PHÒNG GD & ĐT KRÔNG ANA KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
KHOÁ NGÀY 10/2/2012
Đáp án dề thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8
B. PHONETIC (3 pts)
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. racks B. comics C. maps D. novels
2. A. changes B. coaches C. stripes D. classes
3. A. hoped B. talked C. smiled D. noticed
4. A. character B. chemistry C. champion D. orchestra
5. A. equation B. collection C. dictionary D. direction
II. Circle the word in each line that has different stress pattern
1. A. before B. until C. sporty D. rehearse
2. A. family B. buffalo C. collector D. tomorrow
3. A. temperature B. measure C. cucumber D. allow
4. A. vessel B. contestant C. adventure D. perform
5. A. detective B. beautiful C. February D. classical
C. GRAMMAR, STRUCTURE AND VOCABULARY (4 pts)
Find the one choice that best completes the sentence, (marked A,B,C and D).
1. I’m going to Bath………Monday……Tom. Would you like to come?
A. on/with B. in/by C. on/by D. in with
2. I go to bed early……… I can get up early tomorrow.
A. so as B. such as C. so that D. in order to
3. If a person has a………., speak calmly and put a light coat over him to keep him warm.
A. earache B. shock C. stomachache D. toothache
4. His health is improving . He’s getting ………… and better.
A. well B. better C. the best D. good
5. He is very strong. He can swim……………the river.
A. cross B. crossed C. across D. crossing
6. The window- cleaner ……… at eight tomorrow morning.
A. comes B. is coming C. will come D. has come
7. Floods, droughts can easily…………… a harvest.


Mary started English Literature this term, and I am afraid that her (1) …………. to the
subject has not been entirely (2) …………. . She has not shown much enthusiasm, and
does not always pay(3) …………. in class. Her assignments are often (4) …………. ,
because she is so untidy and because of her (5) …………. to check her work thoroughly.
She failed to do any (6) …………. before the end of term test, and had poor results. Se
seems to have the (7) …………. idea that she can succeed without studying. She has also
had many (8) …………. and has frequently arrived late for class. This has resulted in
several severe (9) …………. . Although Mary is a (10) …………. student in some
respects, she has not had a satisfactory term.
1. introduce
2. succeed
3. attend
4. read
5. fail
6.revise
7. mistake
8. absent
9. punish
10. gift
II. Read the passage and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces. ( 2.5pts)
When I think of my neighborhood I get (1)……………… . For one thing it is in a crowed street (2) ……………… many
tall storeyed buildings on both (3). ………………. One can not see the (4) ……………… or sunset when one lives in this street. It is
always crowed and (5) ……………… but for the small hours of the night. All (6) ……………… of vehicles move about the street,
especially in the morning and (7) ……………… office hours. These vehicles raise continuing, loud, unpleasant noise. (8)
……………… the road is well- tarred there is not dust.
There is a school and a department store (9) ……………… . The school children add to the crowd and noise of the place.
Very often they encroach upon the road for there is no proper playground for them.
Having lived in this neighborhood (10) ……………… quite a long time, I long for the rural atmosphere which the poets have sung so
much about.

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10. We find it difficult to understand this question.
This question …………………………………………………………………….
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.

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
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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.
PHÒNG GD & ĐT KRÔNG ANA KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
KHOÁ NGÀY 10/2/2012
Đáp án dề thi môn: Tiếng Anh 8
A. LISTENING (4 pts) (9)
I. (2.5 pts)
1. shopping 2. sweaters 3. winter 4. bought 5. scarf
6. remember 7. last 8. beautiful 9. ask 10. should
II. (1.5 pts)
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5.T
B. PHONETIC (3 pts)
I. 1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A
II. 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. A
C. GRAMMAR, STRUCTURE AND VOCABULARY (4 pts)
1. A 5. C 9. C 13. D 17. A
2. C 6. B 10. D 14. C 18. D
3. B 7. B 11. B 15. A 19. B
4. B 8. D 12. A 16. B 20. C