UBND HUYỆN THỦY NGUYÊN
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
MÔN : TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian:120 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined
part is pronounced differently from the rest. (5 points)
1. A. study B. success C. surprise D. suger
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. unifrom
4. A. whole B. when C. where D. while
5. A. socket B. notice C. enroll D. mobile
II. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions(10
points)
6. She went to market without ____________ anything.
A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. Buying
7. ____________ she plays the piano!
A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What
good
8. The new shopping mall is quite ____________ the present shopping area.
A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar
9. There were _________________ flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy.
A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much
10. Of my parents, my father is _________________
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter
11. Would you _________________ cleaning the floor for me?
A. like B. please C. mind D. rather
12. I’ve never seen such an interesting _______________
A. performing B. performer C. performance D. performed
13. I’m sorry. I’m not ___________ to help you lift the table.
A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough

37. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) __________ in next
week”
38. Look at those black clouds. It ( rain) __________
39. The film ( begin) ___________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ?
40. Mai (telephone)____________ you when she comes back.
41. The pens ( produce ) ______ by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and
good.
42. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I ‘d rather you ( sit ) __________ over there”
43. The price ( become ) __________ more and more expensive these days.
44, + 45. Mr Binh ( know) ____ how to drive a car although he ( not learn) ____ it
yet.
VI. Complete the following passage by choosing the best option, A, B, C or D.
(10 points)
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however,
find the whole idea quite terrifying, (46) _____ flying is no more dangerous (47)
__________ any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is
known, however, that most accident occurs (48) ______________ taking off and landing
when a (49) _________ decisions are vitally important.
The people, (50) _______ job is to look (51) ______________ the passengers, the
stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (52)
___________ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (53)
___________ such care of is all part of the total experience. (54) ____________ other
form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (55) __________, with food,
drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
46- A. although B. too C. and D. because
47- A. than B. as C. then D.
with
48- A. while B. during C. for D.
through
49- A. leader’s B. chief ’s C. driver’s D.

71. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
-> It __________________________________________________________
72. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People ______________________________________________________
73. We arrived too late to see the film.
->. We didn’t ___________________________________________________
74. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me.
->. He asked me _________________________________________________
75. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
-> We haven’t __________________________________________________
76. It was such a boring film that she fell asleep.
-> The film was so ______________________________________________
77. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it .
-> The furniture was too __________________________________________
78. He can touch the light because he is very tall.
-> He is ________________________________________________________
79. It is such good weather that they are going for a picnic.
 The weather__________________________________________________
80.Somebody repaired his car yesterday.
 He had______________________________________________________
X. Use the suggestions to make the meaningful sentences. (10 points)
81.Last year / I / spend / week / My Son / and / I / not want / leave.
________________________________________________________________
82. He / said / be / most / intelligent / student / the class.
________________________________________________________________
83. It / interesting / have / vacation / abroad.
________________________________________________________________
84. The waste paper / will / recycle / local factory?
________________________________________________________________
85. Hoa / burnt / hand / when / she / cooking / dinner.

4. A 1
5. A 1
II 6. D 1
7. A 1
8. A 1
9. A 1
10. D 1
11. C 1
12. C 1
13. C 1
14. C 1
15. D 1
III 16. at 1
17. from 1
18. at/on 1
19. since 1
20. to 1
21. as 1
22. at 1
23. from 1
24. by 1
25. off 1
IV 26. healthy 1
27. height 1
28. painful 1
29. carefully 1
30. comfortable 1
31. pronunciation 1
32. education 1
33. wonderful 1

64. in 1
65. more 1
VIII 66. of -> by 1
67. told -> tells 1
68. writing -> written 1
69. next week -> the following week 1
70. getting -> get 1
71. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house
1
72. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals
1
73. we didn’t arrive early enough to see the film
1
74. He asked me if I knew to speak EL
1
75. We haven’t met each other for 10 years
1
76. The film was so boring that she fell asleep
1
IX
77. The furniture was too expensive for me to buy
1
78. He is tall enough to touch the light
1
79. The weather is so good that they are going for a picnic.
1
80. He had his car repaired yesterday
1
X
81. Last year I spent a week in My Son and I didn’t want to