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đề chọn học sinh giỏi môn tiếng anh lớp 8
năm học 2011-2012
(Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút)
(Học sinh làm trực tiếp vào tờ giấy thi này)


Họ và tên:...................................................... Trường: THCS............................. SBD: ........









I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently ( 2,0 ps )
1/ A. sun
B. pull
C. fun
D. lunch

2/ A. played
B. loved
C. danced
D. listened

3/ A. take
B. radio
C. say
D. man

4/ A. happy
B. noisy
C. sky
D. hurry

5/ A. marine
B. memorial
C. pyramid
D. statue

6/ A. edge
B. return
C. temple
D. temperature

7/ A. heritage
B. hike
C. honor
D. hundred

8/ A. pens
B. hats
C. books
D. graphs

II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. ( 2,0 ps )
1, She often ( makes , sews , does , has ) dresses herself.
2, Mai ( leave , left , leaves , live ) the book at home.
3, I`ll try my ( better , good , bad , best ) to improve English.
4, " What can I do ( of , to , from , for ) you? ", asked Lan.
5, The boy is getting ( fatly , fat , fatness , fatten )
6, The red bicycle is not so expensive ( so , like , as , more ) the blue one.
7, Billions of cans are thrown ( up , away , in , on ) every year all over the world.
8, Would you mind ( when , if , where , that ) I smoked here?
III. Complete the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. ( 2,0 ps )
1, The life in the countryside makes us relaxed because it`s very ............................. ( peace )
2, Everyone in the neighborhood is ................................. ( please ) with what we have done.
3, My father likes .............................. ( ski )
4, There were two ............................. ( compete ) yesterday: fire-making and rice - cooking.
5, My sister is fond of ................................ ( crowd ) places.
6, I`ll make ................................... ( arrange ) for you to meet him at the airport.
7, Their children have quite ........................................ ( difference ) characters.
8, He helps us out of ........................................... ( kind ).
9, I don`t believe Tom. He`s a terrible ................................... ( lie )
10, TV is one of the most popular means of ............................................. ( entertain ).
IV. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets. ( 2,0 ps )
1, When I ………………..( get ) up this morning everything was lovely, The sun ………………. ( shine ) , the birds ………………….. ( sing ) beautifully.
2, I used to ride a bicycle a lot but I …………….. ( not / have ) a chance 5. ……………( do ) any since I …………………….. ( come ) here.
3, A: ……………You ever………… ( be ) to Cambridge?
B: Yes, I …………..( be ) there last month.
A: How……………… you …………..( get ) there?
B: My brother …………..( take ) me in his car.
V. Read the paragraph carefully, filling each gap with one suitable word. ( 2,0 ps )
Do you like to read books? Perhaps, you do. Travel makes us see new places, and things . Surely, books do, 1- .............. . From book to book , we travel like from country to country. We are always seeing new skies 2- .......... our heads, learning new stories and new facts. Book characters are our 3- ............. friends , 4- .............us about life, their times, their hopes, their sorrows and adventures.
Life is short 5- ........... art is eternal. Throughout history, man created 6- ............ wonderful arts as music, poetry, painting, architecture and so on ; 7- ............... , books are the 8- ......... wonderful. They are the peak of culture, the most wonderful one.

1 ………………….
2 …………………..
3 …………………..
4 …………………...

5 ………………….
6 …………………..
7 …………………..
8 …………………...

VI. Each sentence has one mistake. Find, underline and correct it. ( 2,0 ps )
1, I`m pleased hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation. ……………….…….
2, He is so slow as he never get to class on time. …………………….
3, Many people