Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Năm học 2012-2013 (Có đáp án)

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI - CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học: 2012-2013
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 
1. A. looked	B. watched	C. stopped	D. carried
2. A. bath	B. father	C. theater	D. health
3. A. study	B. success	C. surprise	D. sugar
4. A. children	B. charity	C. charm	D. champagne
5. A. angry 	B. danger	C. language	D. passage
6. A. when 	B. where	C. whole	D. while
7. A. socket	B. notice	C. enroll	D. mobile.
	8. A. engineer	B. excited 	C. experiment	D. enlarge.
	9. A. equipment	B. improvement	C. comment	D. development
	10. A. overhead 	B. teammate	C. speaker	D. bean.
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. Someone.........tickets were free. A. said me	B. said me that	C. told me	 D. told to me
2. When she lived in the countryside, she .in the river.
	A. was swimming	B. used to swim	C. has swum	 D. is used to swimming
3. Saigon more than three hundred years ago.
	A. was built	B. has been built	C. was building D. built
4. It is nearly ten years .I saw her. 	A. when	B. since	C. for 	D. while
5. Would you mind if Ia photo ?
	A. take	B. took	C. would take	 D. am going to take
6. Last week I my children to the biggest zoo in town.
	A. got	B. brought	C. fetch D. took
7. They me if I could speak Japanese. A. told	B. said	C. asked	D. talked
8. Are you proud.your country and its tradition ?
	A. about	B. on	 	C. of	 D. for
9. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp
	A. collecting	B. collector	C. collect 	 D. collection
10. There were ..flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy.
	A. so many	B. so few	C. so little	 D. so much
11. She doesn’t like Spainishshe has to study the language.
	A. so	B. though	C. but	 D. when
12. It took him six years to  a doctor and now he is a good doctor.
	A. make	B. do	C. qualify	 D. become
13. She asked me...
	A. if I like pop music or not	B. whether I like pop music or not 	
 C. if I liked pop music or no	D. if I liked pop music or not
14. My brother and I 
	 A. am having a wonderful time here	B. am having a wonder time here	
 C. are having a wonderful time here	D. are having a wonder time here
15. Don’t shout, dear. I can’t .the shout !
	A. stand	B. sit	C. listen	D. hear
16. He laughs of her funny face.
	A. because	B. since	C. as	D. for
17. What are you ? - My pen, I’ve lost it.
	A. looking	B. looking for	C. looking after	D. looking at
18. Why don’t you ..with your university study ?
	A. go in	B. go on	C. go by	D. go at
19. Of my parents, my father is ..
	A. the stricter	B. the strictest	C. strict	D. stricter
20. Who is going to the phone ?
	A. reply	B. respond	C. answer	D. pick
III. Build sentences based on the words given. (15 ps.)
1. There / used / be / Church / near / post office / my town.
->
2. While / I / write / letter /, phone / ring
->
3. I / be / very pleased / see / Tom / again / after / long time. 
->
4. You / look / thinner . You / lose / weight ? 
->
5. You / think / you / make / radio / work again ?
->
6. I/ buy/ book/ 5 days ago.->
7. A man/ said/girl/ there/ cafe/ nearby.
->
8. When/ I/ see/ Nancy/ yesterday/ she/ drive/ car.
->
9. They / know / each other / 3 months.->.
10. Nam's teacher / teach / him / he / come / here / 2000.
->
IV. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the following sentences. 
1. Mary spent hours (repair)  her bike.
2. They advised him (not/ cross) the street aganist the red lights.
3. He and his sister (not/ meet)  my friends since last Christmas
 4. She (work)  here since she left school ?
5. Everyone (read) this novel, let us (discuss)  it.
6. I (know)  her for six years, when I met her, she (work)in a Law office.
7. They’d rather (walk) than (go)  by car.
 8. Look! A man (run) after the bus. It (be)dangerous.
 9. Their houses (destroyed) seriously by the storm.
 10. We (learn) English for nearly three years.
V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of words in the capital words: 
	1. NEIGHBOR I know all the boys who live in my
	2. FRIEND	 People in the countryside is
	3. FLY	 All between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog
 4. HIGH	 Do you know the of S.t Paul’s Cathedral ?
 5. KNOW Taxi drivers have to have a very good on the street names.
 6. COMFORT	 The hotel was large and 
 7. CHILD	 During his the family lived in Cornwall
 8. WEIGH	 Every woman nowadays seems to want to loose	 
 9. HELP 	 It’s a nice shop and the assisstants are all polite and very	 
 10. LUCK	 The keys were locked inside the car , a side window was open.
VI. Find the mistakes in the following sentence and correct them. 
1. You know , it is difficult to me to make him understand what I mean.
	A	B	C	 D
2. My dear friends, I wish you will visit us someday this summer.
 A	 B	 C	 D
3. I will come and stay with you and your family on March .
	A	 B	 C	 D
4. Let’s gathering somewhere for a coffee after this wonderful meeting.
 A	 B	 C	D
5. I look forward to hear from my mother in Singapore.
 A	 B C	 D
6. The collect of stamps made him become famous in the country
	 A	 B	 C	 D
7. Let’s practise listening to English programs in the radio.
	A	B	 C	D
8.What about play tennis in stead of going to the cinema ?
