PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THIỆU HOÁ
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Đề chính thức
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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học 2009 – 2010 -Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 8
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên: ……………………………………………………………………………….
Trường :………………………………………………………………………………….
SBD Giám thị 1
( Họ tên, chữ ký )
Giám thị 2
( Họ tên, chữ ký )
Mã phách
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Điểm
Bằng số Bằng chữ
QUESTION 1 - From each number, pich out one word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from the others.
1. a-perform b-colour c-boring d-your
2. a-bath b-watch c-want d-wash
3. a-thank b-think c-thin d-them
4. a-happen b-house c-hour d-horse
5. a-filled b-destroyed c-wished d-prepared
QUESTION 2 - Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. Every one clean his or her teeth after meal.
A. ought B. ought to C. ought not D. not to
2. It's dangerous in this river.
A. swim B. swam C. swimming D. to swim
3. Some insects can disease .

A. got B. would get C. will get D. gets
QUESTION 3 - Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
1- I am interested reading books.
2- She is tired living in the city.
3- This restaurant is famous Chinese food.
4- The ambulance will be there about 5 minutes.
5- Bobby started school the age of five.
QUESTION 4 - Find the mistakes in the following sentence and correct them ( one mistake in
each sentence ).
1. These color televisions are too expensive for we to buy at this time.
2. Minh is 5 years old. He is not enough old to ride a bike.
3. I don’t know what is he doing at the moment.
4. Smoking cigarettes aren’t allowed in this hospital.
5. I’m used to drink coffee with milk last year, but now I drink it black.
QUESTION 5 - Give the correct verb forms of the words in the blankets to complete these
sentences .
1. Last night when we ( visit ) him, he ( do ) an experiment
on the upstairs .
2. The sewing machine which you ( use ) at present
( invent ) in 1980 by a French .
3. - I ( not see ) your uncle recently .
- No. He ( not go ) out since he ( buy ) a new color
TV .
4. - Do you know what the pudding ( make ) from ?
- I am not sure. My mother often ( cook ) it at Christmas, but I
never ( ask ) her about it.
QUESTION 6 - .Give the correct form of the word in the CAPITAL letters to fill in the gaps.
1.Bell experimented with ways of transmitting over a long distance. SPEAK
2.After her parents died , she was sent to an ORPHAN
3.We like our math teacher because of his sense of HUMOROUS

8. Mai broke the cup because of her carelessness.
Because Mai………………………………………………………………
9. How long is it since they built the house?
 When………………………………………………………………………?
10. You are not allowed to smoke here.
 Would you mind………………………………………………………….?
QUESTION 9 Fill in the blank with one suitable word.
Many years (1)…………. there lived a king who was very rich and powerful, but he always
(2)……. ill and unhappy. One day his doctor said (3)……him. “There is only (4)……. thing that
will make you well and happy. You must wear the shoes of a man who (5)……….never
unhappy”.
The king asked hundreds (6)……… men (7)…………they were always happy. They all
said they were sometimes happy and sometimes (8)…… . At last he (9) ……………a poor
fisherman who said he was happy every day from morning till night. “Give me your shoes
quickly”, the king said.
The fisherman laughed; “I am sorry” he answered. “I never had a (10)………of shoes in
my life.
QUESTION 10 - Read the passage and choose the best answer.
For many people the language of the internet is English. “World, Wide, Web: Three
English Words” was the name of an article by Michael Specter in the New York Times a few years
ago. The article went on to say: “If you want to take full advantage of the Internet, there is only
one real way to do it: learn English.”
In general, It is not difficult to learn to use Internet services. But although Internet services
are rather easy to use, you will have considerable difficulties if you are not familiar with English.
In fact, knowledge of English is one of the most important aspects that help you use the Internet.
Learning to use a new Internet service may take a few hours, a few days, or some weeks,
but it takes years to learn a language so that you can use it fluently and confidently. Of course,
when you know some English, you can learn more just by using it on the Internet. But at least your
English should be good enough to understand commonly used words and to know what to do on
the Internet.

1-in 2- of 3- for 4- in 5- at
QUESTION 4:
1. we
→ us
2. enough old
→ old enough
3. is he doing
→ he is doing
4. aren’t
→ isn’t
5. I’m
→ I
QUESTION 5:
1. visited/ was doing
2.are using/ was invented
3. have not seen/ has not gone/ bought
4. is made/ cooks/ have never asked
QUESTION 6 :
1.speech 2.orphanage 3. humor 4. succeeded 5. interesting
6. safety 7. household 8.electricity 9- uncomfortable 10. different
QUESTION 7:
1. What did Minh ask his sister to do to help him?
2. His mother had to do everything without help of the modern equipment.
3. The man is too foolish to understand the lesson.
4.What kind of books are you looking for?
5.His younger sister is not only pretty but also intelligent.
QUESTION 8:
1. By whom was this novel written?.
2. My brother has worked in that factory for five years.
3. Nam asked Nga to lend her bike/ Nam asked Nga if she could lend him her bike/