Jack

 She asked her friend Jack______________________________________________________
9. I have learned English for three years. (Use “ago”)
__________________________________________________________________________
10. They should reduce the price of food.
The______________________________________________________________________
VII. Write
Write a passage about 80 words or 100 words about your last summer vacation