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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8 – Môn Tiếng Anh (Thời gian: 180 phút)

I. Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (5
points)
1. A. knife
B. know
C. pancake
D. knee
2. A. prefer
B. serve
C. escape
D. excited
3. A. appear
B. academic
C. application
D. airmail
4. A. flood
B. food
C. blood
D. nothing
5. A. agree
B. village
C. arrange
D. message

II. Choose the word A, B, C or D whose main stress is different from the others in the group. (5 points)
6. A. sociable
B. demonstrate
C. volunteer

HELP MARIA HOLLIS
Maria, from class 8B, was very (21)_____ with cancer last year and was in hospital (22)_____ several
weeks. She’s now at (23)_____ and is getting (24)_____, but she needs a holiday in the sun to help her
(25)_____. Class 8B would like to (26)_____ some money for Maria (27)_____ a holiday. Can you help us?
We (28)_____ a meeting in the school hall (29)_____ Friday at 4 o’clock. Please come and give (30)_____
your ideas and your help.
1. A. ill B. poor C. disease D. badly
2. A. in B. on C. for D. during
3. A. house B. flat C. room D. home
4. A. good B. better C. gooder D. best
5. A. recovery B. recover C. recovered D. recovering
6. A. raise B. rise C. grow D. increase
7. A. have B. to have C. having D. has
8. A. will having B. are going to have C. are having D. will go to have
9. A. at B. in C. for D. on
10. A. us B. we C. our D. ours

V. Choose the right words or phrases to fill in the blank. (20 points)
31. Jack is _____. His jokes often make his friends laugh a lot.
A. generous B. humorous C. easy-going D. unusual
32. I’m sorry. I’m not _____ to help you lift the table.
A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength.
33. We used to wash clothes by hand. Now we have a _____.
A. washing machine B. dish washer C. hair dryer D. steamer.
34. It took me a long time to get used _____ glasses.
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A. to wear B. to wearing C. wear D. wore.
35. The doctor _____ he should take a few days off.
A. say B. said C. ask D. tell

A. rised B. is rising C. rise D. rises

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the following questions. (10
points)
Last summer, Nga decided to do a two-week course in England because she wanted to improved her
English. On her first day at the language school, they gave her a test, and the teacher told her, “We’ll put you
in the top class.” She was very please and proud to hear that, and she told all her friends at home: “I’m one
of the best students!” But soon she was surprised to find how difficult the class was. She also felt very
homesick. “It’s hard to adapt to life in another country!” she thought. At the end of two weeks, her English
was much better, and she was happy to return home.
51. What did Nga decide to do last summer?
A. To go on a holiday overseas B. To find a summer job
C. To study overseas D. To spend her holiday in her home village
52. She decided to go to England because
A. it has good language environment B. she had a friend there
C. she had a relative there D. it has the best environment
53. How long did the course last?
A. Two months B. A forth night C. One month D. Three months
54. On her first day at the language school, she had to
A. choose the class B. write to her friends
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C. find how difficult the class was D. do a test
55. How did Nga do the test?
A. badly B. good C. well D. very well
56. How did she feel when she got the results?
A. Sad B. Homesick C. Happy D. Proudly
57. Nga was put in the _____ class.
A. beginner B. best C. middle D. bottom
58. She became surprised because

76. My sister’s studying very hard in order getting scholarship at university. ………………………………
77. John said he wasn’t interested in work for a large company. ……………………………………………
78. I’m agree with you; we must practice more if we want to speak well. ………………………………….
79. Mary and her sister studied biology last year, and so does Jean. ………………………………………
80. Let him put the coffee table on the middle of the room. …………………………………………………

X. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same. (5 points)
81. She eats more chocolate than I.
→ I ……………………………………………………………………………………
82. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework.
→ Vinh is ………………………………………………………………………………
83. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
→ It’s…………………………………………………………………………………
84. No one helped Lan to do the homework.
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→ Lan ………………………………………………………………………………….
85. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
→ I haven’t…………………………………………………………………………….

XI. Write complete sentences with the words given. (5 points)
86. How long / it / take you / get / school ?
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87. He / not interested / buy / new / house.
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88. It / difficult / start / look / Job / his age.
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89. I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day.
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90. Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867


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ANSWER KEYS
I. Phonetics
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A
II. Stress
6. C (A, B, D: trọng âm rơi vào âm 1 – C: trọng âm rơi vào âm 3)
7. A (B, C, D: trọng âm rơi vào âm 2 – A: trọng âm rơi vào âm 1)
8. B (A, C, D: trọng âm rơi vào âm 1 – B: trọng âm rơi vào âm 3)
9. C (A, B, D: trọng âm rơi vào âm 2 – C: trọng âm rơi vào âm 1)
10. C (A, B, D: trọng âm rơi vào âm 2 – C: trọng âm rơi vào âm 1)
III. Verb tense
11. is 12. has been 13. is working 14. playing 15. goes
16. went 17. stayed 18. swam 19. returned 20. haven’t seen
IV. Gap fill
21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A
V. Multi-choice
31. B 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. B 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. A
41. C 42. D 43. C 44. B 45. B 46. B 47. A 48. C 49. C 50. D
VI. Reading comprehension
51. C 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. D 56. C 57. B 58. A 59. B 60. B
VII. Reading
61. home 62. Bring 63. Describe 64. Is 65. With
66. has 67. Because 68. Wears 69. Without 70. Forward
VIII. Word-formation
71. neighborhood 72. Friendly 73. Flights
74. knowledge 75. Comfortable
IX. Error correction