Grade 8 THE SERIES OF EXAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS
PHÒNG GD- ĐT HUYỆN SÔNG LÔ
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề thi gồm 4 trang.)
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HSG
VÒNG 2 - MÔN :TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút
(Không kể thời gian giao đề )
A. PHONETICS.
I . Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the others .
1. A brushed B naked C practiced D laughed
2. A ancient B special C celebrate D ocean
3. A position B designed C escaped D reserved
4. A stomach B character C chorus D machine
5. A blood B typhoon C roof D spoon
II Choose word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
1. A liquefy B appliance C helicopter D document
2. A mixture B wonder C perform D heritage
3. A guarantee B properly C chocolate D printer
4. A computer B ingredient C available D bulletin
5. A invent B decorate C participate D design
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
I- Choose the correct answer from the four options given( marked A, B, C or D) to
complete the following sentences.
1. Lan always talks too much about nothing . She is
A out going B talkative C naughty D sociable
2. It is not to see any thing in the room.
A light enough B very light C too light D enough light
3 Look! There are dark clouds coming. It
A will rain B would rain C is going to rain D rains
4. I'm sorry that the manager is out at the moment . Would you like to a massage?

2. After taking an aspirin, her headache ……… (APPEAR)
3. There are many cultural ………. between the city and the country. (DIFFER)
4. The ……… charged me 50.000 VND for each room. (DECORATE)
5. The temple was built by the local …… over 100 years ago. (INHABIT)
6. Angkor Wat was …………. built to honor a Hindu Good. (ORIGIN)
7. The town now becomes the Buddhist …center of the whole country. (RELIGION)
8. Ha Long Bay is in ………… Viet Nam. (NORTH)
9. This knife is …………. – it can't cut anything. (USE)
10. Mr. Thanh is having a ……… for his bad back. (TREAT)
III- Identify the underlined words or phrases that need correcting.
1.Accidents often occur because of careful drivers.
A B C D
2. Do you enjoy giving gifts by the others on your birthday?
A B C D
3. Mr. John still doesn’t get used to drive on the left in Viet Nam.
A B C D
4. Give this report card to your parents when you get home , do you?
A B C D
5. Lan said that she would come to Australia to practice speaking English next year.
A B C D
6. Thank you very much for helping me moving to my new department last week.
A B C D
7. Mike insisted on ask for a day off from work that week.
A B C D
8. It is a five hours flight to get to Bangkok from Ha Noi.
A B C D
9. The paintings stolen from the museum haven’t found yet.
A B C D
10. The little girl felt worrying about what I told her yesterday.
A B C D

down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very …(10)… of it. They always boast to
tourists about it in the first place. Around the Penn Falls is the valley of various flowers
and pine hills
1. A. attracts B. attracting C. attracted D. attractive
2. A. similar B. like C. same D. as
3 A. different B. difficult C. differ D. difference
4. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
5. A. behind B. next to C. opposite D. in front
6. A. a few B. a little C. much D. lots
7. A. visit B. visiting C. to visit D. visited
8. A. in B. at C. to D. from
9. A. falls B. goes C. pours D. walks
10
.
A. pride B. priding C. prided D. proud
II. Fill in each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
New Year is one of the most important (1)…………… in the United States.
On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock (2)
………….night, every says “ Happy New Year” and they (3)……………… their
friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually last a long (4)…………. .
Mary people don’t go home (5)…………………morning. Another holiday, Halloween
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Grade 8 THE SERIES OF EXAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS
, is mainly for children. On this holiday children (6)…………as witches, ghosts or
others. Most children go (7)………….house to house asking for candy or fruit. If
people at house do not give them candy, the children will (8)……………a trick (9)
……….them. But this (10)……… ever happens. Most people give them candy or
fruit.
E. WRITING.
I Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that its meaning still stay

8. I / look forward/ see you/ tomorrow night.
Love.
Tom.
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PHÒNG GD- ĐT HUYỆN SÔNG LÔ
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
TEACHER: LE ANH VIET
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HSG
VÒNG 2 - MÔN :TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút
(Không kể thời gian giao đề )
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
A. PHONETICS.
I . Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the others
(0.5p).
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. A
II Choose word whose stress pattern is different from the others(0.5p).
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B

5. had been stolen 10. being taken
D. READING.
I . Read the following passage and choose the best option marked A, B, C or D for
each space.(1.0-p)
1. A 6. A
2. D 7. C
3. A 8. D
4. D 9. C
5. D 10.D
II. Fill in each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word(1.0-p).
1. festivals/ holidays 6. dress/ wear
2. at 7. from
3. wish 8. play
4. time 9. on
5. until/till 10. hardly
E. WRITING.
I Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that its meaning still stay
the same as the sentence printed above it.(1.5-p)
1. In spite of her illness/ the fact that Mrs. Lan was ill/ being ill, Mrs. Lan/she still
came to the meeting.
2. She advised me not to spend my weekend in that city the next/ following month.
3. I’d rather you stopped smoking immediately.
4. It was such bad news that Mary burst into tears.
5. He isn’t old enough to drive a car.
6. Do you mind taking care of the children?
7. Martin apologized (to) Angela for damaging her car.
8. You don’t need to/needn’t finish it by Saturday.
9. The last time I saw him was two weeks ago.
10. He is said to be going to leave for Tokyo next week.
II. Complete the following letter using the word given (1.0-p each correct answer is