Grade 8 THE SERIES OF EXAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH NĂNG KHIẾU LỚP 8 CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC : 2011 - 2012 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề ). Pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. late B. half C. after D. hard 2. A. close B. no C. how D. so Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences below. 3. Yesterday she received Tom's__________ from his teacher. A. report card B. report call C. call report D. card report 4. The earth__________ around the sun, doesn't it? A. is moving B. move C. moves D. moving 5. She isn't old__________ to be in my class. A. so that B. enough C. for D. that 6. You often watch a football match at a__________. A. large area B. performance C. stadium D. swimming pool 7. Are you going to__________ in the summer activities of our school? A. play part B. take part C. take role D. play role 8. How long__________? Since 1980. A. do you live here B. have you lived here C. have you live here D. did you live here 9. I have just bought a ticket. I'm going__________ the movie at 8 o’clock this evening. A. to see B. to seeing C. seeing D. see 10. I'm sorry but I can't__________ chess tonight. A. to play B. playing C. played D. play 11. I think I will do that work__________. What do you think about that? A. ourselves B. himself C. herself D. myself 12. __________ cook dinner for your family? A. Used you B. Did you used to C. Did you use to D. You used 13. Tim's mother is always proud__________ him because he works so hard. A. at B. with C. of D. about 14. What is__________ in learning words? A. necessary B. necessary C. necessarily D. necessarily 15. A person who cannot speak and hear is called__________. A. a deaf-mute B. a character C. a deaf D. a blind 16. Many volunteers take part in the activities and enjoy__________ poor people. A. helping B. to help C. help D. being help 17. It's difficult for old people to walk__________. A. inside and outside B. inside C. upstairs or downstairs D. outside 18. We use a __________ to cook rice. A. steamer B. rice cooker C. frying pan D. saucepan 19. My little brother__________ pictures very much. A. enjoys to draw B. enjoy to draw C. enjoy drawing D. enjoys drawing 20. Students__________ their homework after class. A. have to do B. have to be done C. have to doing D. have do Choose the word whose underlined part needs correcting. 21. She speaks and listens to English very good. PREPARED & RELEASED BY ĐỖ BÌNH THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Grade 8 THE SERIES OF EXAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS A B C D 22. They use to work hark when they were on the farm. A B C D 23. The armchair is in the living room, among the television and the sofa. A B C D 24. I use a dictionary so that to learn new words, pronunciation and examples. A B C D 25. He had doing everything without the help of modern equipment. A B C D Read and choose the best option to fill in the gaps. Can you imagine what life would be (26)______ if there were no telephone? You could not call your friends on the phone and talk to them. When a (27)______ broke out in your house you could not call the fire department. If somebody were sick, he could not call a (28)______. Therefore, we should (29)______ our deep thanks to Alexander Graham Bell, a (30)______, who invented the telephone in 1876. 26. A. like B. of C. for D. as 27. A. light B. fire C. sunlight D. match 28. A. dentist B. farmer C. doctor D. engineer 29. A. given B. gave C. giving D. give 30. A. Dutch B. Mexican C. Scotsman D. Vietnamese Read the passage and answer the following questions. We moved into our new house on a warm September day. It was not really a new house; it was hundred and four years old, but it was new to us. The house had running water, gas and electricity, but for some reasons there were no electric lights in the kitchen. It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but without a kitchen light. It was quite puzzling because our kitchen was a large room, perhaps the largest in the house. I telephoned for an electrician. He came and fixed it for us. And he charged $86 for doing the job. 31. Why was it quite puzzling not to have electricity in the kitchen? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 32. When did they move into their new house? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 33. How old was the house? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 34. What didn’t the house have? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 35. How much did he charge for the electrician? ___________________________________________________________________________________ Rewrite these sentences as directed. 36. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase. ( use enough) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 37. The boy is not old enough to drive his father’s car. (use too…to…) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 38. The doctor said: “You should take a few days off.” The doctor advised___________________________________________________________________ 39. She started learning to swim five years ago. She has____________________________________________________________________________ 40. Lan said “Please give Tim this dictionary.” PREPARED & RELEASED BY ĐỖ BÌNH THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC Grade 8 THE SERIES OF EXAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS Lan told___________________________________________________________________________ THE END PREPARED & RELEASED BY ĐỖ BÌNH THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC . Grade 8 THE SERIES OF EXAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH NĂNG KHIẾU LỚP 8 CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC : 2011 - 2012 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề. the movie at 8 o’clock this evening. A. to see B. to seeing C. seeing D. see 10. I'm sorry but I can't__________ chess tonight. A. to play B. playing C. played D. play 11. I think I will. summer activities of our school? A. play part B. take part C. take role D. play role 8. How long__________? Since 1 980 . A. do you live here B. have you lived here C. have you live here D. did you