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 ENGLISH TEST 8 (12.2016)
PART I. PHONETICS.
Choose one word that has a different stress position from the others. 
A. cartoon
B. open
C. paper
D. answer
A. computer
B. shortage
C. village
D. teacher
A. important
B. community
C. organize
D. diseases
A. education
B. geography
C. occupation
D. information
A. relative
B. cinema
C. continue
D. suddenly
PART II. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR
I. Multiple choice.
1. Your hair is long. It needs .......................
A. cut
B. cutting
C. to cut
D. had cut
2. You .......................forget what I told you. It is very important.
A. must
B. have to
C. can't
D. mustn't
3. I think it's high time for the children .......................to bed .
A. go
B. went 
C. going
D. to go
4. You have never been to Ha Noi, .......................?
A. haven't you
B. did you
C. didn't you
D. have you
5. I have a .......................sister. 
A. seven years old
B. seven-years - old
C. seven- year - old
D. seven year olds
6. I'd rather you .......................that.
A. do 
B. don't do
C. won't do
D. didn't do
7. We are now wet. You .......................the raincoats with you.
A. should bring
B. should have brought
C. must bring
D. have to bring
8. They are looking forward .......................Tet holiday.
A. to have
B. having
C. to having
D. have
9. That was a .......................ceremony.
A. prepared-well
B. prepare-well
C. well-prepared
D. well-prepare
10. I object to .......................like this.
A. be treating
B. treating
C. being treated
 D. have been treated
11. My mother often gives me advice .......................water.
 A. to save
 B. how to save
C. on how to save
 D. with how to save
12. My dog as well as my cats .......................twice a day.
A. eat
B. eats
C. has eaten
D. have eaten
13. Do it right now, .......................?
A. do you
B. aren’t you
C. will you
D. don’t you
14. We’ll go out as soon as it .......................raining. 
A. has stopped
B. is stopping
C. stop
D. will stop
15. Take this cake and cut it into eight .......................pieces.
A. same
B. like
C. alike
D. equal
II. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.
1.	 After many years of failure, Edison finally......in inventing the light bulb.	SUCCESS
2. The accident happens because of driving......	CARE
3. He believed in his ......to jump down from the fourth storey without getting hurt.	ABLE
4. You must pass the ......exam to attend the course. 	WRITE
5. Many people like him because of his ......	GENEROUS
6. The media help increase the ......of sports and games. 	POPULAR
7. The ......of forests has brought about floods recently. 	DESTROY
8. An ......man has stolen all our money. 	KNOW
9. The ......of this factory are widely consumed in this country. 	PRODUCE
10. Viet Nam declared its ......on September 2nd 1945. 	DEPEND
III. There are ten mistakes in this paragraph. Find them out and correct them.
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6
Line 7
Line 8
Summer in England is the better season of all. The sky is clear and blue. The sun shines brightly. But it is not pleasant to go out at noon because of the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is generally dry. It is very pleasant taking a walk in the morning when the country is cool, or again on the evening when the sunshine is not so heat, and the moon raises above the horizon. How beauty it is in summer in the countryside. There high in the sky, there has the moon which sheds it’s silver light together with thousand of little stars twinkling and twinkling.
PART III. READING
I. Read the following passage then choose the best answer .
 LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
There is usually one important (1) .................. missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (2) ................ how to organize their learning and how to (3) ................... the best use of their time. Let’s take some simple examples. Do you know how to (4) .............. up words in the dictionary?, and do you understand all the information the dictionary contains? Can you (5) ..................... notes quickly, and can you understand them (6) ................... ? For some reason, many schools give learners no help with these matters. Teachers ask students to (7) ..................... pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don’t explain (8)... to do it. Learning by heart can be useful, but it is important to have a genuine (9) .. of a subject. You can (10)  a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject!
