Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh lớp 8 (Kèm đáp án) - Đề số 3

ĐỀ SỐ 3
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Question I: Choose the best option from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. 
1. I will return you the book as soon as I_______ reading it.
	A. finishing	B. finish	C. finished	D. will finish
2. He is getting married _______ a famous film star this weekend.
	A. with	B. to	C. for 	D. after
3. The heavy rain has caused _______in many parts of the country.
	A. storms	B. droughts	C. typhoon	D. floods
4. Deaf-mutes can_______ speak_______ hear.
	A. both/ and 	B. either/ or 	C. neither/ nor 	D. not only/ but also
5. They _______from Canada to America to find work.
	A. started 	B. demonstrated 	C. delivered 	D. emigrated
6. Doctor insists _______ for a few days.
	A that he is resting 	B. his resting	C. him to rest 	D. that he rest
7. The number of cars on the road _______.
	A. increase 	B. is increasing 	C. are going to increase 	D. are increasing
8. _______bacon and eggs every morning.
	A. I am used to eat 	B. I used to eating 	C. I am used to eating	D. I use to eat 
9. The team really looks good tonight because the coach had them _______ every night this week.
	A. practice 	B. to practice	C. practiced	D. the practice
10. The road _______ to the sea is very rough.
	A. goes	B. to go 	C. going	D. is going
11. You _______ forget what I told you. It’s very important.
	A. mustn’t 	B. needn’t 	C. don’t have to 	D. can’t
12. Make sure that the needles are sterile.
	A. free from bacteria	B. slightly clean	C. straight	D. unused
13. She is a _______ girl with _______.
	A. green-eyes/ red hair	B. green-eyed/ red hairs	
	C. green-eye/ a red hair	D. green-eyed/ red hair
14. At four o’clock Mr. Hutchinson still had some _______ to do in the garden.
	A. work 	B. job	C. effort	D. task
Question II: Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify and correct the mistakes. 
1. Keep the cheese freshly by wrapping each one individually.
 A 	 B 	 C 	 D
2. What is the most important thing in really life?
	A 	 B 	 C D
3. Da Lat is known like a city of pines, waterfalls and flowers.
	 A 	 B C D
4. The river bank was covered by weed.
	 A B C 	 D
5. The harder he tried the worst he danced before the large audience.
	 A 	 B 	C 	 D
6. A flower growing in the garden is more beautiful than a flower stood in a vase.
A	 B	 C	 D
7. A five - thousand - dollar reward were offered for the capture of the escaped criminals.
 A	 B	 C	D
8. In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman had someone designed a Christmas card.
 A 	 B	 C	 D
9. His illness is probably because stress.
 A	 B C D
10. Jack asked his boss could he have a day off.
 A B C	 D
Question III: Supply an appropriate form of the words in CAPITALS. 
1. WEIGH
2. DAY
3. END
4. DISCUSS
5. AVAIL
6. ORGANIZE
7. HAPPY
8. ATTRACT
9. SHAME
10. DECIDE
Every woman nowadays seems to want to lose (1) ._______. It has become almost a (2) _______......... topic of conversation.
Otherwise sensible women spend hours in (3). _______ argument about what to eat. Newspaper articles are eagerly read and radio and TV (4) _______ carefully listened to. There is so much information (5) ._______ it is no wonder people get confused.
Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of 
(6). _______ their diet. And when they have lost a few pounds are they really any (7) ._______. Is it really a fact of life that slim women are the only really 
(8) _______ ones? No, in some parts of the world a husband would be
(9) ______.................._ to be seen with a thin wife. Nevertheless, if a woman really has a slimming problem, there is only one (10) _______ to make: Eat Less
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets .
1. I‘ve decided (stop) _______smoking. 
2. I (visit).. _______Singapore two years ago.
3. Look at those black clouds. It (rain). _______.
4. We are tired of (work) _______ for low salary. 
5. This is the second time you (break) .._______ a cup.
6. (you/do). _______ the homework yet? 
7. Mai is in her room. She (play) .._______the guitar.
8. The plays (write). _______by Shakespeare are very interesting.
9. Water (cover).. _______ most of the Earth’s surface.
10. The gate (lock) _______ at 6.30 p.m. everyday. 
PART C: READING
Question I: Choose the most suitable answer from the four options marked A, B, C, or D to complete each of the numbered gaps in the passage below. . 
