Đề kiểm tra học sinh năng khiếu môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Có đáp án)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 
1. A. arrive	 B. sight	C. island	 D. prison
2. A. base	 B. final	 C. ancient 	D. decorate 
3.A. earned	 B. returned	 C. mashed	D. cleaned 
4. A. head	 B. weather	C. beach	 D. heavy
A. switch	 B. stomach	C. match	D. catch	
A. laughs	 B. cars	C. stops	D. works
A. watched	 B. reduced	C. coughed	D. raised
A. three	 B. through	C. without	D. thank	
A. angle	 B. face	C. page	D. angel
II. Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently from the others in each group. 
A. collect	 B. advise	C. practise	D. prepare	
A. improvement	 B. resident	C. department	D. environment	
A. university	 B. documental	C. historic	D. electricity 
A. graduation	 B. agricultural	C. industrial	D. recommend	
A. intelligent	 B. difficult	C. interesting	D. hospital
II . Choose the best answer. 
1. Many young people are fond .............. playing soccer.A. in	B. of C. at D. on
2. I’ve .................. finished this novel.A. already b. for C. since D. yet
3. She asked me ........ a big house.A. if I had B. if I have C. Whether I have D. both B& C
4. They tried to make a fire by .....................pieces of bamboo together.
A. adding B. separating C. rubbing D. collecting
5. Would you mind .......................the air- conditioner?
A. if I turn on 	B. if I turning on C. if I turned on D. turn on
6. She said, “ I must go now.”
	A. She said she had to go now.	B. She said she has to go then.
	C. She said she has to go now.	D. She said she had to go then.
7. They are always .video games.A. playB. playingC. to playD. played
8. I’m very sorry for behaving .. last night. A. bad B. badly C. well D. good
III. Supply the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets. 
1. She (not phone) ..... yet. 
2.He enjoys (play) .............................. sports in the afternoon.	
3.Mr Hai used to (work) .........................in Ha Noi last year.
4.Would you mind if I (play)................................... video games in here?
5. She (stay) ..................................here for 2 weeks.
III. Read the passage and do exercises below 
Viet Nam is a country in the South East Asia . It has an area of 329,566 sq km .It is divided into three regions. Ha Noi is the capital city and Ho Chi Minh is one of the biggest cities of VietNam. The population of Viet Nam is over 80 million. It has an age- old culture and a long tradition of fighting against foreign invaders. VietNam is now a member country of ASEAN and many other international organizations such as APEC , WTO .
 	Viet Nam exports rice, coffee and many other farm products. Viet Nam has lots of tourist attractions and World Heritage Sites such as Ha Long bay , Phong Nha cave , Hoi An ancient town , ect . And it is now known as a safe and attractive destination for tourists from all over the world . Moreover, they prefer to visit VietNam because Vietnamese people are very friendly and hospitable. They are very proud of their country . They have been trying hard to build it into a powerful and prosperous one .
Write T(True) or F (False) 
VietNam is divided into three regions:North, Central and South...........
Ha Noi is the biggest city of VietNam.............
Viet Nam has a population of over 80 million.........
Hoi An is one of the World Heritage Sites...........
Tourists from all over the world don’t want to visit VietNam...........
Answer the questions 1.What does VietNam export ?.......................................................
2Why do t.ourists prefer to visit VietNam ?.............................................................................................
I. Write sentences with the same meaning. 
1. She visited her old friends last month.==>Her old friends 
2. The children have bought these dolls. @ These dools .
3. She said: “ I am a doctor.” @ She said.
4. She asked me: “ Do you stay at home?” @ She asked me if .
5She started to learn English for two yearsố She
II. Choose (A hoặc B, C, D) and correct the mistake
1. Christmas songs is performed for people in towns and villages eight hundred years ago.
	A	 B C D
 2. I have worked in this company for 1995.
 A B C D
 3. Mary asked Nancy if she live with her family.
 A B C D
 4. You should learned how to use the computer.
 A B C D
5.She is interested on reading books
 A B C D
I. Choose the correct option to complete the following sentences: (2,0pts)
1.  you  your classroom yet ? 	A. Do / tidy 	B. Are / tidied	C. Have / tidied 	D. Did / tidy
