Đề thi khảo sát chất lượng các đội tuyển học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Khối 8 - Năm học 2017-2018 - Đề số 805

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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 8 Năm học: 2017-2018
ĐỀ SỐ 805
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian 90 phút)
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (5 points)
1. 	A. says	B. plays	C. rays	D. stays
2. 	A. appeared	B. formed	C. imagined	D. vanished
3. 	A. exchange	B. champagne	C. teacher	D. children
4. 	A. sensitive	B. benefit	C. pretty	D. remedy
5. 	A. oranges	B. figures	C. classes	D. watches
II. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern. (5 points)
1. 	A. appliance	B. activity	C. adventure	D. average
2. 	A. chemical	B. effective	C. expensive	D. biology
3. 	A. primary	B. satisfy	C. variety 	D. remedy
4. 	A. compulsory	B. population	C. occasionally	D. immediate
5. 	A. favorite	B. government	C. influence	D. identify
III. Choose one word that does not belong in each list. (5 points)
1. 	A. destroy	B. damage	C. ruin	D. survive
2. 	A. been	B. wrote	C. took	D. sank
3. 	A. planet	B. star 	C. coast	D. moon
4. 	A. television	B. newspaper	C. forum	D. internet
5. 	A. blouse	B. shirt	C. shoe	D. sweater
IV. Choose the best answer to complete sentences. (25 points)
1. To put off means_______.	 
	A. destroy	B. postpone	C. cancel	D. wait
2. The Browns had to use all their_______ to buy their new house.
	A. expenses	B. savings	C. reserves	D. remains
3. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a_______.
	A. tip	B. fee	C. fare	D. commission
4. Your brother is very tall. What is his exact_______?
	A. size	B. length	C. measure	D. height
5. Another word for fortune is_______.
	A. rich	B. lucky	C. foreign	D. good
6. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good_______ for her to improve her English.
	A. opportunity	B. possibility	C. advantage	D. experience
7. Please_______ your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question.
	A. rise	B. push	C. raise	D. lift
8. All his children speak_______ English.
	A. flowing	B. fluent	C. easy	D. well
9. If a bomb goes off, it_______.
	A. explodes	B. fails	C. strikes	D. misses its object
10. We went to the airport to_______ off a friend who was leaving for London.
	A. tell	B. say	C. join	D. see
11. My sister is very _______ of spiders.
	A. terror	B. terrify	C. terrified	D. terrifying
12. The chameleon is a very strange_______.
	A. creation 	B. creator	C. creature	D. creative
13. I like this essay because it’s very_______.
	A. imaginative	B. imaginary	C. imaginable	D. imagination
14. Tam has a big_______ of foreign coins.
	A. collector	B. collection	C. collecting	D. collective
15. If we don’t _______ on electricity, there will be power cut.
	A. economic	B. economics	C. economical	D. economize
16. He is a person_______ friends trust him.
	A. whom	B. his	C. whose	D. who’s
17. I’ve always enjoyed traveling. My brother, _______ , prefer to stay at home.
	A. but	B. although	C. however	D. moreover
18. I’ll give you a lift to the station if_______ in a hurry.
	A. you’re	B. you were	C. you’ll be	D. you’d be
19. I wish you_______ to leave now. Can’t you stay a bit longer?
	A. don’t have	B. didn’t have	C. won’t have	D. hadn’t 
20. _______ to have lunch at 12 o’clock every day?
	A. Did you used	B. Did you use	C. Are you used	D. Were you used
21. If she worked more slowly, she_______ so many mistakes.
	A. wouldn’t make	B. won’t make	C. didn’t make	D. doesn’t make
22. He never let you cook the meals, _______?
	A. didn’t he	B. doesn’t he	C. did he	D. was he
23. Stop now, you’ve done_______ work for one day.
	A. too many	B. plenty	C. quite more	D. quite enough
24. Whenever we meet, we stop_______.
	A. talk 	B. talking	C. to talk	D. talked
25. Give her a telephone to ring_______ she gets lost.
	A. whether	B. unless	C. until	D. in case
V. Find and correct mistakes in the following sentences. (10 points)
1. If he would speak more slowly, I could understand him.	
2. Kangaroos, that can be seen everywhere in Australia, have long tails.	
3. After living in London for two months, my brother got used to drive on the left.	
4. Linh wishes that she is given a teddy bear at Christmas.	
5. Hoang has felt much better when he took the pill.	
6. I suggested that you writing to them to accept their offer.	
7. They asked me where was I going to spend my vocation that summer.	
8. Even though being ill, Phong still went to school last Monday.	
9. My brother enjoys to read detective stories in his free time.	
10. Your brother hardly goes to work by bus, doesn’t he?	
VI. Complete the passage with words in parentheses. (10 points)
 At six o’clock yesterday evening, the River Thames burst its (1. shops/ banks/ hotels) and flood a wide area. By nine o’clock the floods had reached the whole of Dorchester. The main street was soon (2. over/ under/ through) three feet of water. Fire engines arrived quickly to pump the water, but the heavy rain made their job very (3. easy/ difficult/ quick). 
 Mrs. Rose Willow, a (4. girl/ man/ lady) nearly 80 years old, and living alone in her cottage, was trapped upstairs (5. for/ during/ while) three hours. Finally, firemen were able to rescue her with ladder and a small (6. boat/ ship/ car).” My cat, Tibbles, stayed with me all the time,” said Mrs. Willow. “She (7. worried/ bored/ helped ) me a lot. She sat with me, so I didn’t feel afraid.” 
 The rain has finally stopped, the river level is falling and the weather forecast is good, (8. but/ so/ therefore) the floods have done a great deal of damage. “Luckily, nobody was (9. burnt/ cut/ drowned) or injured, “ Chief Fire Office Hawkins (10. asked/ told/ said ) reporters, “but it will take a long time to clear up the mess“.
VII. Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 points)
1. Waste paper can be (use) after being recycling. 	
2. It’s (danger) to cross the avenue. 
3. Compost is a wonderful (fertilize). It helps plants grow. 
4. Air is a (mix) of gases. 
5. These products are (environment) friendly. 
TOTAL:./60
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