PHÒNG GD & ĐT TAM DƯƠNG
HUYỆN TAM DƯƠNG
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KÌ THI CHỌN HSG – NĂM HỌC 2008 -2009
Môn thi : Tiếng Anh 8
(Thời gian thi : 120 phút - không kể thời gian
giao đề ) (Đề thi gồm 4 trang )

I. Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of
the rest by circling the letter A , B , C , or D .
1. A.recognize B. compile C. fertilize D. facility
2. A. honest B. hour C. honor D. humour
3. A. damage B. orphanage C. teenage D. cabbage
4. A. character B. christmas C. champagne D. stomach
5. A.learned B.underlined C.minimized D. injured
II. Choose the word whose main STRESS is placed differently from the others in
each group
1. A.departure B.institute C.emergency D. convenience
2. A. compose B. collect C. borrow D. appear
3. A. magnificent B.traditional C.commercial D. magical
4. A. participate B. understand C. entertain D. decompose
5. A. satisfactory B. enviromental C.experimental D.pronunciation
III. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. The child should be punished because of his bad .……………… (BEHAVE)
2. She received a lot of ……………………from her parents . (COURAGE)
3. If you need any help, just go the …………….center . ( INFORM )
4. The old man has ………… in breathing . ( DIFFICULT )
5. If your work is ………………… , you will get a raise . ( SATISFY )
IV. Put the correct forms of the verbs in the parentheses.
1. My uncle (not visit )
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V. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences by cirling the letter A , B, C,
or D.
1. You shouldn’t let children play…………. matches.
A. on B. with C. in D. at
2.Have a ……… . You look exhausted !
A.rest B.stay C.stop D.resting
3. you should work harder ……………… your English pronunciation.
A.at B.on C.in D.with
4. I ………. to go out when I was in the countryside
A. not used B. wasn’t used C. didn’t use D.wasn’t using
5.I find the times of English meals very strange- I’ m not used ……… dinner at 6 p.m
A. to have B. having C. to having D. had
6.A canoe moved up and …… the water
A. in B.on C. down D. above
7. We, ……, ought to get up earlier to prepare our breakfast.
A. us B. our C. ourselves D.ours
8. The new shop is quite different…… the old ones in the neighborhood.
A. to B. with C. from D.at
9. They are having a plan to help us by…………. people to join .
A. to encourage B. encouraging C. encourage D. encouragement
10. She is looking forward ………… her old friends.
A. to meeting B. to meet C. meet D. meeting
11. It’s difficult …… all the instructions at the same time.
A. remembering B.to remember C. to remembering D. remember
13. It is …………… to help friends when they have difficulties.
A. interest B.interested C. interesting D. interests
13.Dip the mixture ……… it the liquid.
A.on B.into C. at D. above
14. We are ………. that you are interested in protecting the environment.

…………… (1) food . But at the beginning of the 19
th
………… (2) the coal miners
and factories created ………… (3) the industrial Revolution drew many workers away
……… (4) the land . Labour grew scarce and corn imported from ……….(5) came to
be cheaper than that ……………… (6) in England . Many farmers were then ruined ,
or deserted the ………………(7) for the factories , and those ………….(8) remained
converted their fields ……….(9) pasture land. All through the 19
th
century the chief
resource of the England farmer ………… (10) cattle breeding and dairy farm .
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
VIII. Complete the letter , using the following given words.
Dear sir,
1. three months ago / I / buy/ new/ washing machine/ shop.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. machine / give me/ good service/ since/ I/ buy/ until yesterday.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. I/ sorry/ tell you/ something/ now / go wrong/ it./
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. There/ be/ strange noise /come /machine/and it/ not work.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. You /please/ send / engineer/ look it/?.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Yours sincerely,
D. Smith.
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IX. Rewrite the folowing sentences , so that the meaning stays the same as shown ,
(using given cue words).

4.difficulty 5.satisfactory
IV. ( 15 points/10 verbs )
1. hasn’t visited ……… moved
2. Have……. been…………. went
3. have already finished
4. haven’t seen………………….hasn’t gone……………… bought…
5. is made………….cooks ……….ask/ have never asked…
V. . ( 15 points )
1.B 2 A 3. B 4.C 5. C
6. C 7. C 8. C 9.B 10.A
11. B 12.C 13 B 14. D 15.B
VI. Complete the passage . ( 10 points )
1. C 2. A 3. B 4.C 5. D
6. B 7.A 8. A 9. C 10. B
VII.( 15 points )
1.its 2.century 3.by 4.from 5.abroad
6.grown 7.land 8.who 9.into 10.was
VIII. . ( 10 points )
1. Three months ago I bought a new washing machine at your shop
2. The machine gave/ has given me good services since I bought it , until yesterday
3. I am sorry to tell you ( that ) something has now gone wrong with it
4.There is a strange noise coming from the machine , and it will / does not work
5. Will you please send an engineer to look at it ?
IX. ( 15 points )
1. Mrs. Chi advised me not to lend him any more money.
2.The bread is not fresh enough for us to eat .
3. Who does this handbag belong to ?
4. He has not come back to his home village for five years.
5. My aunt used to manage a small business in the city .
6. How long did it take ( you ) to fly from Hanoi to Bangkok ?