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PHÒNG GD&ĐT SÔNG LÔ TRƯỜNG THCS ĐỒNGTHỊNH Name:………………………… ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN T.ANH LƠP 8 LẦN 2 Năm học : 2013- 2014 Thời gian làm bài 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Học sinh làm bài ra tờ giấy thi. A. PHONETICS. I. Choose the word whose has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. definite B. quiet C. supplies D. immigrant 2. A. option B. information C. question D. invitation 3. A. choose B. chemistry C. character D. child 4. A. invited B. liked C. naked D. wanted 5. A. notice B. grow C. ghost D. lost II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 1. A. community B. neighborhood C. restaurant D grocery 2. A. semester B. experiment C necessary D. Geography 3. A. understand B. participate C. entertain D. volunteer 4. A. comfort B. concern C. contact D garbage 5. A. excellent B. expensive C. convenient D. available B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES I. Complete each of the following sentences by circling the best option A, B, C or D. 1. I ____________ a letter from my old friend last week. A. sent B. gave C. received D. took 2. When were you born? – I was born ____________ November 1997. A. in B. on C. at D. during 3. Don’t come in. Pleased wait ____________ for your turn. A. inside B. downstairs C. outside D. upstairs 4. Our friends ____________ meet us at the airport tonight. A. are B. are going to C. go to D. will be to 5. The children ____________ are going to plant trees and flowers in the school garden and water them every afternoon after school. A. themselves B. ourselves C. herself D. themself 6. I know you worked really ____________ this semester. A. hardly B. good C. bad D. hard 7. Peter _____________his homework. A. is always forgetting B. always forgets C. is always forgeting D. always forget 8. Martina has been a professional tennis player ____________ 1994. A. since B. for C. on D. in 9. ____________ have you known Jane? – For three years. A. What B. How many C. How long D. How far 10. The water wasn’t ____________ in. A. clear enough to swim B. enough clear to swim C. clear enough for swimming D. enough clear for swimming 11. I really love having my shoes ____________. It’s relaxing! A. cleaned B. cleans C. to clean D. cleaning 12. We got ____________ in the woods. A. lot B. lost C. loss D. lose 13. His parents are always proud ____________ him because he always studies well. 1 A. about B. on C. of D. with 14. Last week, her ____________ was out of order and Mrs. Quyen had to wash her family’s clothes with her hands. A. shower B. washing machine C. kitchen sink D. iron 15. Mr. Brown is 50 years old; Mrs. Brown is 50 years old. Mr. Brown is ____________ Mrs. Brown. A. same age B. same age as C. the same age as D. different from 16. My little sister used ____________ to the zoo when she was in the city last summer. A. taken B. take C. taking D. to be taken 17. You ____________ to eat more, you are far too thin. A. ought B. should C. must D. can 18. Nam’s father ____________ him how to ride a bike six years ago. A. teach B. teaches C. has taught D. taught 19. She seems _________today because she stayed up late_______ her homework last night. A . tiredly/doing B. tired/do C. to tired/doing D. tired/doing 20. Sorry to keep you______________________ . A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. waited II. Put the words in brackets into correct forms to complete the following sentences. 1. We will interview only three__________________ for the job. ( APPLY) 2. He should say a few words of ________________. ( EXPLAIN) 3. What is correct _______________of this word? ( PRONOUN) 4. He was _______________of his achievements in the field of politics. (PRIDE) 5. The ______________of the subject made me tense. (IMPORTANT) 6. It is always_______________ to write down important points. ( WISDOM) 7. Every student was very_____________ about the holiday. (EXCITE) 8. ______________, I lost my key on the way home. (FORTUNATE) 9. A fairy ____________changed Little Pea’s rag in to beautiful clothes. (MAGIC) 10. Ho Chi Minh City is an important ____________center of Viet Nam. ( COMMERCE) III. Put the verbs in brackets into correct tenses 1. Yester day, I (1. spend) ………………… two hours (2. do)…….……… the homework. 2. The thieves (3. catch)……… …… when the (4. leave)………………….… the bank. 3. Two hours ago, Mrs. Brown (5. have)…… … Alice (6. take)… … her son to the school. 4. How many times you (7. be)………… to Ho Chi Minh City? 5. The moon (8. move)……………… around the earth. 6. Next summer, my parents will let me (9. visit)…………… my grand father. 7. How about (10. go)……………… to the zoo? IV. Each of the sentences has a mistake underlined and correct it.Mỗi câu trong đoạn văn sau có 1 sai. Gạch chân lỗi sai ở mỗi dòng trong đoạn văn sau rồi sửa sang bên (như ví dụ). Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 1/ ___________ holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ ___________ in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road 3/ ___________ through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 4/ ___________ because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ ___________ 2 could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet 6/ ___________ in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ ___________ Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work, 8/ ___________ But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping 9/ ___________ to return next year to do any more work there 10/ __________ C. READING I. Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces. Most people think (1) computers are very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over 2 centuries ago by a man (2) Charles Babbage. Babbge was born (3) 1791 and grew (4) to be a brilliant mathematican. He (5) up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (6) building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (7) his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building engine based (8) of the Babbage's designs. (9) has taken 6 years to complete and more than 4 thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will (10) on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work. 1. A. of B. from C. in D. up 2. A. known B. called C. recognized D. written 3. A. about B. around C. in D. at 4. A. down B. up C. along D. across 5. A. wrote B drew C. took D. made 6. A. wanted B. started C. made D. missed 7. A. until B. though C. why D. whether 8. A. on B. off C. in D. out 9. A. He B. One C. It D. They 10. A. come B. be C. take D. carry II- Read the following passage, then choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the questions. It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner come home from work. She walks into the living room and looks at her three children. They are 14,13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living room is a mess. There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys are everywhere. Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework. She doesn’t clean or wash dishes. She doesn’t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV. After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty. All the children’s clothes are dirty. Every garbage basket is full. The house is a mess. Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise. The kitchen is clean. The children clean the kitchen ! The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes. Rene tells 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 3 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 children 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 children don’t do it. D. WRITING I- Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one. 1. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before. This is the first…………………………………………………………… 2. She hasn’t been to Ho Chi Minh City for three years. The last 3. ‘Can I borrow your bike, Nga?’, Nam asked.  Nam asked Nga ………………………………………………………… 4. This pen belongs to Phong.  This is …………………………………………………………………… 5. They haven’t cleaned the streets this week.  The streets…………………………………………………………………. 6. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.  Apples are not…………………………………………………………… 7. He’d rather play golf than tennis.  He prefers………………………………………………………………… 8. Mai broke the cup because of her carelessness. Because Mai……………………………………………………………… 9. How long is it since they built the house?  When………………………………………………………………………? 10. You are not allowed to smoke here.  Would you mind………………………………………………………….? II. Use the cue words make each sentence in the letter. Dear Tim, I/glad/tell/you/I/going/join/Y&Y Green Group. We/have/environment month. We/going/clean/streets/weekends./ We/going/plant/trees and flowers/ the school garden/water/every afternoon/ class. We/ also/planting/young trees/plants/sell/other schools I/hope/we/give/more green color/city/earn some money/school Y&Y. It/interesting/useful/isn’t it? Write/me/soon/tell/ all your news. Love, Hoa. 4 THE END./. 5 . community B. neighborhood C. restaurant D grocery 2. A. semester B. experiment C necessary D. Geography 3. A. understand B. participate C. entertain D. volunteer 4. A. comfort B. concern C. contact. of the blank spaces. Most people think (1) computers are very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over 2 centuries. has finished building engine based (8) of the Babbage's designs. (9) has taken 6 years to complete and more than 4 thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine