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PHÒNG GD- ĐT HUYỆN SÔNG LÔ
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề thi gồm 4 trang.)
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HSG
VÒNG 2 - MÔN :TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút
(Không kể thời gian giao đề )
A. PHONETICS.
I . Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the others .
1. A brushed	B naked	C practiced	D laughed
2. A ancient	B special	C celebrate	D ocean
3. A position	B designed	C escaped	D reserved
4. A stomach	B character	C chorus	D machine
5. A blood	B typhoon	C roof	D spoon
II Choose word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
1. A liquefy	B appliance	C helicopter	D document
2. A mixture	B wonder	C perform	D heritage
3. A guarantee 	B properly	C chocolate	D printer
4. A computer	B ingredient	C available	D bulletin
5. A invent	B decorate	C participate	D design
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
I- Choose the correct answer from the four options given( marked A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences.
1. Lan always talks too much about nothing . She is .......................................
A out going	B talkative	C naughty	D sociable
2. It is not ................ to see any thing in the room.
A light enough	B very light	C too light	D enough light
3 Look! There are dark clouds coming. It ................................................
A will rain	B would rain	C is going to rain	D rains
4. I'm sorry that the manager is out at the moment . Would you like to ...... a massage?
A leave 	B give	C take	D get
5. Remember ....................nay one about my mistakes.
A not telling	B not tell	C not to tell	D don't tell
6. The girl is standing in the room, ....................in the mirror.
A to look at herself	 	B looking into herself 
C looking after	D looking at herself
7. We............... each other since we ................goodbye.
A haven't met/ say	 	B didn't meet/ said	
C haven't met/ said 	D don't meet/ said
8. People used to travel around...............but now they go by cars or motorbikes 
A by foot	B with foot	C in foot	D on foot
9. The meal will be served ........................about ten minutes.
A in	B on 	C for	D at
10 Have you made up your................. to buy a new house yet?
A soul	B heart	C mind	D head
11 The blue coat isn't so expensive .................the red one.
A as 	B than	C like	D by
12. We should keep the windows open ..........................fresh air can get in.
A so that 	B so as to	C in order	D so as that
13 Plastic bags are difficult to be dissolved , so the amount of garbage will..................
A reduce	B increase	C develop	D decrease
14. What is price of the printer................. in the USA ?
A is making 	B is made	C that made	D made
15. Don't worry . We...........................of the test result next week.
A will inform	B will be informed	 	C are informing	D are informed
II. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.
1. The  in his province is very dramatic. 	(LAND)
2. After taking an aspirin, her headache .. 	 (APPEAR)
3. There are many cultural . between the city and the country. (DIFFER)
4. The .. charged me 50.000 VND for each room. 	(DECORATE)
5. The temple was built by the local .. over 100 years ago. 	(INHABIT)
6. Angkor Wat was . built to honor a Hindu Good. 	(ORIGIN)
7. The town now becomes the Buddhist center of the whole country. (RELIGION) 
8. Ha Long Bay is in .. Viet Nam. 	(NORTH)
9. This knife is . – it can't cut anything. 	(USE)
10. Mr. Thanh is having a .. for his bad back. 	(TREAT)
 III- Identify the underlined words or phrases that need correcting.
1.Accidents often occur because of careful drivers.
	A B C D
2. Do you enjoy giving gifts by the others on your birthday?
	 A B C D
3. Mr. John still doesn’t get used to drive on the left in Viet Nam. 
 A B C D
4. Give this report card to your parents when you get home , do you?
	 A B C D 
5. Lan said that she would come to Australia to practice speaking English next year.
 	A B C D
6. Thank you very much for helping me moving to my new department last week.
	A B C D
7. Mike insisted on ask for a day off from work that week.
	 A B C D
8. It is a five hours flight to get to Bangkok from Ha Noi.
 A B C D
9. The paintings stolen from the museum haven’t found yet.
	A B C D
10. The little girl felt worrying about what I told her yesterday.
	 A B C D
C. VERB FORMS.
Give the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete each of the sentences below.
1. The Earth is believed (be)flat for a long time.
2. If you kicked the policeman, you (arrest).
3. It is raining now. It (rain).for two hours.
4. We were all looking forward to (have)..dinner together.
5. When we discovered that my bicycle (steal).
6. Students are often made (do)..a lot of homework.
7. I’ll wait here until he (come).
8. Minh (arrive)..home in an hour.
9. How many cigarettes you (smoke)today?
10. Our children enjoy (take).to the zoo every weekend.
D. READING.
I . Read the following passage and choose the best option marked A, B, C or D for each space.
DA LAT – DREAM CITY
 Da lat lies on Lam Vien plateau, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong, 300 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City. Da Lat is a well-known city that (1) all the people who have been there once. Da Lat is known (2) a city of pine trees, waterfalls and flowers. Da Lat is described as a forest of flowers with (3) colors and various species. Flowers can be found (4) and in any season. We can see flowers in Da Lat in the parks, (5) of the house, in the gardens ete. Da Lat has the widest range of orchid varieties in the country. Da Lat has (6) rivers and canals but is has many picturesque waterfalls. It takes tourists several days (7) all the waterfalls in the area. The famous Cam Ly Falls is only 3 kilometers (8) the town center. The Prenn Falls is 10 kilometers in the south of Da Lat. The water (9) down like a white shade. Da Lat people are very (10) of it. They always boast to tourists about it in the first place. Around the Penn Falls is the valley of various flowers and pine hills
1.
