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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài : 120 phút ( không kể phát đề )

A. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answers to these sentences by circling A, B, C or D:
1. He isn’t __________ to drive a car.
A. enough old B. old enough C. too young D. young enough
2. Please answer the phone when it ___________
A. is ringing B. ringing C. rang D. rings
3. The Prime Minister ____________ on TV tonight.
A. will speak B. is speaking C. speaks D. speaking
4. Don’t worry about us. We can ____________ ourselves
A. look B. look for C. look after D. look at
5. The old man asked me if I ___________ a flying saucer.
A. have ever seen B. had ever seen C. ever saw D. have ever been seeing
6. Have you decided ___________ to cook for dinner this evening?
A. who B. whom C. why D. what
7. Don’t touch that chair. It _____________
A. has just been painted B. is being painted C. is painted D. was painted
8. I can’t stand Jack. He _____ always ______ his dirty dishes on the table.
A. does/leave B. has/left C. is/leaving D. was/leaving
9. When I arrived at the station, Mary ___________ for me
A. waited B. waits C. is waiting D. was waiting
10. Why don’t you ___________ your hat? It’s sunny today.
A. put on B. put out C. take off D. take on
11. Floods and droughts can easily _________ a harvest.
A. harmful B. destroy C. kill D. change
12. To remember the words you have learned, you have to _________ them often.
A. repeat B. revise C. replace D. rewrite

Throughout the world, women live longer than men because men smoke more.
Factories and businesses lose millions of dollars every year because of smokers. Smokers
have higher medical bills.
All of these facts show that smoking is bad, and millions of people in the world have
stopped smoking.
♦ Choose the correct answer:
1. Smoking is harmful_______________________
A. to smokers themselves. B. to smokers and their wives.
C. to smokers and their children. D. A, B and C are correct.
2. The author says that_______________________
A. all of the people who get lung cancer die.
B. all of the people who get lung cancer die.
C. 90% of the people who get lung cancer may die.
D. lung cancer may be caused by smoking and drinking.
3. Women live longer than men because _________________
A. they don’t smoke. B. they only smoke when necessary.
C. they don’t smoke as much as men D. they sometimes smoke.
4. Factories and businesses have to lose millions of dollars every year in order to ________
A. buy cigarette for smokers.
B. pay for the holidays of smokers.
C. pay smokers for their extra working time.
D. pay for the treatment of smokers’ illnesses.
5. If smokers don’t give up smoking ________________________________
A. all of them will die. B. all of them will be taken to hospital.
C. all of them will get lung cancer. D. it will harmful to their health.
6. The main idea of the passage is ___________________________
A. Smoking is good for your health.
B. Smoking is bad for your health.
C. Many women smoke today.
D. Many people get heart disease because of smoking.

1. Try some of this new lotion. It is very
good.
2. Hi. Can I help you?
3. Well, I suggest a box of these cough
syrup. And you should get a bottle of
vitamin C, too
A. OK. Thanks a lot
B. Thank you. And what do you have for dry
skin?
C. Yes, please. Could I have something for
cough? I think I’m getting a cold.
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III – There are 8 mistakes in this letter. Underline them then write the correct words in the
numbered blanks
Dear Scott,
Thank you very much to the magazines and comics. I read all of they last night. I have
never seen American comics after. They are really good – much better than England comics.
I hear some good news last night – we are going to Florida in the summer. I have never
been in the States before, so I’m really exciting. I’ve already bought a guide book – Disney
World looks amazed. Had you ever been there?
Write soon,
Helen
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IV – Your friend likes studying English, but he/she faces some difficulties. Write a letter to
him/her telling how to help him/her improve English
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