ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG ANH 8 SỐ 1
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ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG ANH 8
SỐ 1
I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage.
(20 points )
Linda is from England, but she (1-live )_________in the United States. She (2-
work)_______for a women’s magazine. She (3-start )_________writing articles many
years ago. She (4-write )__________
many articles. As a journalist, she (5-visit )_________nearly every city in the world.
Recently, she (6-be )
_________to a number of countries in Africa. Now she (7-be )__________on holiday
in Italy. She (8-go )
____________there three days ago. She (9-say )___________she (10-return )
__________to the United States next week.
II. Write the correct form of words in capitals. (10 points )
1, Gases from factories are extremely____________________.
HARM
2, We’ve decided to interview only ten __________________for the job.
APPLY
3, The water is__________________. You can’t drink it .
POLLUTE
4, Boys and girls may behave __________________in this situation.
DIFFER
5, He was the greaĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG ANH 8 SỐ ___________________of the
time . SCIENCE
III, Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meanings stay
the same. (10 points
1, They are painting the living room at the moment.
- The living
room……………………………………………………………………………………
……………
2, John drives more carefully than his brother does.
- John’s brother
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………
3, Learning English is not easy.
- It
is………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………
4, They were such difficult questions that we couldn’t answer all of them .
- The questions were
so………………………………………………………………………………………
…
5, I don’t know her phone number, so I can’t call her.
- If
I…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
IV, Complete the following sentences, using a word or a phrase. (10 points )
1, If you don’t work hard , you ……………………… the exam .
2, Marie Curie , …………………………father was a Polish, was a French physicist.
3, World population will continue to rise………………………we try to reduce it.
4, The girl……………………….in front of the school gate is our new classmate.
5, Even…………………… tired, Mrs Hoa helped me with my homework.
V, Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. (20 points )
1, I haven’t had any news of Hoa…………………………… 2003.
A. in B. before C. on
D. since
2, The house is…………….small for us to live in .
A. very B. too C. such D.
so
3, Do you mind……………………………on your own?
A. live B. to live C. Living
D. lived
4, This is the factory………………………… my father used to work.
A. where B. what C. when
D. which
5, You must leave now……………………………you will be late for school .
A. unless B. if C. because
D. or
6, All of us were………………………………that he was successful in the final exam
.
A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising
D. surprisingly
7, Radium was ……………………………….by Marie Curie.
A. discover B. discovered C. discoverer D.
discovery
8, I don’t think that film is…………………………………….
A. bore B. bored C. boringly
D. boring
9, She was born………………………… June 28
th
, 1976.
A. in B. at C. on
D. of
10, The man …………………you met on Main street yesterday is your new teacher .
A, whom B. which C. who D.
whose
VI, Fill a suitable preposition in each blank to complete the following passage. (20
points )
Mark Twain is a famous America writer. His name was Samuel Langhorn
Clemens and Mark Twain was his pen name. He was born in a small town
(1)_____________the Missouri (2)________the USA. The boy had many friends
(3)____________school and when he became a writer, he described them
(4)____________his stories. Samuel always wanted to be a sailor and (5)_________
the age of twenty he found work (6)____________a river boat. After some time he
left the boat and went to live (7)_____________California. Here he began to write
short stories (8)_________the name(9)__
____________Mark Twain. He sent them (10)___________newspapers. The readers
loved his stories very much.
VII, Read the following passage carefully. Use the suggested words to make
questions, then answer them ( 10 points )
There are about 5,000 living languages in the world today, but only about six of
them are major languages of the world. Two-thirds of the world’s population speak
those languages. More than 350 million people speak English as their first language.
Nobody knows exactly how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is
the only language with more speakers than English. This is because of the huge
population of China. It is true that English is the most widespread language os Earth.
It is the language of business, technology, sports and aviation.
Questions :
1, How many / living languages / there / world / today ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
.2, How many / there / speak / English / first language ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
3, Anyone / know / exact / many people / English / foreign language ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
4, Which / language / have / speaker / English ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
5, Chinese / be / most widespread / language / Earth ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
