Đề và đáp án thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Đề 5

TEST - 05
I/ Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1
A. hear
B. spear
C. dear
D. swear
2
A. love
B. come
C. women
D. some
3
A.butter
B. sugar
C. put
D. push
4
A.contact
B. comment
C. object
D. comfort
5
A. passed
B. measured
C. finished
D. reduced
II/ Choose the best answer
6. She has written the letter..pencil
A. by	B. with	C. in	D. on
7. My brother spends a lot of time..books
A. to read	B. read	C. reads	D. reading
8. He’s honest so he alwaysthe truth
A. tells	B. says	C. talks	D. speaks
9. The fire destroyed valuable paintings in the museum
A. much	B. more	C. many	D. not
10. Don’t promise..it if you are not sure that you can
A. doing	B. being done	C. to do	D. will do
11. Would you be.kindto help me?
A. bothand	B. soas	C. not only..but also	D. eitheror
12. How ..is the pool?- Seven feet
A. deep	B. high	C. wide	D. long
13. We are going to..our exam tomorrow
A. work	B. make	C. do	D.give
14. I’m late,..?
A. am I	B. amnot I	C. amn’t I	D. aren’t I
15. I rememberthe letter a few days before on holiday
A. to receive	B. receive	C. receiving	D. receives
16. Bright noon signs make the street more..
A. beauty	B. beautiful	C. beautifully	D. beautifulness
17. The new computer system ..next month
A. is installed	B. is being installed	C. is be installed	D. is been installed
18. The children to the zoo.
A. were enjoyed taken	B. were enjoyed taking	C. enjoyed taking	D.enjoyed being taken
19. Our new car is smaller, so it uses petrol
A. more	B. fewer	C. less	D. littler
20. Did you break the window on?
A. deliberation	B. purpose	C. intention	D. reason
III/ Put the words in brackets into correct forms
21. It is.to eat too much sugar and fat (HEALTH)
22. If you can give a reasonable..for your bad behavior last night, I’ll forgive you (EXPLAIN)
23. My brother often does experiments about electricity for.(PLEASE)
24. The charged me 50,000 VND for each room (DECORATE)
25. After taking an aspirin, her headache..(APPEAR)
26. The she gave last night was marvelous (PERFORM)
27. There are many cultural..between his country and mine (DIFFER)
28. D.E Huges was theof microphone (INVENT)
29. What is your..for designing this house? (SUGGEST)
30. You don’t have to do that work. In other words, it’s.for you (NECESSITY)
IV/ Supply the correct forms or tenses of the verbs in brackets
31. Last night when we (visit)him, he (do)..an experiment on the upstair
32. The sewing machine which you (use)..at present (invent)in 1803 by a French
33. I (not see).your uncle recently
 - No. He (not go).since he (buy)..a new color television
34. Do you know what the pudding (make).from?
35. Her father (die).20 years ago. She (never meet)..him
36. Linh’s brother (lose)..his job last month and since then he (be)out of work
37. He would rather (cook)..than (wash up)
38. She should know how (use).the lift, but if she doesn’t you’d better(show)..her
39. Please go on (write)...; I don’t mind (wait)..
40. He (allow)(open).a new restaurant on the main road by the city council
V/ Read the text and fill in the blanks with suitable words
 	Most people agree that computers are the most important41.of the 20th century. The first business computers..42.introduced just about thirty years ago, and now they are being43. In a wide variety of fields, from banking to space travel. 44., until just a few years ago, computers were very large, expensive machines owned by large corporation and governments. 45.. everyone knew that computers existed, very few people had ever seen one and even46..had used one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because this electronic device 47.store a large amount of information in a very small space,computers could be much smaller and less expensive 48........the huge mainframe computers used49...corporation. Some computers manufacturers believed that people might like to have computers in50.homes, offices, and school, so the personal computer was born. 
VI/ Choose the best answer to complete the passage
When you are driving abroad you shouldsure that you have all documents with you. These ..your passport, your driving licence and insurance papers. It be very inconvenient if you.any of these or if you cannot find ..quickly. You must also make sure that your car has a nationality plate which show the country where the car is registered; for, GB for Great Britain, F for France, N for Norway and so on.
In some..you have to pay if you don’t .motoring laws and this can sometimes cost you a lot of money. For instance, you may have to pay immediately if you are stopped by a police officer for taking no notice of traffic lights, speed..of if you allow children the age of twelve to travel in the front seat of a vehicle.
51
A. get
B. do 
C. use 
D.make 
52
A.include
B. make 
C. mean 
D. contain 
53
A. should
B. can
C. is 
D. has 
54
A. miss
B. hide 
C. lose 
D. pass 
55
A. that
B. those 
C. their 
D. them 
56
A. once
B. example 
C. general 
D. fact 
57
A. countries
B. positions 
C. ways 
D. routes 
58
A. do
B. allow 
C. obey 
D. continue 
59
A. marks
B. spots 
C. limits 
D.number 
60
A. under
B. lower 
C. over 
D. behind 
VII/ Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed above it
61. I can’t drive a car because I’m only sixteen years old
 I am not.
62. Let’s play table tennis together in the afternoon
 What?
63. She is a good English speaker
 She speaks.
64. My mother spent a whole morning cooking for the party
 It
65. He worked hard because he wanted to buy a car
 He worked hard in.
66. The last time she visited me was five months ago
 She hasn’t.
67. Minh began to collect stamps in 2000
 Minh has..
68. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to
 Tam used
69. “ Please turn down the radio for me,” said my father
 My father asked
70. We can’t afford to buy the car
 The car.....
71. “ I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter
 Peter apologized.
72. The news was so wonderful that she decided to have a celebration
 It was 
73. It’s a pity I didn’t aplly for that job
 I wish
74. There’s no need for you to talk so loudly
 You don’t..
75. It’s time to prepare lunch
 It’s time for.
VIII/ Use the sets of words and phrases to make meaningful sentences
76. you/ know/ who invent/ telephone?
77. She/ not complete/ her report/ yet
78. the fog/ prevent/ the light/ take off
79. There/ use/ be/ a stadium/ her neighborhood
80. She/ be/ young/ to/ get married
IX/ Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition
81. He worked_____ deaf-mutes Boston University
82. He thought very carefully and finnaly came______ ______ a very important decision 
83. The thief broke ________ the national bank
84. He was sent ______ prison
85. Children enjoy taking part________ different activities after class
86. My father gave _________ smoking
87. She didn’t go to school because she had to look ________her younger sisters
88. He acused me_________ stealing the money
89. This table is made_______ wood
90. My brother succeeded ________ winning the race
X/ Underline and correct the mistakes
91. I strongly believe that friends plays a very important role in our life
92. We are having a birthday party in Sartuday night. Would you like to come?
93. The armchair is in the living room, among the table and the sofa
94. You must put these chemicals out from children’s reach
95. Let’s start learning English or it will be too lately
96. They decided to spend their time to travel in Spain
97. The house built in 1998
98. She asked me to not talk in the class
99. She failed the exam because of her lazy
100. Camp is one of my favorite outdoor activities