Đề thi luyện nâng cao Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2020-2021

ĐỀ THI LUYỆN NÂNG CAO 
MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút. 
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ĐT8 2020-2021
A. Vocabulary
I. Circle the best answer A, B, C, or D
1. To jog means to................................
A. work hard 	B. run fast	C. run slowly	 D. work carefully
2. To quit means to................................
A. give up	B. start	C. begin	 D. sleep
3. To reduce means to....................
A. increase	B decrease	C. destroy	 D. rise
4. To assist means to............................
A. hire	B. like	C. hate	 D. help
5. I am looking forward to you some day .
 	 A. seeing 	 B. saw 	C. see 	 D. sees
6. The opposite of failure is...................
	A. success	B. difficulty	C. pride	 D. harm
7. The opposite of enemy is...................
	A. army	B. friend	C. dog	 D. cat
8. The opposite of agree is...................
	A. fly	B. dream	C. refuse	 D. grow
9. What is she doing? 
 	A. Nothing	B. Doing	C. Feeding	 D. Sweeping
10. Ba is sociable but his brother is quite ..
	A. outgoing	B. shy	C. generous	 D. kind
II. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with the capital words at the beginning at sentences.
11. All between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog -FLY 
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12. There is plenty of for young people in this city.	ENTERTAIN 
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13. It’s to complain; you won’t get your money back. USE 
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14. During his .. the family used to live in the country side. CHILD 
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15. He is such (a/an ) .person that no one likes him. HELP 
	B. Grammar and Structure
I. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank 
16. My friend .............. the answer to the question now.
 A. is known	 B. know	 	C. is knowing 	D. knows
17. I think I’ll buy this pair of shoes. They................ me really well.
 A. fit	 B. are fitting	C. have fit	D. are fitted
18. I’ll tell my uncle all the news when I ............... him.
 A. will see	 	 B. am going to see	C. see	D. shall see
19. I’ve got my key. I found it when I ................. for something else.
 A. looked	 B. have looked	C. looking	D. was looking
20. “All these photographs ................... with a very cheap camera,” he said.
 A. have taken	 B. take	C. were taken D. were taking
21. I wondered ................... the tickets were on sale yet.
 A. what	 B. whether	 C. when	D. where
22. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please .............. the table?
 A. lay	 B. put	C. make	D. take
23. Our neighbors are very ...................... on camping holidays.
 A. interested	 B. fond	 C. eager	D. keen
24. There are some one following us. I think we .........................................in this area.
 A. are following	 	B. are followed 
 C. follow	D. are being followed
25. Walt Disney ....................... the character of Mickey Mouse
 A. was created	 B. is created	 C. creates	D. created . 
26. Would you like to go to the cinema? –No, thanks. I’d stay at home.
A. better	B. like	C. rather	D. prefer
27. Did they ask you what examinations you’ve ..?
A. succeeded	B. passed	 C. overcome	 D. obtained
28. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is any other lake in the world.
A. larger than	B. largest	C. the largest	D. the larger than
29. Most people prefer ..money to .it.
 A. spend- earn	B. spending- earn	C. to spend – earning	D. spending- earning
30. Our teacher made us .harder.
	A. working	B. to work	C. work	D. works
31. The plane will ..in a few minutes.
	A. take off	B. land	C. group	D. both A&B
32.The teacher told the student 
	A. what to do that	B. how to do that	C. which to do that D. by how to do that
33. He is used to .in public.
	A. the speaking	B. be speaking	C. speak	D. speaking
34. Do you think I should practice ..English every day?- Yes, if you want to improve it.
	A. on listening	B. to listen	C. listened	D. listening
35. I am not old enough . the car.
	A. driving	B. drive	C. drove	D. to drive
II. Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting
36. Peter, I’d would like you to meet some very special people
	A	 B	C	D
37. It is greatly to be with you on such a lovely day
	A	B	C	D
38. Would you mind to go to the local bookshop to get me some papers?
 	A	 B	 C	D
39. I think I prefer country life more than city life 
	A	 B	C	D
40. Thanks for invite me to the water - fetching contest of your school
	A	B	C	D
III. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the passive form
Wiki Website
“Wiki” means “quick” in Hawaian. The word is used to describe websites that ..(41. write) by people who use the site. Anyone who visits a wiki website can add or change the information on the page. The first wiki website ..(42. create) by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Since then, wiki guidebooks , wiki dictionaries and wiki encyclopedias .(43. publish) on the Internet. The most popular online encyclopedia is “wikipedia” . Over 22 million entries .(44. add) since it started, and it is now the most detailed encyclopedia in the world. According to the create or of Wikipedia, the work (45. do) by 20. 000 people who regularly edit the pages. The amazing thing is that the information is completely free.
