Đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Đề số 9 - Năm học 2020-2021 - Trường THCS Liên Sơn

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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI THCS 2020-2021
ĐỀ SỐ 009
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian 90 phút)
Họ và tên thí sinh: . SBD: 
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words in each group. 
01. A. bans	B. kites	C. coughs	D. develops
02. A. come	B. long	C. brother 	D. other
03. A. came	B. labor	C. crazy 	D. apple
04. A. leather	B. feather	C. breathe 	D. spread
05. A. cut	B. muddy	C. pollute 	D. shut
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
06. She prefers playing football to going to museum.
A. a	B. an	C. the	D. 0 (no article)
07. In the U.S, children can choose their own partners even if their parents object their choice.
	A. to	B. for	C. against 	D. with 
08. Jane is beautiful and intelligent; she’s very kind.
A. moreover 	B. however	 C. for all that 	D. on the other hand
09. He made very mistakes.
A. much	B. many	C. little	D. a number of
10. She doesn’t believe you, ? 
	A. doesn’t she 	B. does she	C. is she 	D. isn’t she
11. As soon as I walked in, I noticed that was missing.
A. anyone	B. nowhere	C. anybody	D. something
12. A boat is than a plane.
A. slower 	B. slowest 	C. more slow 	D. more slower
13. Hamlet, was written by Shakespeare in 1600, is considered to be his greatest work.
	A. which	B. that	C. whose	D. who
14. she spoke slowly, I couldn’t understand her.
 	A. Since	B. Although	C. If	D. As
15. The flight had to be delayed the bad weather.
	A. because	B. due to	C. because of	 	D. B and C 
16. She English when she was six years old.
	A. learned	B. has learned	C. is learning	D. had learned
17. already left by the time I arrived.
	A. He is 	B. He has 	C. He was 	D. He'd
18. I felt frightened. It was experience.
	 A. frightening 	B. a frightening 	C. the frightening 	D. one frightening
19. He on his history studies all yesterday morning.
	A. used to work 	B. had worked 	C. was working 	D. has worked
20. I've got no money. Can you me five pound?
	A. lend 	B. borrow 	C. rent 	D. do
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in parentheses.
21. Lan was praised for her good (behave) in class. 	 
22. She (proud) showed her parents her report card. 	 
23. I’m doing a lot of (revise) for tomorrow’s history examination. 	 
24. The teacher praised him for his active (participate) in every class discussion.	 
25. Do you understand the English saying: “(absent) makes the heart grow fonder?” 	 
26. His	 (proud) was hurt when he lost the game. 	 
27. This document needs the (sign) of yours and your wife. 	 
28. Unfortunately, there was no (improve) in his work at school. 	 
29. Nam has been always an active	(participate) in class discussions. 	 
30. Success in sports is a source of national (proud).	 
IV. Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition.
31. It’s very kind .. you to say no.	32. In this respect, French differs .. English.
33. Don’t you care .. your country’s future?	
34. Please fill .. this form.
35. She enjoys participating .. raising funds for the poor. 
36. Could you help me .. the clean-up?
37. Are you going to take part .. this contest? 
38. This restaurant is famous .. its Chinese dishes.
39. I’m enrolling .. the activities for this summer.
40. They collect and empty garbage at Dong Xuan Market .. January 9.
V. Find a suitable word to complete the following passage. 
 	Mark twain is a famous American writer. His (41)_________ was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and “ Mark Twain” was (42)_________ pen-name. Samuel Clemens was born in a small town (43)_________ the Mississippi river in the USA. The boy (44)_________ many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories. (45)_________ Samuel was twelve, his after father died and the boy began to work and learned the (46)_________ of a printer. Samuel always (47)_________ to be a sailor and when he was he was twenty he found work on a river boat. After some time he (48)_________ the boat and went to live in California. Here he began to write short (49)_________ under the name of Mark Twain. He sent (50)_________ to newspaper. The reader liked his stories very much. 
VI. Read the following text and then do the task below. CAMPFIRE SAFETY
 	Sitting around a burning campfire is a fun way to relax after a day of hiking. Unluckily, many campers don’t know how to keep their fires safe. Forests are easy to catch fire but it is extremely difficult to stop a forest fire. Each year, forest fires burn plants, kill animals, destroy environment and put the lives of people in danger. It is important that when you have a fire, you should make it a safe fire.
These are some guidelines to remember:
 1. Choose a safe place for your fire. Move all things easy to catch fire at least 1 meter away from your campfire.
 2. When the campfire is burning, someone of your group should watch it to make sure the fire does not spread.
 3. Have a shovel ready in case you need to put the fire out.
 4. When you don’t want to use the fire anymore, pour water on the fire until it is completely 
 Now write T for right sentence or F for the wrong sentence:
51. Many campers do not know how to keep their campfires safe and they cannot cook their meal
52. When a forest burn, It will burn plants, kill animals, destroy environment and put people in danger.
53. When the campfire is burning, someone should take care of it to stop the fire to spread in time. 
54. When do not want to use the fire any more, we should cover it with green leaves.
55. We should know how to keep our campfires safe because Forests are easy to catch fire.
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that remain the meaning of the original one. 
56. Wendy is a careful writer.	
→ Wendy always ...
57. Mrs. Simpson is a very slow walker.	
→ Mrs. Simpson usually 
58. I was a very bad dancer years ago.	
→ I used to .
59. The children’s games are nice today.	
→ The children are playing ..
60. The music the band played was very noisy.	
→ The band 
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