 In the waters around New York City is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special statue called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the most (1) _______ sights in the world. 
 The Statue of Liberty was a gift (2) _______ the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French (3) _______ named Fredric Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.
 Liberty, of course, (4) _______ freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to (5) _______ the one-hundredth anniversary of U.S independence from England. The statue was built in France, (6) _______ apart piece by piece, and the rebuilt in the United States. It was opened to the (7) _______ on October 28, 1886.
 (8) _______ you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the (9) _______ to the bottom of the statue. If they want to, they can then walk up the 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful (10) _______of the city of New York.
1. A. well-known
B. celebrated
C. famous
D. notorious
2. A. from
B. by
C. of
D. for
3. A. sculpture
B. sculptor
C. carver
D. potter
4. A. indicates
B. points out
C. clarifies
D. means
5. A. organize
B. commemorate
C. celebrate
D. hold
6. A. taken
B. brought
C. broken
D. torn
7. A. humans
B. crowd
C. people
D. public
8. A. So
B. Like
C. As
D. Thus
9. A. surface
B. ground
C. soil
D. level
10. A. sight
B. view
C. scene
D. scenes
II. Read the following passage carefully and fill in each gap with one suitable word.
 New Year is one of the most important (1) _______ in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock (2) _______ night, everyone says “Happy New Year” and they (3) _______ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually last a long (4) _______ . Many people don’t go home (5) _______ next morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday, children (6) _______ as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go (7) _______ house to house asking for candy or fruit. If people at the house don’t give (8)_______candy, the children will (9)_______a trick on them. But this hardly ever happens. Almost people give them (10)_______or fruit. 
III- Read the following passage, then answer questions. After each question there are four options marked A,B,C or D. Choose the correct answer by writing down its corresponding letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet.
It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner came home from work. She walked into the living room and looked at her three children. They were 14,13 and 9 years old. They were watching TV. The living room was a mess.There were dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys were everywhere.Rene was angry,“This place is a mess” she told her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not going to do housework!”	Rene didn’t do housework. She didn’t clean or wash dishes. She didn’t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sat on the sofa and watched TV.
	After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house was dirty. All the children’s clothes were dirty. Every garbage basket was full. The house was a mess.
	Then, one day Rene came home from work and got a big surprise. The kitchen was clean. The children cleaned the kitchen !
	The next day, the living room was clean, and the children were washing their clothes. Rene told the children “OK, I’ll do the housework again. But you have to help me.”
	Now Rene and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV !
1. When Rene came home from work, she found the house . .
A. clean and dirty	B. dirty and tidy	C. dirty and untidy	D. clean but untidy
2. Rene told her children .. .
A. to do the housework	B. she couldn’t do housework
C. not to do housework	D. she wouldn’t do housework
3. Two weeks later, the house was  .
A. very clean	B. a mess	C. tidy	D. rather dirty
4. Some days later, the house was clean again because . .
A. she couldn’t let it that way	B. her children did housework.
C. her chidren didn’t do housework.	D. she did housework again.
5. Now Rene does housework again because . .
A. her children help her.	B. they can watch TV together.
C. her children wash their clothes.	D. her chidren don’t do it. 
PART D: WRITING
I. Write the second sentence as directed so that it has the same meaning to the first one.
This is the first time I have ever eaten such a delicious chicken thigh.
	-> This is the............................................................................................................................................
Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary?
	-> Do you mind......................................................................................................................................?
We haven’t met one another since we left school.
	-> The last................................................................................................................................................
I’d rather you didn’t take the table away.
	-> Would you mind................................................................................................................................?
I don’t think learning English is too difficult for people who love it.
	-> I don’t think English............................................................................................................................
“Why don’t you take a long rest, Peter?” said Ann.
	-> Ann advised..........................................................................................................................................
I used to spend more money than I could earn when I was younger.
	-> I once....................................................................................................................................................
She is wearing sunglasses. She doesn’t want the sun to hurt her eyes. (so that)
	->..............................................................................................................................................................
My mother asked me whether I had gone to work the day before or not.
	-> “...........................................................................................................................?” asked my mother. 