A. attracts
B. attracting
C. attracted
D. attractive
2.
A. similar
B. like
C. same
D. as
3
A. different
B. difficult
C. differ
D. difference
4.
A. somewhere
B. anywhere
C. nowhere
D. everywhere
5.
A. behind
B. next to
C. opposite
D. in front
6.
A. a few
B. a little
C. much
D. lots
7.
A. visit
B. visiting
C. to visit
D. visited
8.
A. in
B. at
C. to
D. from
9.
A. falls
B. goes
C. pours
D. walks
10.
A. pride
B. priding
C. prided
D. proud
II. Fill in each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
	New Year is one of the most important (1)...in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock (2).night, every says “ Happy New Year” and they (3)..their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually last a long (4). . Mary people don’t go home (5)morning. Another holiday, Halloween , is mainly for children. On this holiday children (6)as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go (7).house to house asking for candy or fruit. If people at house do not give them candy, the children will (8)a trick (9).them. But this (10)..ever happens. Most people give them candy or fruit. 
E. WRITING.
I.- Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that its meaning still stay the same as the sentence printed above it.
 1. Although Mrs. Lan was ill, she still came to the meeting.
=> In spite 
2. “ You shouldn’t spend your weekend in this city next month.” She said.
=> She advised me
3. I would prefer you to stop smoking immediately.
=> I’d rather..
4. The news was so bad that Mary burst into tears.
=> It was
5. He is too young to drive a car.
=>He isn’t
6. Is it all right if you take care of the children?
=> Do you mind
7. 9- " I'm sorry, Angela" said Martin " I'm afraid , I've damaged your car."
=>Martin apologized ................................................................................................
8. It is not necessary for you to finish it by Saturday.
=> You.. 
9. I haven’t seen him for two weeks.
=> The last time I.
10. People say that he is going to leave for Tokyo tomorrow.
=> He is.
II. Complete the following letter using the word given.
	Dear Bob ,
Thank you/ letter/ I receive/ when/get/home/last night.
I be pleased/ hear you / after such/ long time.
I love /go ballet / with you / but I/ not be free/ until 6.30 pm.
How about/ come/ my flat/ and have/ something/ eat/ before/ go?
I/ not want/ take / my car/ because it be/ difficult/ find somewhere / park.
Why/ we not go /taxi?
Let/ hope / dancing be/ good as/ reviews say.
I / look forward/ see you/ tomorrow night.
Love.
Tom.
THE END
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PHÒNG GD- ĐT HUYỆN SÔNG LÔ
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
TEACHER: LE ANH VIET
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HSG
VÒNG 2 - MÔN :TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút
(Không kể thời gian giao đề )
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
A. PHONETICS. 
 I . Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the others (0.5p).
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D 
5. A
II Choose word whose stress pattern is different from the others(0.5p).
B
C
A
D
B
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
I- Choose the correct answer from the four options given( marked A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences( 1.5 P).
1. B	6. D	11. A
2.A	7. C	12. A
3.C	8. D	13. B
4. A	9. A	14 .D
5. C	10. C	15. B
II. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.(1.0 p)
1. Landscape	6. originally
2. disappeared	7. religious 
3. differences 	8. Northern
4. decorator	9. useless
5. inhabitants	10. treatment
III- Identify the underlined words or phrases that need correcting.(1.0 p)
D (careless)	6. C (move)
B ( being given)	7. B (asking)
C (driving)	8. B (five-hour)
D (will you)	9. C (haven’t been found)
D (the next year)	10. B (worried)
C. VERB FORMS.
Give the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete each of the sentences below.(1.0-p)
1.to have been	6. to
2. would be arrested	7. comes
3. has rained/ has been raining	8. will arrive
4. having	9. have.smoked
5. had been stolen	10. being taken
D. READING.
I . Read the following passage and choose the best option marked A, B, C or D for each space.(1.0-p)
1. A	6. A
2. D	7. C
3. A	8. D
4. D	9. C
5. D	10.D
II. Fill in each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word(1.0-p).
festivals/ holidays	6. dress/ wear
at	7. from
wish	8. play
time	9. on
until/till	10. hardly
E. WRITING.
I.- Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that its meaning still stay the same as the sentence printed above it.(1.5-p)
1. In spite of her illness/ the fact that Mrs. Lan was ill/ being ill, Mrs. Lan/she still came to the meeting.
2. She advised me not to spend my weekend in that city the next/ following month.
3. I’d rather you stopped smoking immediately.
4. It was such bad news that Mary burst into tears.
5. He isn’t old enough to drive a car.
6. Do you mind taking care of the children?
7. Martin apologized (to) Angela for damaging her car.
8. You don’t need to/needn’t finish it by Saturday.
9. The last time I saw him was two weeks ago.
10. He is said to be going to leave for Tokyo next week.
II. Complete the following letter using the word given (1.0-p each correct answer is 0,125 point)
	Dear Bob ,
1.Thank you(very much) for the letter which/that I received when I got home last night.
2. I was pleased to hear from you after such a long time.
3. I’d love to go to the ballet with you but I won’t be free until 6.30 pm.
4. How about coming to my flat and having something to eat before we go?
5. I don’t want to take my car because it is difficult to find somewhere to park.
6. Why don’t we go by taxi?
7. Let’s/ Let me hope the dancing will be good as the reviews say.
8. I’m looking /look forward to seeing you tomorrow night.
	Love.
 Tom.