PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN HÒA AN
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 8
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐỀ BÀI
Họ và tên:
Trường:
I/ Choose the best answers :(4ms)
1. My family has lived here ten years.
A. since B. for C. last D. next
2. Lat summer, she ……… to Hue to visit her relatives.
A. go B. goes C. will go D. went
3. We must be there 7.30 and 10.30 .
A. at B. before C. between D. after
4. The Moon ……… around the Earth
A. moves B. moving C. to move D. to moves
5. She isn’t … to be in my class.
A. enough old B. old enough C. old D. enough
6. Alexander Graham Bell invented the………….in 1876
A. radio B.TV C. computer D. telephone
7. There aren’t …… good movies at the moment
A. any B. many C. some D. little
8. How ………… do you ………… soccer?
A. often-playing B. play-often C. often-play D. often-plays
II. Which word is differently pronounced ? Circle the letter A, B, C or D ( 5
point ) :
1. A. business B. send C. noisy D. workers
2. A. hour B. horn C. high D. home

* Choose True(T) or False(F) :(1m)
STATEMENTS TRUE / FALSE
1. Alexander Graham Bell was born in the USA in
1847.
2. He emigrated first to Canada.
3. Bell and Thomas Watson conducted many
experiments.
4. The first telephone was in commercial use in 1876.
* Answer the questions : (1 m)
1. Who was invented the telephone?
………………………………………………………………
2. Where did he work?
…………………………………………………………………
3. Was Alexander Graham Bell American?

4. What led to the invention of the telephone?

V. Rewrite these sentences : (4 ms)
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1. They make this car toy from used plastic.
→ This car toy……………………………………………………………….
2. He can’t play basketball because he is short.
→ He isn’t tall …………………………………………………………
3. . Mr. Toan said: “ Tell Nam to do the text carefully.”
→ Mr. Toan said you ………………………………………………………
4. Ba said to me “ Can you do me a favor ? ” .
→ Ba asked me …………………………………………………………
5. When I was young , I regularly walked to school .
→ .I used
6. I’m very sorry I don’t remember your birthday.

2. He worked with deaf- mutes at Boston University.
3. No, He wasn't.
4. He started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long
distance.
V. Rewrite these sentences : (4 ms)
1. They make this car toy from used plastic.
→ This car toy is made from used plastic.
2. He can’t play basketball because he is short.
→ He isn’t tall enough to play basketball.
3. Mr. Toan said: “ Tell Nam to do the text carefully.”
→ Mr. Toan said you should do the text carefully.
4. Ba said to me “ Can you do me a favor ? ”
→ Ba asked me to do him a favor.
5. When I was young , I regularly walked to school .
→ .I used to walk to school when I was young.
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6. I’m very sorry I don’t remember your birthday.
→ I wish I remembered your bithday.
7. Yesterday’s work was easier than today’s .
→ Today's work is more difficult than yesterday'work.
8. Hoa said " Would you like to join me for dinner, Mai ? "
→ Hoa invited Mai to join her for dinner.
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