1. A. theme	B. book	C. subject	D. mark
2. A. taught	B. learnt 	C. educated 	D. graduated
3. A. take 	B. give	C. get	D. make
4. A. find 	B. look 	C. research 	D. get
5. A. do	B. send	C. take	D. revise
6. A. after 	B. afterwards 	C. lastly 	D. at last
7. A. concentrate	B. remind	C. forget	D. memorize
8. A. how 	B. what 	C. why	D. it
9. A. information	B. success 	C. understanding	D. attention
10. A pass	B. waste	C. tell 	D. use
II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
Computers play an important role in our everyday lives, sometimes without us even realizing it. Consider the use (1) _________computers in both shops and offices. Big shops especially chain stores with branches all over the country, have to deal with very large amounts of information. 
They have to make (2) ________that there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy; they need to be (3)__________to re-order before stocks (4) ________out, to decide which things are selling well and (5) ________on. All these processes (6) ________performed quickly and efficiently by computers.
A (7) _______ of office work in the past involved information on paper. (8) ____ it had been dealt with by people, the paper was put (9) ________for future reference. This way of working was (10) ________particularly easy or fast. A computerized system is much more efficient.
III. Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
	The culture of Vietnam is one of the oldest in the Southeast Asia region. Although Vietnam lies geographically in Southeast Asia, long periods of Chinese domination and influence has resulted in the emergence of many East Asian characteristics in Vietnamese culture, and generally Vietnam is said to be a part of the East Asian cultural sphere, known widely as Chinese cultural sphere.
	Despite considerable foreign influence, Vietnamese people have managed to retain many distinct customs. While Chinese culture has the largest influence on traditional Vietnamese culture, there is also a much smaller influence from the Cham and later Western cultures, most notably of France, Russia and the United States. In term of prehistory, most Vietnamese historians consider the ancient Dong Son Culture to be one of the defining aspects of early Vietnamese civilization.
	Vietnam’s population in 2006 was 84,402,966, with a population density of 253 people per km2. Most people live in or near the densely populous Red River or Mekong deltas. Due to the nation’s southward expansion throughout its history, along with the different climate and environment met by the settlers as they moved further south, slightly different regional cultures began to emerge, most notably between Northern and Southern Vietnam.
1. The culture of Vietnam______ .
A. is the youngest in Asia	 B. does not get any Asian characteristics	
C. was influenced by that of China	 D. was greatly dominated by that of Western
2. Which culture has not affected the Vietnamese one?
A. Of the United States B. Of the United Kingdom	 C. Of Russia	 D. Of France
3. Vietnamese people ______ . A. cannot keep their own culture in their daily life 	 
B. have many diverse nation customs C. highly appreciate the Western influence on their culture 
D. failed to retain the native customs
4. Through history, Vietnam expended to the ______ A. south B. north C. east D. west
5. Which statement is true?
A. The North and the South of Vietnam have the same regional cultures.
B. The Mekong delta is more populous than the Red River one.
C. Red River delta is densely populous.
D. Vietnamese people do not like living in the deltas.
PART IV. WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned.
 The sooner.................................................................................................................
2. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday. I would rather
3. We've run out of tea. There	
4. Susan was too excited to sleep. Susan was ..
5. Robert has not had a job for two years. Robert has been
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI KS ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG LỚP 8 
NĂM HỌC: 2015 - 2016
PART II. PHONETICS
A 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C
PART III. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR
I. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D
1. B, 2. D 3. d, 4d 5. c 6. d 7.b 8.c 9.c 10 c 11c 12 b 13 c 14 a 15 d
II. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.
1. succeeded 	6. popularity 	2. carelessly	 7.destruction 3. ability 8. unknown
4. written 9. products 5. generosity 10. independence
III. There are ten mistakes in this paragraph. Find them out and correct them.
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6
Line 7
Line 8
Summer in England is the better season of all. The sky is clear and blue. The sun shines brightly. But it is not pleasant to go out at noon because of the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is generally dry. It is very pleasant taking a walk in the morning when the country is cool, or again on the evening when the sunshine is not so heat, and the moon raises above the horizon. How beauty it is in summer in the countryside. There high in the sky, there has the moon which sheds it’s silver light together with thousand of little stars twinkling and twinkling.