2. There shouldn’t be anything wrong  the printer. 	A. to	B. in 	C. for	D. with
3. The toys animals . in a cardboard are ten dollars. 
A. keep 	B. kept 	C. to keep 	D. keeping
4. It’s dangerous ..... in that river. 	A. swim B. swimming 	C. swam D. to swim
5. Tan  on-line games and his parents are not happy about that.
A. always play	B. always played	C. is always playing	D. was always playing
6. The One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi  in 1049.A. was built	B. built C. has been built D. is built
7. Would you mind closing the window?
A. No, I’m afraid not	B. No, of course not	C. No, I can’t	D. I’d rather you didn’t
8. We are .. that you passed your English exam.
A. delighted	 	 	B. relieved	C. afraid	 D. certain
II. Use the right tense or correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (1,0pt)
1. The teacher ( walk) . up stairs is Mr Quang. 
2. Mrs Nga showed Mrs Robinson how (make) . spring rolls
3. Yesterday while my mother (cook) . dinner, I came home. 
4. Do you mind (turn) . on the lights ?
1. While I (watch) 1 a good film on TV, the mailman 
 (come) 2.... and (give) 3. ..me a letter.
2. I ( know) 4 her for six years, when I met her, she 
 (work) 5 for a foreign company.
3. Please stop laughing. I hate (laugh) 6. .....at by others.
4. It ( not rain) 7much in the winter .
5. They’d rather you ( not come)..to the party too late.
6. You always (watch) 9. television. You should do something more active.
7. This building ( build) 10.. over 100 years ago.
III. Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given: (1,0pt)
1. May I use your dictionary ?Would you mind ..?
2.Viet Nam is a country which exports a lot of rice.Viet Nam is 
3. “ Is Ha Long Bay one of the wonders of the world, Nga ?” Nhi said.
Nhi asked Nga 
People throw billions of cans every year all over the world. Billions of cans 
2. The garage is servicing my car on Monday.=+>I am__________________________________
3. Jack’s parents made him study for his exams.==> Jack was __________________________________
4. They believe he is mad.--> He __________________________
V. Choose the word (A,B, C or D ) that best fits each of the blank spaces. (2,0 pts)
First-aid is very impotant. An ordinary person can (1) .. a first-aid course and learn what (2) .. until he patient receives professional help. This might mean helping someone until(3) .. comes or it might mean giving first-aid and then taking the patient to a (4) .. . First-aid can keep person (5) .. until he or she reaches a hospital. Electric shock is a situation where first- aid can (6) .. . If enough electricity (7) .. the body, the person dies immediately. First-aid can bring him or her back (8) .. consciousness.
1. A. take	B. give	C. start	D. make
2. A. do	B. to do	C. doing	D. done
3. A. a wheel chair	B. an ambulance	C. a stretcher	D. a scale
4. A. teacher	B. driver	C. person	D. doctor
5. A. live	B. living	C. alive	D. lively
6. A. use	B. be using	C. used	D. be used
7. A. enters	B. entering	C. entered	D. enter
8. A. from	B. for	C. to	D. in
III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answer on your answer sheet. 
1. She had never been greatly concerned about her ___________ (APPEAR)
2. The _____________ of people interviewed prefer TV to radio. (MAJOR)
3. I’m afraid I was very___________ with the travel arrangements. (satisfy)
4. Even the most ___________ person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music. (sense)
5. If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very ___________girl. (imagine)
V. Give the correct form of the words in parentheses ( 1m)
1. Life is more . . . . . . . ..  . . now. (comfort)
2. There are many cultural....between his country and mine. (differ) 
3. It is . . . . . . .  to eat much sugar and fat. (health)
4. These medicines can work well with your . . . .... . . . . . (ill)
5. There was no . . . . . .. . for his absence from class yesterday. (explain)
6. Is he sleeping ? - No, he is still. (wake)
7. Every week, there are twofrom Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh city. (fly) 
8. They had an . . . ..... Christmas vacation. (enjoy)
9. He is a well- known . (photograph)
10. The .....she gave last night was marvelous. (perform)
VI. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. 
1. They have planted a lot of green trees this year__>A lot of green trees
2. '' I don't behave very well in front of a crowd, '' said Peter.-->Peter said that..
