đề khảo sát học sinh giỏi năm học 2005 – 2006 – lần 2
Môn: Tiếng Anh 8 - Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(đề này gồm 3 trang - thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trước khi làm bài)
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by writing down the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on your answer paper (5points)

a.
though
b.
enough
c.
cough
d.
rough


a.
chair
b.
cheap
c.
chorus
d.
child


a.
missed
b.
closed
c.
called
d.
planned


a.
fat
b.
any
c.
gas
d.
hat


a.
physics
b.
basic
c.
sailor
d.
subject

II. Choose one word that has a different stress position from the others. Identify your answer by writing down the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on your answer paper (points).

a.
scissors
b.
object
c.
wardrobe
d.
transmit


a.
comfortable
b.
commercial
c.
generous
d.
demonstrate


a.
experiment
b.
assistant
c.
sociable
d.
equipment


a.
advice
b.
beauty
c.
picture
d.
postcard


a.
theatre
b.
career
c.
cinema
d.
gallery

III. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C or D) ONE best answer to complete each sentence. Identify your answer by writing down the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on your answer paper(20 points).

David’ school ……………..is very bad this term.
A. report B. period C. day D. semester


People go to a ………….to look at the famous works of art.
A. stadium B. gallery C. theatre D. fair


I’d like to go …………very much.
A. camp B. to camp C. a camp D. camping


Hoa is reading short stories ……….Jack London.
A. of B. from C. by D. with


John ……………Susan to go out with him but her parents didn’t let her out.
A. insisted B. suggested C. invited D. helped


This book is ………….that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time.
A. so interesting B. so interested C. such interesting D. too interesting


“Let it be” is a famous song ……………... It is one of the best works by this band.
A. singing by the Beatles. B. was sung by the Beatles
C. sung by the Beatles C. sang by the Beatles


He …………….the train ticket at home.
A. forgot B. put C. brought D. left


She was …………………..of watching television.
A. interested B. tired C. tiring D. pleased


My mother ………….me that I should wake up earlier.
A. told to B. said C. was told D. said to


Our teacher asked us ……………… in class.
A. not to talk B. to not talk C. no talk D. without talking


Peter broke his leg when he fell…………his bike.
A. in B. on C. off D. of


You should ……………….your lessons before the examination.
A. read B. look C. revise D. study


Hung is ……………….. do the crossword puzzles.
A. intelligent enough to B. intelligent enough
C. enough intelligent D. enough intelligent to


Her math result is …………..than her English result.
A. bad B. badder C. worse D. well


His father is very proud …………………… him.
A. of B. with C. on D. about


Yesterday I came …………….your brother when I was going to school.
A. of B. to C. about D. across


Students should work …………to make their parents happy.
A. hard B. hardly C. in hard way D. more hardly


Keep all dangerous things out children’s ……………
A. hands B. place C. reach D. head


When I was young, I used ……………….on a farm.
A. to live B. live C. to living C. living

IV. Supply the correct form of the word in CAPITAL LETTERS for each gap in the following sentences. Identify your answer by writing down the corresponding word on your answer paper(5points).

I am …………..sorry for being late. TERRIBLE


I can’t tell the …………..between the twins. DIFFER


A fairy appeared and ……..changed Miss Tam’s rags into beautiful clothes. MAGIC


He drove ……………and he had an accident. CARE


Helping ……………children is our duty. HANDICAP

V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each gap. Identify your answer by writing down the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on your answer paper (10 points).
These days most people, especially young girls, like (36)………….slim. Our grandparent’s tastes were different (37) ………….ours but nowadays (38) ………….seems to enjoy (39) ………….fat people. The only thing (40) ………….is wrong with this is what a (41) ………….said to me the other day: “I don’t mind (42)…………these foods if they will help me (43) ………….weight but why do they taste so awful?” The reason (44) ………….this is that the manufacturers have to include a lot of vitamins to satisfy the law, so the only sensible advice I could give my friend was “Eat normal food, but (45)……….less.”


a.
to looked
b.
to look
c.
they look
d.
look


a.
from
b.
of
c.
as
d.
with


a.
anyone
b.
none
c.
everyone
d.
no one


a.
to look at
b.
looking
c.
looking at
d.
to look


a.
it
b.
that
c.
what
d.
who


a.
friend of mine
b.
my friend
c.
friend of me
d.
friend of my


a.
to eat
b.
eat
c.
eating
d.
the eating


a.
gain
b.
put on
c.
loose
d.
lose


a.
of
b.
why
c.
for
d.
that


a.
eat
b.
to eat
c.
eating
d.
be eating

VI. Read the following passage, then answer questions 46-50. After each question there are four options marked A,B,C or D. Chose the correct answer by writing down its corresponding letter A,B,C or D on your answer paper(20points).
It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner comes 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 house work. 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 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!



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


Rene told her children ………………………
A. to do housework B. she couldn’t do housework.
C. not to do housework. D. she wouldn’t do housework.


Two weeks later, the house was…………………….
A. very clean B. a mess C. tidy D. rather dirty


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.


Now Rene does the 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.

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (10points).
The film was very bad. I couldn’t see it.
The film was not……………………………………………………………………………….
“Shut the door but don’t lock it”, he said to us.
He told..………………………………………………………………………………………
“Why don’t you visit the museum after lunch?” I said to them.
I suggested that…………….………………………………………………………………….
In spite of his intelligence, he doesn’t do well at school.
Although ……………………………………………………………………………………..
You must see the headmaster.
You’ve..………………………………………………………………………………………
VIII. Use the suggested words and phrases to make a full sentence. (10 points)
Those buses / not going / airport / neither / taxis.
You / not / want / sell / house last year / you?
His dream / become / doctor / may / true.
My brother / not drive / carefully / I.
It / difficult / prevent / people / park here.


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