Đề khảo sát học sinh giỏi cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Nâng cao) tỉnh Quảng Nam - Năm học 2019-2020

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Đề Khảo Sát HSG cấp huyện Anh 8 Nâng Cao 2019 – 2020 Tỉnh Quảng Nam

I. PHONETICS a. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D 1 A. mind B. inspire C. exist D. provide 2 A. applicant B. attraction C. language D. aviation 3. A. medium B. inventor C. president D. lecturer b. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D 4 A. abroad B. noisy C. hundred D. quiet 5 A. variety B. irrational C. industrial D. characterize

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. 6. The novel "Tom Sawyer", _____was written by Mark Twain, is my all time favourite. A. that B. which C. what D. who 7. It was when I ________my last job, I felt very unhappy.

A. came B. lost C. gamed D. succeeded 8. is a person who is concerned with the protection of the environment. A. Environmentalist B. Specialist C. Communist D. Psychologist 9. The ________to go to work to help Mum with some money impulses me to apply for that job.

A. tiredness B. happiness C. keeness D. sadness 10.Soil____is a major problem which has endangered the development of agriculture. A. flight B. eruption C. explosion D. erosion 11.She always listens_____ to what she is told.

A. attention B. attentive C. attentiveness D. attentively 12.The general________we received of the house was that it was nicely decorated.

A. impress B. impressive C. impression D. impressing 13.I’ll call you back in ________hour.

A. a B. an C. the D. no article 14.I come______an ancient city, sometimes referred___ as the Athens of the North.

A. from! to B. on/ as C. up/ to D. over/ to 15.The house is _______fire. Please call_____ help!

A. at/ to B. for/ at C. on! for D. up/ for 16.We had someone paint our house. Means ________

A. We had our house to paint B. We had our house painted C. Our house had been painted D. Our house has been painted by us 17.Some Western people _____tea _____coffee.

A. prefer/ to drink B. would rather / than C. like/ better D. prefer ! to

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18.I ____________go to school early when I was a schoolboy.

A. am used to B. was used to C. was accustomed to D. used to 19.This is Mr. Pike_______car was stolen this morning.

A. who B. whom C. whose D. which 20.It was the most interesting novel_____ we have ever read.

A. who B. whose C. when D. that 21.Tom said everything _____ready when the match_____

A. will be/ starts B. would be/ started C. is / started D. will be/ started 22.Don’t worry! tomorrow, we_____ the work.

A. has completed B. had completed C. will complete D. would complete 23.The new English teacher seems very pleasant:

“Yes. He’s ________________person.

A. a such nice B. a so nice C. such a nice D. such nice 24. He is _____ good _____ I’m going to give him a raise and promotion.

A. so/that B. much/that C. such/that D. definitely/that 25. Many people ________out of work unless that factory __________down.

A. would be/closed B. wouldn’t be/didn’t close C. would be/didn’t close D. wouldn’t be/closed

III. READING a. Read the text carefully and then chooses the correct answers

Noah Webster made a great impact on American English. He was born in Connecticut in 1758 and graduated from Yale University in 1778. During the American Revolution, Webster joined the army to fight against the British. The end of the war brought independence. However, the political independence didn’t satisfy Webster. He wanted the US to be intellectually independent from Britain as well. In 1783, Webster published a spelling book, which would become popular with generations of schools children. A couple of years later, he published his dictionary. The Webster’s dictionary has been used up to now.

In his dictionary, Webster made changes in the way English was used in the US. He suggested new ways of pronouncing words and added new words that did not belong to British English. …