The house had running water, gas and electricity, but for some reason, there was no electric light in the kitchen.. It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but withou[r]
(1)đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 8 Môn tiếng anh Thời gian: 90 phút
Question I: Put the verbs in bracklets in the correct tenses:
1 When I last ……….(see) him, he ……….(live) in London He………(tell) me then that he ………(think) of
……….(immigrate) to Australia, and may well ……… (do)so by now
2 ……… (Be) you cut off while I………(talk) to you just now.You……….(be)? I think something
must……… (go) wrong with the telephone
Question II: Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words given: Who owns this umbrella?
……… The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go sailing
……… The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it
……… He was punished by his mother
……… Going swimming in the summer is interesting
……… Question III: Fill in the missing prepositions:
1 I am interested ………… this job
2 You must send ………the form by 20th May.
3 She retired……… at the age of 60 Social workers visited her ………her home What did you study ……….university?
Question IV: Read the following passage:
We moved into a new house on a warm September day It was not really a new house It was a hundred and four years old, but it was new to us The house had running water, gas and electricity, but for some reason, there was no electric light in the kitchen It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but without a kitchen lights It was quite puzzling because our kitchen was a large room, perhaps the largest room in the house I telephoned to the electrician He came and fixed it for us And he charged $86 for doing the job
1.When did they move into their new house? a In the summer
(2)c in the spring d in the winter
2.How old was the house?
a The house was more than a hundred and forteen years old b The house was new
c The house was more than a century old d The house was nearly 150 years lod 3.What did the house have?
a gas and running water b gas and electricity
c running water, gas and electricity
d running water, gas and electricity light in the kitchen
4.Why it was quite puzzling not to have electricity in the kitchen? a Because they needed to the cooking at night
b Because the kitchen was dark
c Because the kitchen was a small place
d Because the kitchen was probably the largest place in the house 5.what happened in the end?
a An electrician came
b An electrician came to help c An electrician came to fix
d An electrician came to fix and charged for some money
Keyđề thi học sinh giỏi T Anh lớp 8 Question I: (2,5đ)
1 saw have
2 was living were
3 told was talking
4 was thinking have gone Question II: (2,5đ)
1 Who does this umbrella belong to?
(3)4 His mother punished him
5 It is interesting to go swimming in the river Question III: (2,5đ)
1 in in at at (in) at
Question IV: (2,5đ) b