ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI SỐ 8

I. a. Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. call B. fall C. shall D. wall
2. A. own B. down C. clown D. town
3. A. feel B. meal C. she'll D. well
4. A. above B. move C. love D. glove
5. A. cow B. go C. know D. throw
b. Choose the word that has the different stress from the others.
1. A. social B. meter C . notice D. begin
2. A. whistle B. table C. someone D. receive
3. A. discuss B. waving C. airport D. often
4. A. sentence B. pointing C. verbal D. attract
5. A. problem B. minute C. suppose D. dinner
II. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. They have been pen pals and ________ at least once every week.
A. speak B. stay C. take D. correspond
2. I can’t read because the ________ of the computer is too dark.
A. screen B. plug C. monitor D . mouse
3. In order to send messages and receive information, each student must have ________
A. access to a computer B. way C. road D. means
4. The computer doesn’t work because you haven’t ________
A. put it in B. plugged it in C. printed it in D. monitored it in
5. All the information found in a library is now ________ in a computer.
A. kept B. put C. stored D. laid
6. Nguyen Du is considered a famous Vietnamese ________
A. poem B. poetry C. poetic D. poet
7. The teacher told the students ________
A. what to do that B. which to do that C. how to do that D. by how to do that
8. How did you get to Hawaii? – We ________ a plane.
A. made B. took C. did D. fly
9. There is nobody in the dining-room. The dining-room is ________
A. full B. empty C. clean D. tidy
10. After the clothes ________, we can wear them to your birthday party.
A. washing B. wash C. washed D. are washed
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. At the end of the concert, the audience gave the young pianist a _______ovation. (stand)
2. The university has _____ the use of dictionaries during language examinations. (author)
3. A dilemma is a situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two,
sometimes unpleasant, ________ (alternate)
4. It is very difficult to find Mrs. Burton’s shop, for it was ___ from all others in the street.
(distinguish)
5. When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the _......... hospitality of the fans.
(compare)
6. The teacher’s criticism has ________ Tom’s interest in learning. (die)
7. The staff’s bad behavior has brought ________ to the whole company. (graceful)
8. Panda is ________ to China only. (nation)
9. Traditional ________ are a good source of fun and entertainment. (celebrate)
10. The public were angry with the Minister’s ________ to tell the truth about the bribery.
(refuse)
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Mr. Brown just (finish) ________ reading the letter when the telephone on his desk
(ring) ________
2. Those students who (fail) _____ the exam are going to take another one held in August.
3. Hurry up or you (be) ________ late for class.
4. Hurry up or our favourite TV programme (be) ________ over long before we (reach)
________ home.
5. I (not have) ________ much time for entertainment these days.
6. Look! A man (run) ________ after the bus. He wants to catch it.
7. We don’t want to (pay) ________ low wages.
8. Two robbers (put) ________ in prison escaped yesterday.
9. It is 2 years since I (last give) ________ presents on Christmas day.
10. Nothing (do) ________ about this problem for months
V. find the mistakes and correct them.
1. The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the
propose
2. John always arrives lately for his chemistry class even though he leaves his house early.
3. The Nelsons asked us to look over their garden while they were away on vacation.
4. After we have finished supper, let’s go to downtown to see a movie.
5. Having not read the book before, he didn’t remember who the author was.
6. These shoes wore in so quickly that I had to buy a new pair after two months.
7. Everyone in the village was concerning about the plan for a new mall.
8. The church where we are going to visit isn’t far from here.
9. If she studied English before, she wouldn’t be in a beginners’ class.
10. The price of crude oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it?
VI. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. Hurry up, there’s ________ time left.
A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
2. For lunch, you may have ________ fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither C. not only D. either
3. The clerk said she was tired ________ hearing complaints day after day.
A. with B. of C. about D. for
4. You and I are busy right now, ________?
A. aren’t I B. aren’t we C. we aren’t D. aren’t you
5. We arrived ________ to have some coffee before class.
A. enough early B. early enough C. too early D. early too
6. “What are you doing?”
“I ________ the flowers. They ________ wonderful!”
A. am smelling/ smell B. smell/ smell
C. am smelling/ are smelling D. smell/ are smelling
7. Do you know ________?
A. who how many people go on Sundays to church
B. who go to church on Sundays how many people
 C. how many people who go on Sundays to church
D. how many people who go to church on Sundays
8. We watch the cat ________ the tree.
A. climbed B. climb C. had climbed D. was climbing
9. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.
A. came B. will come C. would come D. would have come
10. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving
11. “Let’s go dancing, ________?” - “Yes, let’s.”
A. won't we B. don't we C. do we D. shall we
12. I wish I ________ all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew B. know C. had known D. B & C are correct
13. He was ________ he could not wake up.
A. very tired that B. such tired that C. too tired that D. so tired that
14. Joan asked ________
A. if there was coffee B. there was coffee
C. was there coffee D. where was the coffee
15. I ________ my house ________ That is why there is all this mess.
A. had – paint B. have – paint C. am having – painted D. had had - paint
VII. Read the passage and choose the best option for each question.
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the
local
police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted
by the police but
he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he
was told by a
smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him,
the bicycle
was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home
by train. Ted
was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never
expected the bicycle
to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen!
1. What happened to Ted last week?
A. He lost his bicycle. B. He received a letter from his friend.
C. He was asked to go to the local police station. D. He called the local police.
2. The policeman who met Ted at the station was ________
A. impolite B. friendly C. generous D.reserved
3. Where was the bicycle found?
A. At the station B. On the train C. In a village D. In a city
4. Ted was surprised when he heard the news because ________
A. his bicycle was found five days ago.
B. he believed that the police would find his bicycle.
C. his bicycle is being sent to his home by train.
D. he didn't think his bicycle would be found.
5. How old is Ted now?
A. 35 B. 30 C. 20 D. 15.
VIII. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the words given.
Newspaper radio T.V website program
magazines emails information chats news
There are four people in my family. Each of us has a different hobby. My dad likes
reading (1) ________ he can get the latest (2) ________ every morning. However my
mom enjoys watching (3) ________ and reading (4) ________ Mom often spends hours
reading articles about fashion and cooking.
Unlike my mom and dad, my brother only loves exploring (5) ________ about airplanes.
He spends most
of his free time getting (6)________ about the history and development of aircraft. He also
writes (7) ________ or (8) ________ with his friends about his hobby. For me, I am really
interested in listening to
music. I love listening to music on the FM (9) ________ I also like music (10) ________
on T.V on
Sundays. What about you? What is your hobby?
IX. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
1. The children were left behind by their parents.
 Their parents
2. She said that she went to that shop every morning to buy food.
 She said to me: “
3. The blue house is not as big as the green one.
 The green house
4. No one in the club sings better than Hoa.
 Hoa sings
5. This kitchen is different from mine.
 This kitchen is not
6. He phoned in order to talk to her.
 He phoned so
7. They have lived here for ten years.
 They started
8. How long ago did she start dancing?
 How long has
9. She said to him: “I am going to leave here soon”
 She told
10. This house has been built for more than 5 months by skillful workers.
 The skillful workers
X. a. Combine the sentences below, using the words in brackets.
1. Mr. Brown feeds the chicken. He collects their eggs. (not only ... but also)
2. He didn’t say any words and left the house. (without)

3. He had stolen a gold watch. He was sent to prison. (for)

4. She came home early so that she might have plenty of time to cook dinner. (to)