	A	 B	 C	 D
9. Don’t turn on the TV, please. I am so tired to watch it .
	 A	 B	C	 D
10. They turn in the radio to listen to some news.
	 A B C D
1..........................
2..........................
 3..........................
4..........................
5..........................
6..........................
7..........................
8..........................
9..........................
10........................
VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. “ Can you lend me some money?” Henry said to Susan.
 Henry...............................................................................
2. Both of the chairs are uncomfortable
 Neither of.
3. They will have to change the date of the meeting again.
 The date............................................
4. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
 It..
5. They’ ve lived here for six years .
 They moved
6. I’ve never read a more romatic story.
 It’s the. 
7. Noone works harder than Barbara.
 Barbara
8. I haven’t met him for two years. -> It’s .............................................................................................
9. Richard can cook very well. -> Richard is a ....................................................................................
10. The film’s ending is dramatic. -> The film.........................................................................................
VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.
1. It’s 2.5 km.......................................my school.......................................the movie theater.
2. I live .......................................Xuan Dieu street.......................................my grandparents
3. She is talking.......................................her students in the school yard.
4. My new house is different.......................................my old house.
5. My father is a farmer. He works.......................................a farm.
6. Does your aunt work .......................................the central hospital? – Yes, she is a nurse there.
7. I’m always busy. I must work .......................................early morning until night.
8. Mr. Minh is a journalist. He writes .......................................Tuoi Tre newspaper.
9. This apartment is suitable.......................................my family.
10. I often help my parents .......................................the housework after school.
IX. Read the following passage correctly, then translate into Vietnamese:
	Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on telivision, in the office or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English.
	Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to anwer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magezines in English.
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI - CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học: 2012-2013
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (5 ps.)
1. A. looked	B. watched	C. stopped	D. carried
2. A. bath	B. father	C. theater	D. health
3. A. study	B. success	C. surprise	D. sugar
4. A. children	B. charity	C. charm	D. champagne
5. A. angry 	B. danger	C. language	D. passage
6. A. when 	B. where	C. whole	D. while
7. A. socket	B. notice	C. enroll	D. mobile.
	8. A. engineer	B. excited 	C. experiment	D. enlarge.
	9. A. equipment	B. improvement	C. comment	D. development
	10. A. overhead 	B. teammate	C. speaker	D. bean.
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (10 ps.)
1. Someone.........tickets were free.
A. said me	B. said me that	C. told me	 D. told to me
2. When she lived in the countryside, she .in the river.
	A. was swimming	B. used to swim	C. has swum	 D. is used to swimming
3. Saigon more than three hundred years ago.
	A. was built	B. has been built	C. was building D. built
4. It is nearly ten years .I saw her.
	A. when	B. since	C. for 	 D. while
5. Would you mind if Ia photo ?
	A. take	B. took	C. would take	 D. am going to take
6. Last week I my children to the biggest zoo in town.
	A. got	B. brought	C. fetch D. took
7. They me if I could speak Japanese.
	A. told	B. said	C. asked	 D. talked
8. Are you proud.your country and its tradition ?
	A. about	B. on	 	C. of	 D. for
9. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp
	A. collecting	B. collector	C. collect 	 D. collection
10. There were ..flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy.
	A. so many	B. so few	C. so little	 D. so much
11. She doesn’t like Spainishshe has to study the language.
	A. so	B. though	C. but	 D. when
12. It took him six years to  a doctor and now he is a good doctor.
	A. make	B. do	C. qualify	 D. become
13. She asked me...
	A. if I like pop music or not	B. whether I like pop music or not 	
 C. if I liked pop music or no	D. if I liked pop music or not
14. My brother and I 
	 A. am having a wonderful time here	B. am having a wonder time here	
 C. are having a wonderful time here	D. are having a wonder time here
15. Don’t shout, dear. I can’t .the shout !
	A. stand	B. sit	C. listen	D. hear
16. He laughs of her funny face.
	A. because	B. since	C. as	D. for
17. What are you ? - My pen, I’ve lost it.
	A. looking	B. looking for	C. looking after	D. looking at
18. Why don’t you ..with your university study ?
	A. go in	B. go on	C. go by	D. go at
19. Of my parents, my father is ..
	A. the stricter	B. the strictest	C. strict	D. stricter
20. Who is going to the phone ?
	A. reply	B. respond	C. answer	D. pick
III. Build sentences based on the words given. (15 ps.)
1. There / used / be / Church / near / post office / my town.
There used to be a Church near the post office in my town
2. While / I / write / letter /, phone / ring
While I was writing the letter, the phone rang
3. I / be / very pleased / see / Tom / again / after / long time. 
4. You / look / thinner . You / lose / weight ? 
5. You / think / you / make / radio / work again ?
6. I/ buy/ book/ 5 days ago.
7. A man/ said/girl/ there/ cafe/ nearby.
8. When/ I/ see/ Nancy/ yesterday/ she/ drive/ car.
9. They / know / each other / 3 months.
10. Nam's teacher / teach / him / he / come / here / 2000.
 BL
1. There used to be a Church near the post office in my town
2. While I was opening the letter, the phone rang
3. I am very pleased to see Tom again after a long time.
4. You look thinner . Have you losen weight ?
5. Do you think you will make the radio work again.
6. I bought the book 5 days ago
7. A man said to the girl there was a cafe nearby
8. When I saw Nancy yesterday she was driving a car
9. They have known each other for 3 moths.
10. Nam’s teacher have taught / have been teaching him since he came here in 2000
IV. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the following sentences. (10 ps.)
