PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN - NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022

LỘC HÀ Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 8

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 7 trang, 13 phần)

Part I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1. A. ache B. stomach C. match D. mechanic
2. A. watched B. reduced C. coughed D. naked
3. A. three B. through C. without D. thank
4. A. angle B. face C. page D. angel
5. A. ecosystem B. knowledge C. technology D. commodity
6. A. mow B. low C. show D. cow
7. A. stand B. many C. sandy D. badly
8. A. written B. answer C. sweater D. sword
9. A. laughter B. draught C. naughty D. aunt
10. A. considerate B. individual C. procedure D. education
Part II. Choose the word whose main tress is placed differently from the others in each group
11. A. politics B. literature C. chemistry D. statistics
12. A. experience B. introduce C. determine D. appliance
13. A. literature B. approximately C. museum D. maintain
14. A. locate B. linguistics C.logical D. lecturer
15. A. separate B. notice C. minimize D. consumer
Part III. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
16. We'll leave Ha Noi ________Hue _______ half an hour.
A. in/ for B. for/in C. to/ for D. for/ to
17. The price of Chinese goods is sometimes ____________ cheap.
A. surprised B. surprisingly C. surprising D. surprisedly
18. - Mother: “Could you do me a favor?” - Kate: “______.”
A. No, thanks. I’m fine B. Yes, that’s kind of you
C. Yes, sure D. Yes, thank you
19. The doctor is asking about the _____ of the injured person to know exactly how to cure her.
A. statement B. condition C. health D. injure
20. I do a lot of gardening. It _______ most of my free time.
A. takes up B. uses up C. leaves out D. cut down
21. China has huge ________and onshore oil reserves.
A. seaside B. remote C. outside D. offshore
22. The baby________his food onto the floor and making his mother angry.
A. always throw B. is always throwing
C. has always thrown D. always throws
23. Are you going abroad this summer? Going abroad means_____
A. going overseas B. going on holiday C. going to another country D. A&C
24. I brought back this cowboy hat as a ________of America.
A. gift B. present C. award D. souvenir
25. Miss. Brown________us during last week while our teacher was ill.
A. teaches B. is teaching C. was teaching D. taught
26. I picked up a copy of their summer travel________.
A. paper B. magazine C. book D. brochure
27. While the choir ________Christmas carols, we were making them some cocoa.
A. was singing B. were singing C. sang D. have sung
28. Greg________me that he liked rock music.
A. said to B. told to C. asked D. explained
29. In order to_______ with his studies he worked through the summer.
A. take on B. catch on C. catch up D. take up
30. Galileo said that the earth________round.
 A. is B. were C. has been D. was
Part IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage.
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (31carry out)_______ by scientists (32 work)_______ for large
industrial firms. However, there (33 be)________ still opportunities for other people (34 invent)
_____various things. In Britain, there is a weekly TV program which (35 attempt)____ to show all the devices
which people (36 invent )______ recently. The people (37 organize)____ the program receive information
about 700 inventions per year. New ideas can (38 develop)______ by private inventors. However, it is
important 39 consider)_____ these questions : Will it work? Will it (40 want)_____? Is it new ?
Your answers:
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Part V. Supply the correct form of the word in CAPITAL.

