PHÒNG GD & ĐT QUẬN ĐỐNG ĐA ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI (Vòng 1)
TRƯỜNG THCS BẾ VĂN ĐÀN MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 8
Năm học 2010-2011
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút
(Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào tờ đề này)
A- PHONETICS
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. option B. question C. pollution D. collection
2. A. received B. destroyed C. appeared D. erupted
3. A. teacher B. children C. school D. exchange
Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
4. A. company B. comfortable C. introduce D. usually
5. A. associate B. table C. chemist D. social
B- VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Choose the best option to complete each sentence below.
6. It …… in winter ; now it …… .
A. rains/ doesn’t rain B. rains/ isn’t raining
C. is raining/ isn’t D. is raining/ doesn’t rain
7. He normally …… quickly but today he …… slowly.
A. is speaking/ isn’t speaking B. speaks/ doesn’t speak
C. is speaking/ speaks D. speaks/ is speaking
8. …… is easy.
A. recycle B. recycling C. to recycle D. recycles
9. This is the first time I …… his mother.
A. meet B. am meeting C. have met D. met
10. The doctor …… a red car lives near my house.
A. to drive B. driving C. drove D. driven
11. Would you mind if I …… a photo?
A. take B. took C. taking D. to take
12. Yesterday I ................ a new bike because my old one ................ stolen.
A. bought / was B. bought / were C. buy / were D. bought / is

A B C D →.....................................
30. What the weather like in the summer in your hometown?
A B C D →.....................................
C- READING
Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the passage.
My house is in the suburb of the big city, at the edge of a small forest. I do not like living in the city
(31)..................... it is very noisy.
Next to the house, (32)..................... is a garage for my cars. I get off my car and I can see a
beautiful juicy green grass around my house. The kitchen is the place (33)..................... I spend
most of my time because I absolutely love to cook. In the kitchen, I must put all chemicals and
drugs in the (34)..................... cupboards. Children may drink or eat these things because they look
(35)..................... soft drinks or candy. I never let my children play in the kitchen because the
kitchen is a (36)..................... place. I always have to make (37)..................... children do not play
with matches because fire destroys homes and injures children if someone plays with matches. My
bedroom is a beautiful and light place. The furniture is made of pine (gỗ thông) with yellow and
brown material. My favorite place in the bedroom is a wardrobe. There are plenty (38).....................
dresses and suits and smart shoes in different colors. When I look out the window from my
bedroom, I can see a beautiful (39)..................... of glittering (lấp lánh) lake. Next to my bedroom
is a kingdom of my little daughter. She is six years old and she loves Barbie very much
(40)..................... her room is pink like a candy.
D- WRITING
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning
to the original sentence.
41. They are painting the living room at the moment.
→ The living room ................................................................................................................
42. John drives more carefully than his brother does.
→ John's brother doesn't ........................................................................................................
43. Learning English is not easy.
→ It is .....................................................................................................................................
44. They were such difficult questions that we couldn't answer all of them.

7. D. speaks/ is speaking
8. B. recycling
9. C. have met
10. B. driving
11. B. took
12. A. bought / was
13. D. talking
14. C. goes
15. C. was not invited
16. A. If I knew
17. A.the/X
18. A. to seeing
19. B. twice as much as
20. B. X
Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals.
21. pulluted
22. differently
23. scientist
24. discovery
25. succeeded
Choose the underlined word or phrase A, B, C or D in each sentence that needs correcting.
26. C → not to trust
27. A → such
28. D → impolitely
29. A → Because of
30. A → What’s the
C- READING
Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the passage.
(31) because (32) there (33) where
(34) locked (35)like (36) dangerous