ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 PHÒNG
GD&ĐT DUYÊN HẢI NĂM HỌC 2013-2014

SECTION ONE : LISTENING (3ms)
I. Listen to the text and decide True (T) or False (F) for the statements below:

(2 ms)
1. ……….. Peter is 15 years old.
2. ……….. He studies badly.
3. ……….. In his free time, he watches TV.
4. ……….. He often practice writing letters in English.
II. Answer the questions: (1m)

5. Where does Peter live ?
………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Is he going to visit Ho Chi Minh City next summer ?
………………………………………………………………………………………
SECTION TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (7ms)
1. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences(4,5ms)
7.What about …………….. to Hanoi ?
A. go

B. going

C. to go

D. goes

8. Would you mind if I ……………… a photo ?
A. take



B. at
B. living
B. taller

D. the tallest

C. eyeshade

D. eyechart

Nam is studying very hard ………… keep face with his classmate.
B. in order to

C. so that

D. A and B are correct

It is nearly ten years ……………….I saw her.

A. when
17.

C. more tall

B. eyeglass

A. so as to
16.



A. export

B. to export

C. exporting

D. exported

18. My parents often tell me …………….. get up late .
A. don’t

B. do to

C. not

D. not to

19. Would you mind …………… in this area ?
A. not to smoke

B. not smoke

C. not smoking

D. don’t smoke

20. Nga told Mai ………….. during the visit.
A. what to do



D. with

24. She asked Minh if he …………. Spanish.
A. can speak

B. would speak

C. could speak

D. speaks


2. Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the
space. (2,5ms)
25. I want to know where Tom go last week.
A

B

C

D

26. Although Jack was much interested in , he decided not buying it.
A

B

C

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26.

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27.

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28.

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SECTION THREE : READING (5ms)
I. Read the following passage then choose the best answers below: (2,5ms)
You may use the telephone everyday but how much do you know about it ? The
telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847.
Later he went to live in the USA in the 1870s. Bell was always interested in sound. He
wanted to be able to send sound through a wire. He had a workshop in his house in
America and did many experiments there.


One day he was doing an experiment in his workshop. He was careless and split

32. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the word “ there ” refers to ………..
A. Bell’s house

B. Bell’s living room

C. Bell’s workshop

D. Bell’s company

C. Christan Andersen

D. Carl Goldmark

1. ………….was Bell’s assistant.
A. Watson

B. Thomas Edison

2. What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. When he was born.
B. When he emigrated to the USA.
C. When he invented the telephone.
D. When he died.
II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits space .Use only one
word in each space (2,5ms)
When I ( 35) ……… a child, I ( 36) ………to go to see my grandmother. I thought
her house was (37) …………beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a
park. ( 38) ……………. I grew ( 39) …………… , the house and ( 40) ……….. seemed
smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the
house. Sometimes I played ( 41) …………. the doll’s house ( 42) …………. which was

à The ink was too......................................................................................
47. That was a silly thing to say .
à What .......................................................................................................
48. Lan said to Hoa, “ Do homework before going out. ”
à Lan ………………………………………………………………………
49. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was rough.
à The sea was too.........................................................................................
II Using the given words to write the complete sentences (2.5 ms).
50.The house / expensive / than / the apartment.
………………………………………………………………………………………
51.I / used / look after / younger sister.
………………………………………………………………………………………
52. We / know / more than ten years .
………………………………………………………………………………………
53. It / difficult / learn / two language / same time.


………………………………………………………………………………………
54. The lamp / make in China / be / 1 $.
………………………………………………………………………………………