C. Speaking
I. Matching the question in column A with the suitable answer in column B
A
B
46. What do you think this machine is for?
47. Would you mind if I opened the door?
48. Would you like to go through the departure lounge?
49. What does the countryside look like?
50. What does he look like?
A. Yes, sir
B. Tall, thin, short curly hair
C. I have no idea.
D. Too quiet.
E. Please go ahead
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: 
51.	A. worked	B. naked	C. looked	D. attacked 
52.	A. engineer	B. excited	C. experiment	D. exhibition
53. 	A. teammate	B. speaker	C. bean	D. overhead
54. 	A. furious	B. purpose	C. surf	D. turn
55. 	A. deny	B. deposit	C. benefit	D. respond
D. Reading
I. Fill in the blanks with suitable word 
celebration, custom, gather, gifts, midnight, particularly, symbolize, ring, bring, display
In Scotland, the biggest ..(56) of the year is “Hogmanay”. “Hogmanay” is the Scottish word for New Year’s Eve. On 31st December in Edinburgh, there is an enormous firework (57) at the castle and they play live music in the park. Thousands of people .(58) in the streets , coffees and bars. Then at 12 o’clock, church bells .(59) all over the city. After midnight people go “first footing” . This is a Scottish ..(60) that dates back hundreds of years. “First footing” is visiting your neighbours after ..(61) on New Year’s Eve. The visitors must step into the house with their right foot step first, to ..(62) good luck. Traditionally, the visitors bring three .(63) : a piece of coal, a piece of “short bread” ( a Scottish biscuit) and a little whisky. The gifts .(64) warmth, food and happiness. If the first person who visits your home after midnight is a man with dark hair, that is .(65) lucky.
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket.
	For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (66) . flying is no more dangerous (67) any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (68) .. taking off and landing when (69) decisions are vitally important.
	The people (70) job it is to look (71) .. the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (72) .. safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (73) such care of is all part of the total experience. (74) other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (75) . with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
66.	A. although	B. too	C. and	D. because
67.	A. than	B. as	C. then	D. with
68.	A. while	B. during	C. for	D. through
69.	A. leader’s	B. chief’s	C. driver’s	D. pilot’s
70.	A. whose	B. which	C. their	D. that
71.	A. for	B. up	C. after	D. round
72.	A. feel	B. rest	C. experience	D. lie
73.	A. given	B. kept	C. shown	D. taken
74.	A. Any	B. No	C. All	D. Not
75.	A. sort	B. kind	C. way	D. part 
E. Writing
I. Use the words given to make meaningful sentences.
76. Early this morning/ children/ decide/ go/ a run.
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77. Life/ country / definitely / changing / the better.
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78. The date / meeting/ will/ have to/ change/ tomorrow.
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79. Tom / have / shower / telephone / rang.
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80. Last year / we /spend / week / My Son / and / I not want / leave.
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81. Watching / television / consider / most / popular / kind / entertainment / nowadays.
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82. After /many / experiments / finally / first / successful /flight/ make / by / Wright brothers.
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83. My grandfather / used / tell / stories / until / we / fall / asleep.
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84. I / used / collect / shells / when / be / kid.
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85. My uncle / move / Ho Chi Minh City/ 1987/ and / live / there / then.
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II. Rewrite the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first
86. Tom works hard as a student 
àTom 
87. It is good exercise to run a mile a day 
à Running 
88. It’s a great pleasure to be with you. 
à Being .
89. We didn’t see her at all. 
à She 
91. Her father asked her if she would go to the cinema with her friend
à Her father asked her: “ ”
92. The step- mother doesn’t treat the little girl in a normal way. 
à The little girl ..
93. Do you mind my smoking? 
à Do you mind ..
95. He told his customer : “ Please bring it back if it doesn’t fit well”
à He told 
97. Peter spent 3 hours on repairing his computer.
 à It took 
98. You will not be accepted if you don’t finish your home work.
 à Unless 
99. “Don’t swim out too far, boys ’’ I said
 à I warned 
100. They arrived late because the traffic was terrible.
 à Because of .