KEY - ĐỀ THI NÂNG CAO ANH 8 – BÀI 3

NĂM HỌC 2022- 2023

Thời gian làm bài 60 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

SECTION 1: LISTENING
I. You will hear a radio programme about historic places to visit. For each question, filling the
missing information in the numbered places.
HISTORIC PLACES TO VISIT
Black Rock Caves
- Over 2 million years old.
- For half a million years, people and animals, especially (1) ______________ lived here.
- Special evening tours during the month of (2)______________.
Salter House
- Built in the year (3) ______________.
- Made famous by the television series called Aunt Dorothy.
- All visitors want to see dorothy's (4) ______________.
The Old Port
- Have a ride on an old tram to the (5) ______________ village.
- In the factory, find out how people used to make sweets.

1. tigers 2. August 3. 1765 4. kitchen 5. fishing

II. Listen to Dawn and Will talking about their plans for next week and mark the statements as
true (T) or false (F).
T F
1. Sandra Bullock is Dawn’s favourite actress.
2. Dawn and Will are going to a party on Friday.
3. Will has to study on Saturday afternoon
4. Dawn is going out with Chris on Saturday night.
5. They are meeting for lunch on Sunday.
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T
SECTION 2: PHONETICS
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the
space provided.
1. A. invention B. prevention C. aquation D. pollution
2. A. ragged (adj) B. changed C. rugged (adj) D. wicked (adj)
IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group. Write your
answers in the space provided.
1. A. tsunami B. spacecraft C. tornado D. museum
2. A. conservatively B. approximately C. considerable D. environmental
SECTION 3: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
V. Choose the word, phrase or sentence (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
1. I’d rather you__________ to the English- speaking club with me this Sunday.
A. came B. to come C. come D. coming
2. I find it hard to understand that foreigner because of his__________.
A. voice B. sound C. accent D. volume

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3. You should wear__________ when you go to concerts or other loud events to reduce the effect of
noise pollution.
A. earphones B. earrings C. ear drops D. earplugs
4. Man has spent years and years trying__________ weather patterns but it is still an inexact science.
A. predicting B. to predict C. to predicting D. to have predicted
5. His sister suggested that__________ jeans and T-shirt when he went for the interview.
A. him not wear B. he didn’t wear C. he mustn’t wear D. he not wear
6. Mary was so late that I__________ had time to catch the train.
A. nearly B. almost C. hardly D. simply
7. My grandparents have just had their house__________ though it was only built 3 years ago.
A. rebuilt B. to rebuild C. rebuild D. rebuilding
8. Mr. John, to__________ many of his students are writing, is living happily and peaceful in Canada.
A. whom B. whose C. that D. who
9. Compost is a wonderful__________. It is made from household and garden waste by farmers.
A. nature fertilizer B. natural fertilizer
C. natural fertilizers D. nature fertilizers
10. I think they failed to reach the top,__________?
A. did they B. don’t I C. do I D. didn’t they
VI. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting and correct it
1. If a student takes a course on Computer science, it will take him four years doing the course.
A B C D- to do
2. They allow us visiting the laboratory under their supervision in 30 minutes next Friday morning.
A - to visit B C D
VII. Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in italic.
1. Pablo Picasso was a very ____________ artist CREATE
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2.It s ____________ of motorists to drink and drive.
RESPONSIBILITY
1. creative 2. irresponsible
VIII. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verbs in bracket.
1. It’s essential that he ( arrive) ____________ before seven.
2. If you bet on that horse, you risk ( lose)____________ every penny you’ve got.
1. arrive/should arrive 2. losing
SECTION 4: READING
IX. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks:
national island several people famous
Australia is the 6th biggest country in the world. It’s also the world largest (1)…………. Even
though the country is so big, it only has about 23 million (2)…….. Nearly 90% of Australians live in
big cities or towns. Australia is (3)……. for its wildlife. The most famous animal is probably the
kangaroo. This animal is considered Australia’s (4)……… symbol. There are (5)…….. spices of
kangaroos. The red ones are the biggest ones and they are found in the middle of the country.
1. island 2. people 3. famous 4. national 5. several
X. Read the following passage to do the tasks below:

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 English is the most popular language in the world. As well as countries that are home to
English native speakers, many others are making a frequent use of this international language.
Singapore is one of them. Singapore emerged as a new country in 1965. It was then decided by the
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew that English would become Singapore’s official language. The first
reason was that Lee Kuan Yew believed that speaking the same language would be the foundation for
a united nation. The second one was that, without English, Singapore could hardly attract foreign
investors or business clients. Therefore, removing the language barrier would greatly help Singapore
rise fast.
A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D
1. How many reasons for using English as an official language in Singapore are mentioned in this
passage?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
2. Who is Lee Kuan Yew?
A. a city B. a language C. a Prime Minister D. a nation
B. Answer the following questions:
1 . How popular is English?
- English/ It is the most popular language in the world.
2. When did Singapore become a new country?
- (Singapore/ It became a new country) in 1965.
3. How could English help Singapore, according to Lee Kuan Yew?
- It could help Singapore rise fast.
SECTION 5: WRITING
XI. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
before it.
1. Vinfast group will produce many cars in Viet Nam next year.
→ Many cars …………………………….………………………………………………..…………
- Many cars will be produced in Viet Nam by Vinfast group next year.
2. Tom said “My family will have lunch outside in the garden if it’s not cold tonight.”
→ Tom said……………………………………………………………..……………………………
- Tom said (that) his family would have lunch outside in the garden if it was not cold that night.
3. People don’t care much about the environment, so they keep making it worse.
→ If people ………………………….……………………………..…………………………………
- If people cared much about the environment, they would not/ wouldn’t keep making it worse./
If people cared much about the environment, they would stop keep making it worse.
4. Even though the traffic was heavy, I got the meeting on time.
→ Despite………………………………………………………….………………………………….

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Despite the bad traffic , I got the meeting on time.
Despite the fact that the traffic was heavy, I got the meeting on time.
5. We did not know about her address until he phoned us.
→ Not until…………….……………………………………………………………………………..
Not until he phoned us did we know about her address..
XII. Complete the second sentence, using the word given in bold. Do not change the word given.
1. We must have your answer tonight at the latest. (insist)
→ We……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….. at the latest.
- We insist on having your answer tonight at the latest.
2. David has good relationship with most of his colleagues. (gets)
→ David……………………………………………………………………………..…………………… his colleagues.
- David gets on well / get along with most of his colleagues.
-- David is on good terms with most of his colleagues.
3. Driving on the left is strange and difficult for Americans.
→ Americans aren’t………………………………………………………………………….. on the left. (used)
- Americans aren’t used to driving on the left.
4. Do you think that you may borrow this precious astronomy book from the library in 2 weeks?
(allowed)
→ Do you think that………………………………………………………………….. from the library in 2 weeks?
- Do you think that you are allowed to borrow this precious astronomy book from the library in 2
weeks?
5. You can try to get him to lend you his car, but you won’t succeed. (point)
→ There’s no …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. his car.
- There’s no point in trying to get him to lend you his car.
- It is no use/ good trying to get him to lend you his car.
- It’s not worth trying to get him to lend you his car. ( vô ích khi làm gì….)

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