ĐỀ bồi dưỡng hsg tiếng anh lớp 8

ENGLISH 8
25.2.21
I. Choose the best answer
1. The novel …………………by Mark Twain attracts a lot of children
A. writing
B. written
C. being written
D. was written
2. They are going to get their house …………………. for the Christmas
A. to decorate
B. decorating
C. decorated
D. be decorated
3. He seldom goes to the market,……………………..?
A. doesn’t he
B. does he
C. is he
D. isn’t he
4. That man seemed…………………………………….about something.
A. nervous and anxious
B. nervously and anxiously
C. being nervous and anxious
C. nervous and being anxious
5. I would rather ………………..out this evening, if you don’t mind
A. not going
B. not to go
C. don’t go
D. not go
6. We watched the cat ……………………the tree yesterday morning
A. climbed
B. climb

C. had climbed
D. climbing
7. If we had your new address, we……………………………..to see you.
A. came
B. will come
C. would come
D. would have come
8. “ Let’s go dancing,……………………..?” _ “ Yes, Let’s.”
A. won’t we
B. don’t we
C. do we
D. shall we
9. I wish I…………………..all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew
B. know
C. had known
D. B&C are correct
10. It took weeks to get used to …………………….someone else around.
A. have
B. having
C. had
D. has
11. The teachers make students…………………….harder and harder.
A. studied
B. to study
C. study
D. studying
12. I’m sure that they were …………………..lies
A. making
B. telling

C. doing
D. saying
13. He took…………………golf when he retired from work.
A. up
B. over
C. care of
D. after
14. ……………..he was sick, he still turn up for his guitar lesson.
A. Although
B. Because
C. Despite
D. Since
15. I strongly hate…………………….while I am talking
A. to interrupt
B. interrupting
C. being interrupted. D. interrupted
II. Supply the correct verb forms.
1. I (1. not have)………….a good night sleep for a long time. Now I feel very tired.
2. He (2. lose) …………..….his job last September and ever since he (3.be)………….…out of work.
3. The Ao dai (4. mention)…………………..……in poems and songs for centuries, and nowadays they
(5. wear) ………………..by many Vietnamese women at work.
4. It is 2 years since I last (6. give)…………………………presents on Christmas day.
5. When I (7. come)…………..to see Mr. Robinson last night, he (8. read)……………….…….a
newspaper and his two children (9. listen)………………….to English songs.
6. He (10. allow)……………..………..(11. open)…………….…………..a new restaurant on the main
road by the city council a year ago.
III. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets.
1.
I think English should be a ……………..…foreign language in our country. (COMPEL)
2. We – The Vietnamese are very …………………of our country.

(PRIDE)
3. When you take an exam, you are an………………………..
(EXAMINE)
4. The man felt disappointed because he acted……………………...
(SUCCESS)
5. Don’t eat those vegetables. They’re very……………………….
(POISON)
6. Many fashion designers have…………...…the Ao dai by printing line of poetry on it. (MODERN)
7. She’s cut herself and it's .......................quite badly.
(BLOOD)
IV. The following passage contains 8 mistakes. Find and correct them.
He was born in a very poor part of London. His father was a comedian and his mother worked like
a dancer and singer. Neither of them was very successful and the family had very few money, at one time


they were such poor that he and his brothers had only a pair of shoes for them and they had to take turn
wearing them. The first time he herself earned his money by dancing and singing, he was only five years
old. He did many kinds of job, but what he loved most was working in the theater. When he was about 15
he joins a traveling theater company and went on trips to America. On one such tour he offered a part in a
film, so he went to Hollywood where he eventually became both an actor or a film director
V. Read the passage and answer the question
An artist and a farmer
An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Everyday he went
out with his paints and his brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he
went back to the farm and had a good dinner before going to bed.
At the end of his holiday, he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said “ No, I don’t want the money,
but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will
still be here”.
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about the paintings.
The farmer smiled and answered: “ It is not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist.

When he comes here next month I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist
any more, I think”.
1. Where did the artist spend his holiday?
A. In a beautiful country
B. On a farm
C. With a farmer
D. With his paints and brushes
2. What did he do during his holiday?
A. He went back to the farm
B. He made paints and brushes
C. He painted all day
D. He went out everyday
3. What did the farmer ask the artist for at the end of the holiday?
A. Money
B. For his wages
C. Many pictures
D. A picture
4. Why was the artist very pleased with the farmer’s request?
A. Because he thought his pictures were so beautiful
B. Because he had so many kinds of pictures.
C. Because he would sell one of his pictures.
D. Because the farmer had thanked him.
5. The farmer’s son didn’t want to become an artist any more
A. Because he lived in London
B. Because he had the artist’s picture
C. After he had seen the artist’s picture. D. When he came here
VI. Rewrite these following sentences using the given words keep root meaning.
1. The news was so good that she smiled happily.
→ It…………………………………………………………………………………
2. It’s thought that accident was caused by human error.

→ The accident is……………………………………………………………………
3. I have never eaten with knives and forks before
→ This………………………………………………………………………………
4. You ought to go to see the doctor now.
→ It’s time…………………………………………………………………………..
5. Spending a week in Da Lat is going to be great
→ I’m looking………………………………………………………………………
6. They didn’t find the trip interesting although the weather was fine.
→ In spite…………………………………………………………………………...
7. I am only interested in why he did it
→ The only thing……………………………………………………………………………
8. I want you not to say like that.
→ I’d rather………………………………………………………………………….
9. I regret not phoning you.
→ If only I…………………………………………………………………..………
10. All visitors to the town fall in love with it.
→ Everyone………………………………………………………………………….