Đề thi khảo sát chất lượng các đội tuyển học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Khối 8 - Năm học 2017-2018 - Đề số 802

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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 8 Năm học 2017-2018
ĐỀ SỐ 802
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian 90 phút)
I. Supply the correct form of the verbs. (10 pts)
1. Your daughter (grow)________ a lot since I last saw her.
2. He wishes he (come)________ back to his motherland now.
3. Do you feel like (go)________ to a film or would you rather (stay)________ at home.
4. I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate)________ the sitting room.
5. These books (write)________ (read)________ by everyone. They should be kept there.
6. If I (be)________ the President, I (change)________ a lot of things.
7. Nothing (do)________ since I moved here.
II. Rewrite these sentences. (10 pts)
1. The news was so bad that Mrs. Janet burst into tears. 	" It was.....................................................
2. If he doesn’t work harder, he’ll lose his job. 	" Unless....................................................
3. “Bring your swimming suits in case it’s sunny”. 	" He told me ..........................................
4. When did you last see Tom? 	" How long is it.....................................
5. He is sorry now that he didn’t invited Jane to his party. 	" He wishes............................................
6. Claire and I are music lovers. 	" Either
7. My wife and I have never been to parties together before. 	" Neither....
8. This test is long and difficult.	" This test is not
9. Cuu Long River is not only wide, it’s also deep.	 	" Not only..
10. He’s very ill. He can’t eat anything.	" He’s too
III. Choose the best answers. (10 pts)
1. He made me (do/ to do/ doing/ did)
2. Did you remember (take/ to take/ taking/ took) the camera with you?
3. The soldier (injure/ injured/ to injure/ injuring) in the fight was taken to the hospital.
4. He refused (pay/ to pay/ paying/ paid) for the shirt.
5. The (steal/ to steal/ stealing/ stolen) cars haven’t been found yet.
6. After (spend/ to spend/ spent/ spending) a week in Washington DC they decided to come back.
7. It is starting (rain/ to rain/ rains/ rained).
8. It is very wise (be/ to be/ being/ been) after the event.
9. Having (fail/ to fail/ failing/ failed) twice, he doesn’t want to sit for exam once more.
10. The T-shirt (buy/ to buy /buying /bought) in that shop is beautiful.
IV. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. (5 pts)
1. He threw stones_______ his attackers and trying drive them_______.
2. A man escaped_______ prison two days ago. He is dangerous.
3. The piece of news is delightful_______ us.
4. That book is interesting_______ me
5. What did Mr Brown die_______?
V. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
1. He said good morning in a most (friend)___________ way .
2. My teacher (courage)___________ me to this examination.
3. Recently nutrious foods have increased in (popular)___________. 
4. I said “I’ve lost all my money at the races”, but my friend were (sympathy)___________. 
5. He is a nice chap but even his children sometimes laugh at him (stupid)___________. 
6. They were very (luck) to survive a shipwreck.
7. I love the (peaceful) of summer evenings in the countryside. 	
8. Those cats look (love).
9. Bao is very (social) kind and generous.	
10. Each of my friends has a (differ) character.
VI. Find the word or phrase that is SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined one. (5 pts)
1. When he becomes an adult, he wants to be a pilot.
 	A. looks up	B. picks up	C. grows up	D. turns up
2. Most high school students look up to the star player on the football team.
 	A. envy	B. respect	C. trust	D. pursue
3. You may borrow my car if you will bring it back by five o’clock.
 	A. give	B. send	C. return	D. lend
4. They brought up their children in the country.
 	A. sent to	B. led	C. reared	D. visited
5. Please keep an eye on my suitcase while I get my ticket.
 	A. watch	B. keep on	C. keep off	D. look forward to
VII. Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from others. (5 pts)
A. name
B. natural
C. native
D. nation
A. blood
B. food
C. moon
D. pool
A. comb
B. plumb
C. climb
D. disturb
A. thick
B. though
C. thank
D. think
A. flour
B. hour
C. pour
D. sour
VIII. Choose the most suitable words or phrases to complete the sentences: (10 pts)
1. - Carol: "Let's have a pizza." 	- Cook: "___________."
	A. Not again 	B. It doesn't matter	C. It’s a good idea 	D. Not really
2. Mike: “A motorbike knocked Ted down.” Jane: “_________________.”
 	A. What is it now?	B. Poor Ted!	C. How terrific!	D. What a motorbike!
3. It is important to have someone that you can___________ in.
	A. talk 	B. speak 	C. confide 	D. know
4. I'm very tired now because___________ more than 800 kilometers today.
	A. I'm driving 	B. I've driven	C. I drive 	D. I've been driving
5. Your car is quite old. It's the same as___________.
	A. us 	B. our 	C. ours 	D. we're
6. My father didn't go to college; ___________ did my mother.
	A. none 	B. either 	C. so 	D. neither
7. Each of us must take___________ for our own actions. 
	A. probability	B. ability	C. possibility	D. responsibility 
8. John is___________ only child in his family so his parents love him a lot.
	A. a 	B. an 	C. the 	D. no article
9. According to the boss, John is the most________ for the position of executive secretary.
	A. supportive 	B. caring 	C. suitable 	D. comfortable
10. We are not allowed___________ jeans at school.
	A. wear 	B. to wear 	C. wearing 	D. worn
IX. Choose the one option - A, B, C or D - that best fits each of the numbered blank. (5 pts)
I (1)_______ my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (2)_______ in a remote village (3)_______ the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very disappointed (4)_______ bad living condition and low pay. I was really homesick. However, at that time. with my youth enthusiasm, I tried my best to devote myself to the noblest career, that was "teaching". I loved my poor little students. They were living in (5)_______ but they could not suffer from empty mind. 
1. A. begin	B. began	C. have begun	D. had begun
2. A. teach	B. to teach	C. teaching	D. taught
3. A. which	B. there	C. when	D. where
4. A. in spite of	B. because of	C. because	D. though
5. A. poor	B. poverty	C. debt	D. shortage
Total:../70
_________THE END________