PHÒNG GD & ĐT ……………. ĐỀ THI HSG LỚP 8
NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
5. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change
II/ Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions
6. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class?
A. in B. with C. on D. for
7. " What.........going to Hanoi tomorrow? "
A. to B. in C. about D. for
8. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard
9. The building was built .........1962 and 1969.
A. between B. from C. since D. for
10. This school..........in 1997
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
11. Of all my friends, Hoa is.............
A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller
12. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take
13. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
14. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
15. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp………….
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
16. It is very dangerous ………….. in the polluted environment.
A. to live B. lives C. living D. live
17. Our ………….. resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally
18. His car is the same color …………. my uncle’s.
A. alike B. as C. like D. to
19. This ruler …………….. of plastic.
A. make B. made C. is making D. is made
20. I take part ………….. most youth activities of my school.
A. in B. of C. on D. at
III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition.
21. She isn’t here ________________ the moment.
22. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather.
23. What do you often do ________________ weekends.
24. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month.
25. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital.
26. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor.
27. You’re better ask __________ the information desk.
28. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father
29. “ Hamlet” is ____________ Shakespeare.
30. Jane fell _________ her bike and hit head on the road
IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column.
31. Their children have quite _____________ characters. DIFFERENCE
32. What is the correct ______________of this word? PRONOUNCE
33. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more _________ COMFORT
34. She is one of the greatest ______________ to appear in this theater. PERFORM
35. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very __________ there in the fall WIND
36. It is _______________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH
37. During his _____________ the family lived in Cornwall CHILD
38. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS
39. Every day, there are two _________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY
40. ______________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN
V. Give the correct form of the