Phòng gd&ĐT bảo yên
đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 8 cấp huyện
Năm học: 2009-2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
I. Phần chung (12 điểm) (dành cho thí sinh thuộc tất cả các trường học)
Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (1 point)
1. A. passed B. talked C. stopped D. dialed
2. A. agent B. change C. blame D. champagne
3. A. orchid B. change C. church D. achieve
4. A. yacht B. christmas C. chameleon D. chemistry
Question 2: Complete the following sentences with the new word formed from the ones in CAPITAL at the end of each sentences. (1.5 points)
Example: She has cut herself and it’s bleeding quite badly. (BLOOD)
1. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more .................................(COMFORT)
2. The child should be punished of his bad ......................................(BEHAVE)
3. Mr. Minh has made an ...............................to see us at 3 o’clock. (ARRANGE)
4. Bell ........................................demonstrated his invention. (SUCCESS)
5. ..........................., dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. (FORTUNATE)
6. Every day, there are two .........................from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city (FLY)
Question 3: Circle A,B,C or D to choose the word which is the best to fill in each of the blank. (2pts)
1. His ...............towards me is very strange.
A. behave B. behavior C. behaved D. behaving
2. The doctor ...............he should take a few days off.
A. say B. said C. ask D. tell
3. We 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 being
4. ................ are the people who live in a place.
A. Community B. Environment C. Organization D. Program
5. Living in the countryside is not expensive, and it isn’t complex,....................
A. too B. either C. neither D. so
6. Tim’s teacher asked him to spend more time ...................Spanish pronunciation.
A. in B. of C. at D. on
7. Would you mind ........................the window?
A. to close B. closing C. about closing D. closed
8. Will you pick me .....................after the party?
A. on B. over C. up D. through
Question 4: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets in the following sentences.(2,5pts)
1. I (not see).................................your brother recently.
- No. He (not be)...........................out of his room since he (buy)................a new computer.
2. I (be)...........................here for more than one hour.
3. When I (come)...........................to see Mr. Robinson last night, he (read)............................
a newspaper and his two children (listen)...............................to an English song.
4. I just (receive).......................a letter from my brother Tan. He is in Australia. He (be) .........................there for 6 months. He never (be)...................abroad before.
Question 5: Each sentence of the following passage has one error. Find, underline the error end then write the correct one in the column on the right. The first one has been done as an example.(2,5pts)
My brother bought a laptop computer in
the USA. He paid $ 1.500 with it. The
laptop are expensive, but it’s really great.
It is made in Japan in 1999. It has a color
screen so it’s easily on the eyes. The
computer have a battery so he can use it
without electricity for eight hour. If he
wants to send a fax, he can sends it
electronically.
He could connect to the Internet, too. My
Brother plans to take his laptop on a airplan
when he takes a vacation abroad.
It is a very smallest computer, so he takes
hem everywhere with him.

0. computer