41. He was too ___________ to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake SHAME
42. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant ________ SLEEP
43. I have just bought a replacement for one of my favorites which_________ disappeared MYSTERY
44.___________ many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads. FORTUNE
45. If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very ________ girl. IMAGINE
46. The street is too narrow. It needs ________. WIDE
47. After two _________ attempts, he finally won the scholarship to study in Britain. SUCCESS
48.Don’t worry. The volcano has been _____________ for a long time. ACT
49. I hardly slept last night because of that _____________ bed. COMFORT
50. There are many cultural __________ between his country and mine. DIFFER
Part VI: Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English. Then correct them.
51.Someone was knocking at the door when I was doing the washing up.
A B C D
52.There is a short of water because it hasn’t rained for a long time.
A B C D
53. If he is rich now, he would travel around the world.
A B C D
54.Is it important that the secretary finishes the typing today?
A B C D
55. Preserving natural resources means reserved them for our future.
A B C D
Part VII. Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word.
Christmas is always held ________(56) December the twenty fifth every year. Every family in England
decorates a Christmas tree and puts ________(57) in the middle of the living room. And Santa Claus plays an
important _________(58) in this festival. There is a poem to relate him. In 1823, the patron saint of children,
Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem ________(59) A Visit Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem
_______(60) a fat jolly man who wore a _______ (61) suit and gave children ________ (62) on Christmas Eve.
The poem, which was ________(63) by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular
__________(64) the USA. Santa Claus is based _______(65) the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
Part VIII. Read the passage fill in the blanks with correct answer (A, B, C or D).
SPELLING
Spelling presents a major problem to many students and, indeed, native speakers of English. This is (66)
______ surprising when you consider just how illogical the English spelling (67) ______ is. The spelling of
 such basic words as right, through, once, and who seems to (68) ______ no relation to their (69) ______ .
And how can the words go, sew, and though all rhyme with each other?
There have been attempts in the (70) ______ to reform English spelling. The playwright George Bernard
Shaw was an enthusiastic (71) ______ for a more phonetic approach. In a clever illustration of the absurdity
of English spelling he suggested that the word fish be (72) ______ by the letters “ghoti”: the gh from enough,
the o from women, and the ti from nation. When he died in 1950 he (73) ______ a large part of his estate to
promote spelling reform.
So why do we persist in spelling words the way we do, despite the efforts of reformers like Shaw? One reason
is that we are too (74) ______ with the words as they are currently spelled. It is certain that any change in the
rules would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to enforce . Another is that there is (75) ______ a variety
of regional accents within the English speaking world that it would be unfair to select just one as the standard
model for spelling.
66. A. hardly B. just C. nearly D. strongly
67. A. method B.procedure C. system D. schedule
68. A. hold B. bear C. carry D. keep
69. A. voice B. speech C.pronounciation D. vocation
70. A. history B. years C. ages D. past
71. A. demonstrator B. campaigner C.champion D. candidate
72. A.represented B. describle C. signed D. written
73. A. willed B. divided C. gave D. left
74. A. accustomed B. used C.familiar D. friendly
75. A. such B. quite C. many D.so
Part IX: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions.
It is five o’clock in the evening when Mrs. Jackson comes home from work. She walks into the living
room and looks at her three children. They are 14, 13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living room
is a mess. There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys are every where. Jackson
is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening.
I’m not going to do housework!” Jackson doesn’t do housework. She doesn’t clean or wash dishes. She doesn’t
wash clothes, either. Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.
After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty. All the children’s clothes are dirty.
Every garbage basket is full. The house is a mess.
Then, one day Mrs. Jackson comes home from work and gets a big surprise. The kitchen is clean. The
children clean the kitchen!
The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes. Jackson tells the
children “OK, I’ll do the housework again. But you have to help me.”
Now Jackson and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV!
76. When Jackson came home from work, she found the house ................ .
A. clean and dirty B. dirty and tidy C. clean but untidy D. dirty and untidy
77. Jackson told her children ....................... .
A. to do the housework B. she couldn’t do housework
C. not to do housework D. she wouldn’t do housework
78. Two weeks later, the house was .................. .
A. a mess B. very clean C. tidy D. rather dirty
79. Some days later, the house was clean again because ......................... .
A. her children did housework. B. she couldn’t let it that way
C. her children didn’t do housework. D. she did housework again.
80. Now Jackson does housework again because ...................... .
A. her children don’t do it.. B. they can watch TV together.
C. her children wash their clothes. D. her children help her
Part X. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
81. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
No sooner ………………………………………………..……………………………………...
82. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
 He was delighted that ………………………………………………..…………………………..
83. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
 The time machine .…………………...………………………………………………………..…
84. That’s the strangest film I’ve ever seen.
 I’ve never …..........................................................................................................................……
85. The man was not able to go on an expedition to the Middle East because of his age.
The man was too ................................................................................................................................
86. Thinking of making toys from used paper was his interesting idea.
It’s interesting that ........................................................................................................………….…….
87. He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years now.
It’s .................................................................................................................................………….…….
88. Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice.
 It…………………………………………………………………………………..……………
Part XI: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence using the
word given. Do not change the word given.

89. I don’t intend to tell you my plans. (intention)

I................................................................................................................................................you my plans.
90. Tom looks nothing like his father (take)
Tom....................................................................................................................................................at all.
91.There no way we can agree to this solution. (question)
This solution....................................................................................................as far as we are concerned.
92. I didn’t have enough time to visit the town properly. (too)
The time .......................................................................................................................the town properly.
93. The room is completely empty. (left)
There’s ............................................................................................................................................the room.
94. My mother dislikes preparing the meals. (passionate)
My mother................................................................................................................................. the meals.
95.It was easy for us to get tickets for the concert . (no)
We ....................................................................................................................................for the concert.

Part XII. Make sentences with the given words.

96. Thank you / much / flowers / you send / while / I / be/ hospital.
........................................................................................................................................................................
97. I / play table tennis / Nam/ when / my friends / come.
........................................................................................................................................................................
98. We ought / use/ cloth bags / instead / reuse/ plastic bags.
........................................................................................................................................................................
99. I / used/ look after/ younger/ sister/ when/ parents/ at / work.
........................................................................................................................................................................
100. It / brave / him / jump / river / save/ child
........................................................................................................................................................................
Part XIII: Write a paragraph about 120-150 words on the following topic.
“ What should you do to make your school become cleaner and more beautiful ?”
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....