de thi HSG Anh 8

§Ò thi chän ®éi tuyÓn HSG n¨m häc 2009 2010–
M«n: TiÕng Anh Líp 8–
(Thêi gian lµm bµi 60 phót, kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently
from that of the other words.
1. A. teenager
2. A. liked
3. A. size
4. A. know
5. A. selection
6. A. hold
B. together
B. helped
B. sure
B. show
B. Exhibition
B. house
C. guess
C. lived
C. upset
C. plow
C. precaution
C. help
D. regular
D. washed
D. sound
D. flow
D. question
D. hour
Part 2: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence
1. The meeting was (held / revised / develop / joined) in the garden last week.

2. John was ashamed (about / with / of / for) his bad marks.
3. The River Amazon (flow / flows / flowed / is flowing) into the Atlantic ocean.
4. They enjoy (tell / telling / to tell / told ) jokes.
5. She asked me (not / not be / not to be / not being) late.
6. There is nothing exciting (doing / do / done / to do) in the countryside.
7. I telephone the station to make (sure / true / real / right) of the time.
8. A canoe moved up and (in / on / down / above) the water.
9. Walking every morning is good (at / for / to / on) your health.
10.Be patient! Don’t (believe/ consider/ think/ expect) to learn a foreign language in
a week.
Part 3: Complete the following sentences with the given words.
1. He / used / go / work / bicycle / a few years ago.
2. Her bag / be/ different/ mine .
3. Your students / look / forward / hear / you / soon .
4. It / not difficult / translate / this sentence / English.
5. He / work hard / order / pass / exam.
6. I / know / him / since / twelve years old.
Part 4: Put the correct form of the words in blankets.
1. Television is one of the cheapest form of (entertain)
2. That sentence is not (grammar).
3. Lan is beautiful with a (love) smile.
4. We had an interesting (discuss) about that film last night.
5. If you want to join the club, please fill in this (apply) form.
6. He was attacked for having put his (sign) to the deal.
Part 5: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the
same.
1. This is the best bike I have used. => I have never…………
2. The last time he met her when he lelf school. => He hasn’t……………
3. Please don’t make any noise here. I’m very tired. => I’d rather ....…………
4. The weather was so cold that we couldn’t go out. => The weather was not...

5. “Please take me this bag to the bank.” => She aked me ...………
6. You are very kind to invite me to the party. => It’s ......………………
7. Don’t stop her doing what she wants. => Let ......………………
8. You don’t need to set off early. => It isn’t ........................
Part6: Fill in the each gap with a suitable word or phrase from the box below.
others - their - learn - themselves - world - question - for - or
- one
read - school - in - work - on - because - with - where.
Every year many people in the (1) learn English. Some of them are young… …
children.
… (2) are teenagers. Many are dults. Some learn at school, others learn in the…
evening class.
A few learn English by (3) or just by hearing the languages (4) television … … … … …
(5) among (6) friends. Most people must (7) hard to learn English. Why… … … … …
do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that. The young
children learn English at (8) because it is (9) of their subjects. Many adults … … … …
(10) English (11) . it’s useful (12) their work. Teenagers often learn… … … … …
English (13) their higher studies, because some of their books are (14) … … … …
English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to (15)…
newspapers and magazines in English.…
The end!