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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2012- 2013
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
(Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
by circling the corresponding letter A or B, C, D.
1. A. manure B. pasture C. cure D. pure
2. A. butter B. dull C. sugar D. rush
3. A. academic B. adequate C. application D. assistant
4. A. comb B. suburb C. climb D. doubt
5. A. hurry B. urban C. return D. curtain
6. A. climb B. limestone C. impossible D. clime
7. A. sunbathe B. state C. bath D. ate
8. A. comment B. prevent C. treatment D. event
9. A. resident B. president C. rise D. promise
10. A. climate B. emigrate C. demonstrate D. elevate
II. Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. If you want any further information please the head- office.
A. relate B. contact C. connect D. combine
2. Mr Roberts supervises and directs other workers in the factory. He’s a…………………
A. engineer B. manager C. mechanic D. foreman
3. He learned English …………… he could communicate with the foreigners.
A. because B. so that C. so as to D. Both A & B
4. Your car is much more expensive than ………… ….
A. my car B. me C. mine D. Both A & C
5. When you ……………the village you will see a pagoda on your left.
A. reach B. arrive C. come D. go
6. Natural disaters such as storms, floods or droughts can easily ………….…their crops or
harvests.
A. damage B. harm C. destroy D. All are correct
7. Life in cities become a …………….because people compete with one another.

2. He (3-live) in London for six years, then he (4-move) to Oxford last year.
3. Would you mind (5-lend) me 5$ ? I forgot (6-cash) a cheque.
4. How many films you (7-see) this month?
5. When we were in the city, we often (8-take) to the cinema.
6. The theatre is quite old. It (9-build) over 100 years ago.
7. Tom is very tired because he (10-run) for an hour.
Your answers:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
IV. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital.
1. He can’t hear because of his … … (deaf)
2. I was so ……………………when I heard that you couldn’t come. (disappoint)
3. She was…… after she fell off her bike and hit her head on the road. (conscious)
4. My mother doesn’t like me wearing short skirts to pagoda.
She thinks they are ………… ……………………… ………………….……. (suit)
5. People on this island are famous for their friendship and … ………… (hospital)
6. Some of my ………………………… …………….…… live in the city. (relate)
7. You shouldn’t talk about her character only through her……… (appear)
8. People use first-aid to ease the victim’s pain and …… ……………… (anxious)
9. The festival was held in the ………………… …house of our village. (commune)
10. He fell off the bike, but his were not serious. (injure).
Your answers
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Stores usually close at 8:00 p.m, which is much later than in many other countries. Most
restaurants don’t close until 11:00 p.m. and clubs stay open all night. Visitors who like to go out
late in the evening find this exciting.
New Yorkers have a …… (8) for being unfriendly. Some are, and some aren’t. They are
sometimes difficult to …… …(9) because they are in a rush and don’t have much time.
When you visit other countries you should ….….…(10) the way that people do things there.
Because something is different, it doesn’t mean that it’s better or worse. So don’t let culture shock
spoil your visit to another country. Enjoy the differences.
1. A. other B. another C. together D. one another
2. A. various B. different C. difficult D. the same
3. A. exciting B. happy C. depressed D. interested
4. A. weather B. people C. language D. culture
5. A. to B. from C. at D. on
6. A. change B. hard C. unpredictable D. different
7. A. snow B. snowy C. hot D. sunny
8. A. habit B. reputation C. thing D. idea
9. A. make B. talk C. approach D. work
10. A. agree B. understand C. know D. accept
VII. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word .
Computing is now at the (1)………… stage as printing was when the first printing presses
were used. (2)………… printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes
could afford to buy books. Often these (3) ………… were unable to read and hadn’t got enough
time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a
book (4).………… we do today. They wanted books (5)………… they were expensive and there
was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to (6)…………, and it took an
extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary
people could not learn to read.
The position with computers is very similar today. A few years (7)……….……, computers
were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but ( 8)………
didn’t know how to (9)………… them. In many (10)………., however, the situation has now

Nam ………………………………………………………………………………
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ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8
(Câu I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII: Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0,2 điểm)
Câu I
1. B. pasture
2. C. sugar
3. D. assistant
4. B. suburb
5. A. hurry
6. C. impossible
7. C. bath
8. C. treatment
9. D. promise
10 A. climate
Câu II
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. A

1. D
6. D
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2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. D
Câu VI
1. A. other
2. B. different
3. C. depressed
4. D. culture
5. B. from
6. B. hard
7. A. snowy
8. B. reputation
9. B. talk
10. D. accept
Câu VII
1. same
2. before
3. people
4. as
5. because
6. write
7. ago