Đề luyện thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Đề số 17

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ĐỀ SỐ 17
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. From each number, pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. looked 	B. watched 	C. carried 	D. stopped
2. A. study 	B. success 	C. surprise 	D. sugar
3. A. unite 	B. underline 	C. university 	D. uniform
4. A. danger 	 B. angry 	C. language 	D. passage
5. A. character 	B. children 	C. teacher 	D. change
II. Choose the word that has the different stress from the others.
1. A. realize 	B. improve 	C. possible 	D. comfortable
2. A. important 	B. especially 	C. prefer 	D. influence
3. A. general 	B. opinion 	C. abroad 	D. surprise
4. A. comfort 	B. nation 	C. apply 	D. moment
5. A. medical 	B. advise 	C. vegetables 	D. physical
III. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each sentence. 
1. Are you interested ________ playing badminton after class?
	A. in	B. with	C. on	D. for
2. " What________ going to Hanoi tomorrow? " 
	A. to	B. in	C. about	D. for
3. Hoa works very________ so she always gets good marks.
	A. badly	B. good	C. hardly	D. hard
4. The building was built ________ 1962 and 1969.
	A. between	B. from	C. since	D. for
5. This school________ in 1997
	A. built	B. is built	C. was built	D. has built
6. Of all my friends, Hoa is________
	A. the tallest	B. the most tallest	C. taller	D. more taller
7. Would you mind if I________ a photo ?
	A. take	 B. took	 C. would take	 D. am going to take
8. Last week I ________ my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got	B. brought	C. fetch D. took
9. Are you proud________ your country and its tradition ?
A. about	B. on	 	C. of	 D. for
10. Do you collect stamps or other things ?	- Yes, I am a stamp________
	A. collecting	 B. collector	C. collect 	 D. collection
11. It is very dangerous ________ in the polluted environment.
A. to live 	B. lives 	C. living 	D. live
12. Our ________ resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature 	B. natural 	C. naturing 	D. naturally
13. His car is the same color ________ my uncle’s.
A. alike	 B. as 	C. like 	D. to
14. This ruler ________ of plastic. 
A. make 	B. made 	C. is making 	D. is made
15. I take part ________ most youth activities of my school.
A. in 	B. of 	C. on 	D. at
IV. Supply the correct forms of the word in parentheses. 
1. Some of the (village) ________________ have lived here all their lives.
2. The room still has many of its (origin) ________________ features.
3. He doesn’t know the (mean) ________________ of the word.
4. They tried their best to avoid (get) ________________ into traffic jams at rush hours.
5. She had her hair (wash) ________________ and styled.
6. It’s only a short trip. We (be) ________________ back in an hour.
7. He spends most of his free time (play) ________________ computer games
8. We produce cheaper goods than our (compete) ________________ do.
9. He has been (separate) ________________ from his wife for a year.
10. His father is a (special) ________________ in Vietnamese history.
V. Fill in the blank ONE suitable preposition to complete the sentences.
1. Could I help you ______________ your bag?
2. Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go ___________ .
3. I’m looking forward ____________ seeing you in June.
4. In the competition, everyone fell ______ the deep and dangerous water.
5. Ha Long Bay is recognized _________ UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
6. They have a meeting ___________ 6.30 and 9.30.
7. My mother often picks me ___________ from the school.
8. I’m going to invite my friends to come over ___________ dinner tonight.
9. Next summer, my family will have a vacation __________ Thailand and stay there ________ one week. 
VI. Supply the correct forms of the word in parentheses. 
1. We have two postal ___________________ a day.
(DELIVER)
2. He left the room without ___________________ . 
(EXPLAIN)
3. Playing tennis is one of his favorite ______________ . 
(ACT)
4. We started our trip on a beautiful ______________ morning. 
(SUN)
5. They left the house in a __________________ mess. 
(FRIGHT)
6. He said “ Good morning” in a most ______________ way.
(FRIEND)
7. There is no easy ______________ to this problem.
(SOLVE)
8. He always drives more ________________ at night.
(CARE)
9. Does this _______________ suit you?
(ARRANGE)
10. He is a very _________________ carpenter. 
(SKILL)
VII. Find the mistakes and correct them. 
Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen
 Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 
1/ ___________
holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 
2/ ___________
in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road 
3/ ___________
through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 
4/ ___________
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we
5/ ___________
could bought food,” said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet
6/ ___________
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.”
7/ ___________
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work,
8/ ___________
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping
9/ ___________
to return next year to do any more work there
10/ __________
 VIII. Read the following passage and fill a suitable word in each blank 
 Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) _________ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) _________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) _________ to fly an aeroplane. A (6) _________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) __________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) _________ . The same is true of (9) ___________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) ____________ first? 
IX. Combine the following sentences.
1. Minh does morning exercises regularly. He wants to be healthy ( so as to )
____________________________________________________________
2. I’m learning English. I want to read book in English. (in order to)
____________________________________________________________
3. She said nothing . She didn’t want to make him angry (so as to)
____________________________________________________________
4.The man was taken to the local hospital. He was injured in the accident. (past participle)
____________________________________________________________
5. The musician is internationally famous. He appeared in the concert last night. (present participle)
____________________________________________________________
X. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. 
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
- It’s _____________________________________________________
2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it. 
- The time machine _________________________________________
3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
- He was delighted that ______________________________________
4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
- People __________________________________________________
5. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.
- I’m very sad not __________________________________________
6. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
- I haven’t ________________________________________________
7. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
- Tam used _______________________________________________
8. “ Please turn down the radio for me”, said my father.
- My father asked __________________________________________
9. Lan will be fifteen next week. 
- It is Lan’s _______________________________________________
10. How long is it since you used the pen?
- When __________________________________________________?
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