3. The town was farther than we thought.-->The town wasn’t as
4. We spend five hours studying English everyday.--> It
5. “You had better not eat much sugar.”àShe advised me
6 . “ Can you wait for me outside the movie theatre ?”ốHe asked his friend
7. “ Don’t be silly.” He said to the boy.-->He 
8. We can’t drink the water because it’s too hot.--> The water isn’t
9. It has been raining for five hours.-->It started
10. To help mom at home is a good activity. à It is..
11/The food was too bad for the children to eat. (The food was so )
12/I am on the fifth page of the essay I am typing. (So far )
The dog keeps stealing my socks. (The dog is ...)
III- Complete the sentences, use the correct form of the words in the brackets. 
1- Would you mind if I (smoke).............................. ?2- Surface mail is much (cheap)............... than airmail.
3- He (live)..................... in this city since 2000. 4- The man (sit)................... next to me was very nervous.
5- The children (play)................... when It started to rain.6- We(learn)............ French grammar at the moment. 
7- Could you give me some (inform).............................? 8-Mr Hung told me (tell)................... him the truth.
9- My father can read (good)................... without glasses.10- Nam must (do)............... the homework himself.
VIII- Rewite the following sentences so that the seconds have the same meanings as the first ones.
1- The last time I saw her was in 2005.đ I haven't .....................................................................
2- He is writing a book on biology.đ A book on biology ...............................................
3- Going swimming in the summer is interesting.đ It .........................................................................
4- He was punished by his motherđ His mother.......................................................
5-“Don’t play video games too much, Minh"Mr Ha said.đ Mr Ha asked ..........................................
6- Tom is not as tall as Mary.đ Mary.................................................
8-“Please turn down the radio for me,” said my father.đ My father asked.....................................
9- Many trees are cut down to make paper.đ They.... .......................................................
10- She cleaned the house.Then she went to the market.đ After................. ...........................................
IX- Complete the following sentences based on the given cues. 
1- How long / it / take you / get / school ?...........................................................................
2- He / not interested / buy / new / house..............................................................................................
3- I / play badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come.
.....................................................................................................................................
4- I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day........................................................................................
5- Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867................................................................................
6- We ought / use/ cloth bags/ instead / reuse/ plastic bags.
.....................................................................................................................................
7- We / have / wonderful/ time / moment / SaPa.
.....................................................................................................................................
8- Could / give me / information ?............................................................................
PART I - Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the 
A. rubbish
B. uniform
C. umbrella 
D. thumb
A. appear 
B. weather 
C. bread 
D. headache
A. project 
B. belong 
C.  woman
D. concert
A. think
B. though 
C. mother
D. these
A. eraser
B. baseball
C. suitcase
D. waterfall
 Choose the word A, B, C or D whose main stress is different from the others in the group.
A. pencil
B. raincoat
C. arrive
D. notebook
A. enjoyable 
B. power 
C. permission 
D. explore
A. photography 
B. minority 
C. heroic 
D. visit
A. translation
B. difficult
C. unluckily 
D. agree
A. Vietnamese 
B. engineer
C. celebration
D. product 
PART III - Put the correct form of the words:
Joanne wants to become a __________ in the future. (science)
Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been __________ in the last few years. (urban)
The book was so ________ that we didn’t want to read it. (interest)
There are a lot of _______________ in the competition. (contest)
Linda’s __________ made the party less exciting. (absent)
He didn’t win the championship, so he felt very _____________ . (hope)
Because of his _________, they failed the exam. (lazy)
Vinamilk company has served customers a lot of _____________ recently. (produce)
Tet holiday is one of the most important __________ for Vietnamese people. (celebrate)
Laura loves all of Vietnamese dishes, _______________ Nem. (special)
PART III –points
 1. scientist 	2. urbanized 	3. uninteresting 	4. participation 	5. absence 
 6. hopeless 	7. laziness 	8. products 	9. contestants 	10 especially
They haven’t come back their homeland for over two years.
I asked Mai how many cars there were in front of her/his house.
I wasn’t introduced to newcomers in the festival. 
The food was so bad that the children couldn’t eat it.
There is no point in persuading her to join in that activity. 
So far I have typed five pages of the essay. 
The dog is always stealing my socks. 
Hoa had no difficulty in translating this poem into French. 
Let all of dirty clothes be collected by 8 o’clock tomorrow morning. 
