ĐỀ ÔN THI HSG ANH 8 ĐỀ SỐ 1 I. Circle the word which is pronounced differently from the others.(5pts) 1. a. listened b. watched c. learned d. played 2. a. slim b. thin c. smile d. visit 3. a. teacher b. school c. chemistry d. character 4. a. who b. where c. why d. what 5. a. wishes b. teaches c. likes d. finishes II. Circle the word that has the word that has different stress pattern in each line.(5pts) 1. a. conversation b. favorite c. uniform d. treatment 2. a. medicine b. attend c. conclusion d. attention 3. a. happy b. allow c. career d. employee 4. a. discussion b. assistant c. character d. expensive 5. a. computer b. memory c. serious d. special III. Choose the correct answer: Circle the letter A, B, C or D. (15pts) 1. Her…….towards me is very strange. a. behave b. behavior c. behaved c. behaving 2. How much is the car………….in Japan? a. makes b. making c. to make d. made 3. I tried my…….not to laugh. a. good b. well c. better d. best 4. I left at 6 a.m…………late. a. so as not to be b. so as not being c. so as to be d. so as not being 5. She went to the market without………anything. a. buy b. to buy c. buying d. for buying 6. It………the coldest day in Ha Noi for 40 years. a. has b. was c. is d. has been 7. Living in the countryside is not expensive, and it isn’t complex,………… a. too b. either c. neither d. so 8. Tim’s teacher asked him to spend more time…………Spanish pronunciation. a. in b. of c. at d. on 9. It took me a long time to get used……………glasses. a. to wear b. to wearing c. wear d. wore 10. Would you mind…………the door? a. to close b. closing c. about closing d. closed 11. Will you pick me……… after the party? a. on b. over c. up d. through 12. I’ve never seen such an interesting……………. a. performing b. performer c. performance d. performed 13. It’s at least a month since…………John. a. I last seen b. I have last seen c. I last seen d. I last saw 14. The new shopping mall is quite………the present shopping area. a. different from b. the same c. like to d. similar 15. I like my sister’s house. It is a………… a. a new beautiful house b. beautiful house new c. beautiful new house d. new house beautiful IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (10pts) The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the refuse of the inhabitants of No.13 to have any form of (communicate) with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise (pollute). Every evening, the (think) neighbors used to turn up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (neighbor) was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what (act) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any (suggest) as to know how to deal woth the problem. A decision was (make) to send a number of people to talk to the family in No. 13 and ask them (polite) to turn their music down after six in the evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to be (success), as the inhabitants of No.13 refused to talk to them. So on the (advise) of local police, the matter is now in the hands of court. V. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. (10pts) 1. We (watch) our favorite TV programmes at the moment. 2. Marry and John are neighbors. They (know) each other for a long time. 3. When he came, I (cook) dinner. 4. I haven’t met him since he (move) to Ho Chi Minh City. 5. My mother is tired enough (cook) tonight. 6. The asked me (not make) noise in class. 7. My school (build) next year. 8. His doctor advised him (give) up smoking. 9. Look at those black clouds. It (rain). 10. This is the first time I (eat) this cake. VI. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. (10pts) The country is (1)…….beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2)………the summer holiday though they can’t live (3)……… all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4)……that they can go there whenever (5)…… find the time. English villages are not alike, but (6)…… some ways they are not very different from (7)……….other. Almost every village (8)…… a church, the round or square tower of which can (9)……… seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10)………people are buried. VII. Rewrite the sentences so that it has the same meaning as the sentence printed before. (20pts) 1. It’s three years since we last visited Ha Noi. - We haven’t…………………………………………………………………………… 2. No one is more intelligent than her in our school. - She……………………………………………………………………………………. 3. You can’t take this book away. - This book…………………………………………………………………………… 4. Huong is 1.60m tall and Hoa is 1.60m tall, too. - Huong………………………………………………………………………………… 5. I wrote a letter half an hour. - It took………………………………………………………………………………… 6. She’s rather play golf than play tennis. - She prefers…………………………………………………………………………… . line.(5pts) 1. a. conversation b. favorite c. uniform d. treatment 2. a. medicine b. attend c. conclusion d. attention 3. a. happy b. allow c. career d. employee 4. a. discussion b. assistant c ĐỀ ÔN THI HSG ANH 8 ĐỀ SỐ 1 I. Circle the word which is pronounced differently from the others.(5pts) 1. a. listened b. watched c. learned d. played 2. a. slim b. thin c. smile d complex,………… a. too b. either c. neither d. so 8. Tim’s teacher asked him to spend more time…………Spanish pronunciation. a. in b. of c. at d. on 9. It took me a long time to get used……………glasses. a. to