UBND HUYỆN THUỶ NGUYÊN
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
M«n: tiÕng anh 8
Thời gian: 90 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.
1. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health
3. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
4. A. whole B. when C. where D. while
5. A. improvement B. equipment C. comment D. development
II. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions
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 stricterB. 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 strength.
14. I usually go to work by bus, but ________ and then I use my motorbike

35. ______________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN
V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets.
36. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ____________ through the text ?
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.
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
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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. pilot’s

-> It __________________________________________________________
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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 ____________________________________________
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UBND HUYỆN THUỶ NGUYÊN
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI CHỌN HSG
MÔN: ANH 8
I: ( 1pt), Each correct answer get 0.2pt.
1 2 3 4 5
D B A A C
II: ( 2pts) Each correct answer gets 0.2pt
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
D A A A D C C C C D
III: (2pts), Each correct answer gets 0,2 pt.
16 17 18 19 20
at from At/ on since to
21 22 23 24 25
as at from by off
IV: (3pts) . Each correct answer gets 0,3pt.
26 27 28 29 30
different pronunciation comfortable performers windy

IX: (2pts) Each correct answer gets 0,5pt.
71. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house
72. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals
73. we didn’t arrive early enough to see the film
74. He asked me if I knew to speak English.
75. We haven’t met each other for 10 years.
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