Mary is the most graceful girl at school. (No girl at school is as graceful
Hướng dẫn chấm thi học sinh năng khiếu lớp 8 THCS 
môn: Tiếng Anh
I. ( 1m) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,1 điểm
Câu
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Đáp án
c
b
a
c
a
b
c
c
A
b
II. ( 1ms ) Mỗi động từ đúng được 0,1 điểm
1.was watching 2. came 3. gave 4. have known 5. was working 6. being laughed 7. doesn’t rain 8. didn’t come 9. are always watching 10. was built
III.( 1,5ms ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,1 điểm
Câu
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Đáp án
b
b
c
a
c
b
b
b
d
c
a
c
a
A
c
IV. ( 1m) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,1 điểm
Câu
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Đáp án
c
c
d
c
c
b
c
c
A
c
V. ( 1m) Mỗi từ đúng được 0,1 điểm
1. comfortable	2. differences	3. unhealthy	 4. illness	 5. explanation
6. awake	7. flights	8. enjoyable	 9. photographer 10. perfomance
VI. (2ms ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 điểm
1. A lot of green trees have been planted this year
2. Peter said that he didn’t behave very well in front of a crowd.
3. The town wasn’t as near as we thought
4. It takes us five hours to study English everyday
5. She advised me not to eat much sugar.
6. He asked his friend to wait for him outside the movie theater.
7. He told the boy not to be silly.
8. The water isn’t cold enough for us to drink
9. It started raining five hours ago
10. It is a good activity to help mom at home.
VII. (1m ) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 điểm
Thank you very much for the flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital.
They were very beautiful and they really helped to cheer me up.
I came out of the hospital last Thursday morning.
Will you come over to my place on the/ at weekend because I am very bored now?
I am looking/ look forward to seeing you soon.
VIII. A (1m ) Mỗi từ đúng được 0,2 điểm
1. school	2. was	3. know	4. and	5. of	
6.for	7. me	8. improve	9. prize 10. held
 B. (0,5ms) Mỗi câu đúng được 0,2 điểm
1. C	2. A	3. B	4. D	5. A
KEY
I- Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others . (2ms)
1- c. 
2-a. 
3- b. 
4-c
5-a
6-c
7-c
8-a
II-Choose A,B,Cor D to complete the following sentences (2ms)
1- B
2- A
3- D
4- B
5- B
6- D
7- C
8- B
III- Complete the sentences, use the correct form of the words in the brackets. (2,5ms)
 1- smoked 	6-are learning
 2- cheaper 7-information 
 3- has lived 8-to tell
 4- sitting 9-well 
 5-were playing 10- do
IV- Underline and correct the mistake in the sentences. (2,5ms)
1- They didn't let me go.
2- When John was four, he came to London with his parents.
3- How long have you lived here ?
4- They are going to school on foot.
5- Do you mind if I smoke in the room ?
6- His garden isn't as large as mine.
7- We haven't talked to your sister for a long time.
8- There are more than eighty stores in the mall.
9- The toys kept in the box are worth 30 dollars.
10- This school is different from mine.
V- Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. (2,5ms)
1-in
2- of
3- for
4- in
5- at
6- on
7- off
8- to
9- with
10- for
VI- Complete the passage with the suitable words(2,5ms)
1-learning
2-are
3-of
4-you
5-how
6-book
7-fly
8-yourself
9-playing
10-practice
VII- Read the following passage and choose the item A,B,C or D that best answer each question about it.(1,5ms)
1- C
2-B
3-D
4-C
5-A
6-D
VIII- Rewite the following sentences so that the seconds have the same meanings as the first ones(2,5ms)
1- I have’t seen her since 2005.
2- A book on biology is being written by him.
3- It’s interesting to go swimming in the summer.
4- His mother punished him.
5- Mr Ha asked Minh not to play video game too much.
6- Mary is taller than Tom.
7- What’s weather like ?
8- My father asked me to turn down the radio for him.
9- They cut down many trees to make paper.
10- After she cleaned the house, she went to the market.
IX- Complete the following sentences based on the given cues. (2ms)
1- How long does it take you to get to school ?
2-He is not interested in buying a new house.
3-I was playing badminton with Nam when my friends came.
4- I am / was bored with doing the same thing day after day.
5- Marie Curie was born in Porland in 1867.
6- We ought to use cloth bags instead of reusing plastic bags.
7- We are having a wonderful time at the moment in SaPa.
8- Could you give me some information ?