1. Mary spent hours ( repair ) her bike.
2. They advised him ( not/ cross ) the street aganist the red lights.
3. He and his sister (not/ meet) my friends since last Christmas
4. She (work) here since she left school ?
5. Everyone ( read) this novel, let us ( discuss) it.
6. I ( know) her for six years, when I met her, she (work) in a Law office.
7. They’d rather (walk) than (go) by car.
BL
1. repairing	2. not to cross	3. haven’t met	4. Has she worked.......
5. reads - dicuss	6. have known - worked	7. walk - go 
V. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with the capital words at the beginning of sentences. (15 ps.)
	1. NEIGHBOR I know all the boys who live in my
	2. FRIEND	 People in the countryside is
	3. FLY	 All .between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog
4. HIGH	 Do you know the of S.t Paul’s Cathedral ?
5. KNOW Taxi drivers have to have a very good ..on the street names.
6. COMFORT	 The hotel was large and ..
7. CHILD	 During his ....................... the family lived in Cornwall
8. WEIGH	 Every woman nowadays seems to want to loose....................	 
9. HELP 	 It’s a nice shop and the assisstants are all polite and very...............	 
10. LUCK	 The keys were locked inside the car ................, a side window was open
BL
1. neighborhood	2. friendly	3. flights	4. height	5. knowledge	
6. comfortable	7. childhood	8. weight	9. helpful	10. luckily
VI. Find the mistakes in the following sentence and correct them. (10 ps.)
1. You know , it is difficult to me to make him understand what I mean.
	A	B	C	 D
2. My dear friends, I wish you will visit us someday this summer.
 A	 B	 C	 D
3. I will come and stay with you and your family on March .
	A	 B	 C	 D
4. Let’s gathering somewhere for a coffee after this wonderful meeting.
 A	 B	 C	D
5. I look forward to hear from my mother in Singapore.
 A	 B C	 D
6. The collect of stamps made him become famous in the country
	 A	 B	 C	 D
7. Let’s practise listening to English programs in the radio.
	A	B	 C	D
8.What about play tennis in stead of going to the cinema ?
	A	 B	 C	 D
9. Don’t turn on the TV, please. I am so tired to watch it .
	 A	 B	C	 D
10. They turn in the radio to listen to some news.
	 A B C D
1..........................
2..........................
 3..........................
4..........................
5..........................
6..........................
7..........................
8..........................
9..........................
10........................
1. B to me - for me
2. C will - would
3. D on March - in March
4. B gathering - gather
5. B hear - hearing
6. A collect - collection
7. D in the radio - on the radio
8. B play tennis - playing tennis
9. C so - too
10. A turn in - turn on
VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. (20 ps.)
1. “ Can you lend me some money? “ Henry said to Susan.
 Henry...............................................................................
2. Both of the chairs are uncomfortable
 Neither of.
3. They will have to change the date of the meeting again.
 The date............................................
4. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
 It..
5. They’ ve lived here for six years .
 They moved
6. I’ve never read a more romatic story.
 It’s the. 
7. Noone works harder than Barbara.
 Barbara
8. I haven’t met him for two years.
 It’s ....................................................................................
9. Richard can cook very well.
 	 Richard is a ...................................................................................
10. The film’s ending is dramatic.
 The film............................................................................................
BL
 1. Henry asked me if I could lend him some money
	2. Neither of the chairs are comfortable
	3. The date of the meeting will have to be changed again
	4. It took Peter three hours to repain his house.
	5. They moved here six years ago.
	6. It’s the most romantic story I have ever read.
	7. Barbara is the hardest worker/ Bafbara works the hardest
	8. It’s two years I haven’t met him.
	9. Richard is a good cook.
10. The film ends dramatically
VIII. 1. from - to.	2. on – with	3. to	4. from	5. on	6. in	7. from	8. for	9. for	10. with
IX. Read the following passage then answer the questions below. (5 ps.)
	Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on telivision, in the office or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English.
	Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to anwer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magezines in nglish.
1. According to the writer. English is learn by...............
A. young children	B. adults	C. teenagers	D. all are correct
2. In the line 2 of the second part, the word “it” refers to..........
A.country	 B. young childen	C.English	D. question
3. Where do many boys and girls learn English?
A. at home	B. at school	C. in evening classe	D. in the office
4. Why do adults learn English?
A. Because they want to see movies in English	B. Because they need it for their job.
C. Because they are foced to learn it	D. Because it’s not difficult to learn.
5. What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passge?
A. Children like reading English newspapers	B. People in many countries learn English
C. English is one subject in school.	D. Some books are written in English.
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