We couldn’t carry out our project because it rained heavily.
	-> Because of..........................................................................................................................................
II. Put the words given in order.
1/ back / in / months / going / England / they / two / are / to.
-> .........................................................................................................................................
2/ It / not / difficult / is / this sentence / to / translate / into / English.
-> ........................................................................................................................................
3/ Would / lending / you / me / mind / dictionary / your?
........................................................................................................................................
4/	/ her/ she / is / that / will / give / her / a / delighted / birthday / parents / present.
 ..
 5// house / been / more / for / months / by / workers / skillfull / this / has / than / 5 / built
 .
III. Complete sentence with words given:
1. I/ wish/ go/ the wedding/ last week
2. Jane / used/ have/ lots/ friends/ now/ not/ know/ people
.
3. it/ most/ interesting game/ I/ ever / play
..
4. If/ I /have/ time/ go/ cinema/ you/ this weekend.
5. She/ ask/ me/ I / know/ name / new friend
6. she/ give/ a lot/ presents/ her friends/ her birthday?
.
7. We/ happy/ we/ keep/ frienship / a long time
.
IV-Choose the words that has the underline pronounced differently from the others. 
 PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Question I: Choose the best option from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. 
1. B
2. B 
3. D 
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. A
12. A
13. D
14. A
Question II: Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify and correct the mistakes. 
* Write your answers here: 
1. B. freshly -> fresh
6. D. stood -> standing
2. D. really -> real
7. C. were offered -> was offered
3. B. like -> as
8. D. designed -> design
4. D. by -> with
9. C. because -> because of
5. B. worst -> worse
10. C. could he -> if he could
Question III: Supply an appropriate form of the words in CAPITALS. 
* Write your answers here: 
1. WEIGHT
2. DAILY
3. ENDLESS 
4. DISCUSSIONS
5. AVAILABLE
6. DISORGANIZING
7. HAPPIER
8. ATTRACTIVE
9. ASHAMED 
10. DECISION
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets .
 * Write your answers here: 
1. to stop
6. Have you done
2. visited
7. is playing
3. is going to rain/ is raining
8. written
4. working
9. covers 
5. have broken
10. is locked
PART C: READING
Question I: Choose the most suitable answer from the four options marked A, B, C, or D to complete each of the numbered gaps in the passage below. . 
* Write your answers here: 
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. A
II. Read the following passage carefully and fill in each gap with one suitable word.
* Write your answers here: 
1. festival
2. at
3. wish
4. time
5. till/ until
6. dress
7. from
8. them
9. play
10. candy
PART D: WRITING
I. Write the second sentence as directed so that it has the same meaning to the first one.
1.This is the first time I have ever eaten such a delicious chicken thigh.
	-> This is the most delicious chicken thick I’ve ever eaten.
2.Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary?
	-> Do you mind my borrowing your books?
3.We haven’t met one another since we left school.
	-> The last time we met one another was when we left school.
4.I’d rather you didn’t take the table away.
	-> Would you mind not taking the table away?
5.I don’t think learning English is too difficult for people who love it.
	-> I don’t think English is too difficult for the people who love it to learn.
6.“Why don’t you take a long rest, Peter?” said Ann.
	-> Ann advised Peter to take a long rest.
7.I used to spend more money than I could earn when I was younger.
	-> I once spent more money than I could earn.
8.-> She is wearing sunglasses so that can’t hurt her eyes. (so that)
9.My mother asked me whether I had gone to work the day before or not.
	-> “Didn’t you go to work yesterday?” asked my mother. 
10.We couldn’t carry out our project because it rained heavily.
	-> Because of the heavy rain, we can’t carry out our project.
11.The movie was not good enough fo me to see
12. He told us to shut the door but not to lock it
13.. We are going to have our car repaired nect week.
14. Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t do well at work.
15. You’ve to see the headmaster.
16. Don’t forget to check your flight numbers.
17. The new was so bad that Helen burst into tears.
II. Put the words given in order.
1/They are going back to England in two months.
2/It is not difficult to translate this sentence in to English.
3/ Would you mind lending me your dictionary?
4/ She is delighted that her parents will give her a birthday present.
5/This house has been built for more than 5 months by skillfull workers.