Line
Mistakes
Corrections
Line
Mistakes
Corrections
1
better
best
5
raises
rises
2
because of
because
5
beauty
beautiful
3
taking
to take
6
has
is
4
on the evening
in the evening
7
it’s
its
5
heat
hot
8
thousand
thousands
PART IV. READING
Read the following passage then choose the best answer from the four options 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
C
A
D
B
C
B
D
A
C
B
II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
1. of
2. sure/ certain
3. able
4. run/ sell
5. so
6. are/ get
7. lot
8. Once/When/After
9. aside/ away
10. not/ never
III. Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. C 	2. B 	3. B 	 4. A 	5. C 
PART V. WRITING
I. 1. If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned.
 The sooner we can solve the problem, the better it will be for all concerned 
2. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday.
 I would rather you delivered the sofa on Friday 
3. We've run out of tea.
 There isn't any tea left
4. Susan was too excited to sleep.
 Susan was so excited that she couldn't sleep 
5. Robert has not had a job for two years.
 Robert has been out of job/ jobless/ unemployed for two years
 Test English 8.
 I/ Circle the word which has the italic part pronounced in a different way: (1m)
 1.a. enough	 b. young	 c. country 	d. mountain
 2.a. experimented	 b. collected	 c. needed	d. raised
 3.a. knife	 b. socket	 c. desk	d. book
 4.a. hour	 b. honour	c. honest	d. honey
 II/ Choose the word whose stress pattern is not the same as the other. (1m)
 1. a. admire	 b. blanket	c. collection	d. exchange
 2. a. pagoda	 b. economic	c. relax	d. material
 3. a. embroider	 b. occasion	c. minority	d. intermediate
 4. a. embroider	 b. encourage	c. champagne	d. logical
 III/ Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. (3,5ms)
 1. Jane and Jack stood in front of the mirror and looked at ..
 a. herself	 b. himself	c. themselves	d. ourselves
 2. Which one is  milk or orange juice?
 a. better	 b. the best	c. good	d. well
 3. They haven’t found the paintings from the museum.
 a. steal	 b. stole	c. stolen	d. stealing
 4. The smaller the room is, the .furniture it needs.
 a. fewer	 b. smaller	c. more	d. less
 5. Henry, .work have been famous in the world, was an American writer.
 a. which	 b. that	c. who	d. none are correct
 6. It took him ages to  living in the new town.
 a. use to	 b. used to	c. will used to	d. will use to
 7. The house was  building.
 a. a nice old stone b. a nice stone old c. a stone old nice d. an old nice stone
 8. Hardly Duy when she stayed smiling.
	 a. had she seen	 b. she had seen	 c. has he seen	 d. does she see
 9. I would rather you .me the story.
 a. tell	 b. told	 c. to tell	d. telling
 10. “ War and Peace”  the longest book I have ever read.
 a. are	 b. was	 c. were	d. is
 11. “ Nghi doesn’t like American beer” – “  does Vy”.
	 a. Either	 b. So	 c. Neither	d. too
 12. Ken doesn’t work here.. . he left about six months ago.
 a. any longer	 b. no longer	 c. still	d. yet
 13. That’s a . building.
 a. five- story	 b. five – stories	 c. five – story’s	 d. five- stories’s
 14. Vietnam is one of the countries of the of South East Asian Nations.
 	 a. affection	 b. association	 c. administration	d. federration
 15. I was just ..............to go out when you telephoned.
	 a. around	 b. about	 c. thinking	 d. planed
 16. The national dress of japanese women is 
	 a. Ao dai	 b. Kimono	 c. Sari	 d. Jeans
 IV/ Circle A, B, C or D to choose the sentence which has the same meaning as the original sentence.(2,5ms)
 1. I’d prefer you to start work next month. a. I’d rather you start work next month.
 b. I’d rather start work for next month c. I'd rather you started work next month.
 d. You should start work next month.
 2. This room is too small for five people a. This room is very small for five people
 b. This room is such small that five people can’t live in.
 c. This room isn’t big enough for five people. d. This room isn’t too big for five people.
 3. They made me study hard when I was at school
 a. I was made study hard when I was at school.
 b. I was made to study hard when I was at school.
 c. I was made studying hard when I was at school d. When I was at school I studied hard.
 4. You should go to the dentist’s at once. a. Don’t delay to go to the dentist’s at once.
 b. Don’t delay to go to the dentist’s any more. c. Don’t delay going to the dentist’s any longer.
 d. Don’t put off go to the dentist’s ant longer.
 5. My grandfather is old, but he can walk to the park.
 a. Although my grandfather is old, he can walk to the park.
 b. Despite his old age, my grandfather can walk to the park.
 c. In spite of being old, my grandfather can walk to the park.
 d. All are correct.
PART C: Written tests.(8ms)
 I/ Give the correct verb form in the brackets.(2ms)
 1. It’s high time that you (get)..down to more serious work.
 2. That man (stand).at the bus stop for the last half hour. Shall I tell him that the last bus has already gone?
 3. By next September I (pay)4,000 pounds in income tax.
 4. At this time next week they (sit)..in the train on their way to Paris.
 II/ Supply the suitable forms of the words in brackets: (1ms)
1.We’ll live in a happier and  life if we keep our environment clean.(health)
2.Thirty years ago, my hometown was small. Now it has turned into an city.(industry)
3.Islam is the ..religion of Malaysia. (office)
4.Don’t depend on him; he’s a very .person. (rely)
 III/ Rewrite the sentences, keep the meaning unchanged: (2,5ms)
 1. These shoes will have to be repaired. Richard will have
 2. Bill never does any things if you don’t tell him what to do.
 Unless.
 3. “Why don’t you put a better lock on the door, Mai?” Minh asked.
 Minh suggested......
 4. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
 As long as...............
 5. When she heard the news, she broke down. On
 6. She’d rather have Italian food than French food.
 She prefers.
 7. We couldn’t get nearer because of the police The police prevented
 8. Although both of his legs were broken in the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded. Despite his
 9. Every heard about the accident before I did. I was the 
 10. It’s common knowledge that he has been in prison several times.
 He is known..
IV/ Complete each sentence of the following letter.(2,5 ms)
Dear Diana,
Thank you/ much/ your letter/ arrive/ few days ago.
It / be lovely / hear / you
I / be sorry / I not write / such / long time/ but I / be very busy.
As you know/ we buy / new house / September.
It / be /very bad condition / and it need / a lot / work.
We finish / most / it now / and it look / very nice.
Peter and I / decide / give / house- warming party / May 3rd
You think / you / able / come?
Please give me / ring / let / know / you / make it.
10. I / really / look forward / see you again.
Love,
Jenny
PART B: Multiple choice. (8ms)
 I/ (1m) 1.a 2.d 3. a 4.a 
 II/ (1m 1. d 2. b 3. a 4. d
 III/ (3,5ms) 1.c 2.a 3.c 4.d 5.d 6.c 7.d 8.a
 9.b 10.d 11.c 12.a 13.a 14.b 15.b 16.b
 IV/ (2,5m) 1.c 2.c 3.b 4.c 5.d
PART C: Written.(8ms)
 I/ (2ms)
 1. got 2. has been standing 3. will have paid 4. will be sitting
 II/ (1m)
healthy 2. industrial 3.official 4.unreliable
 III/ (2,5ms)
Richard will have these shoes repaired
Unless you tell bill what to do, he never does anythings.
Minh suggested Mai ( should) put a better lock on the door.
As long as you keep calm, you will pass your driving test.
On hearing the news, she broke down.
She prefers Italian food to French food.
The police prevented us from getting nearer.
Despite his broken legs in the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
I was the last one who heard about the accident.
He is know to have been in prison several times.
IV/ (2,5ms)
 Dear Diana,
1. Thank you very much for your letter which arrived a few days ago.
2. It was lovely to hear from you.
3. I’m sorry I haven’t written for such a long time but I’ve been very busy.
4. As you know, we bought a new house in September.
5. It was in very bad condition and it needed a lot of work.
6. We have finished most of it now and it looks very nice.
7. Peter and I have decided to give a house- warming party on May 3rd
8. Do you think you will be able to come?
9. Please give me a ring and/ let me know if you can make it.
10. I’m really looking forward to seeing you again.
 Love,
 Jenny
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Tapescript:
 My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is very beautiful and peaceful place where people grow flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and pictureque scenes. The air is quite fresh . However, fragrance of the roses make people feel cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often.
II. Write a passage of 150 – 200 words
It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.