Đề thi thử chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2019-2020

Trường THCS……………………….. Đề thi học sinh giỏi khối 8 Thử năm học 2019-2020 Name: ..................................... Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Class: ................... Thời gian: 120 phút Part I: Phonetics (2 points) A. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others 1. A. watch B. chemistry C. technology D. school 2. A. today B. worker C. about D. pop 3. A. house B. height C. hour D. half 4. A. end B. general C. expensive D. met 5. A. nothing B. other C. birthday D. thanks 6. A. visited B. decorated C. missed D. divided B. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others. 7. A. technology B. illustration C. definition D. electronic 8. A. computer B. different C. capable D. calculate 9. A. number B. software C. manage D. invent 10. A. become B. hardware C. letter D. music Part II: Grammar and Vocabulary: (8 points) A. Choose the best answers 11. Two months ago my brother _______ elected headmaster of his school and he _______ a vacation since then. A. was-hadn’t had B. was-hasn’t had C. had been-didn’t have D. had been-wouldn’t have 12. Yesterday morning my mother __ me a new bicycle as my old one ___stolen. A. bought-was B. bought-had been C. had bought-was D. had bought-had been 13. The lights went _______ in several villages because of the storm. A. by B. out C. up D. off 14. My brother ______ the guitar since he ______ a little boy. A. has started playing/ was B. has been playing/ was C. starts playing/ is D. has been playing/ is 15. What ______ if you ______ there yesterday? A. you will do/ are B. will you do/ are C. would you have done/ were D. would you have done/ had been 16. That’s the house ______. A. which I used to stay B. where I used to stay at C. where I used to stay D. in that I used to staying 17. ______ Mary didn’t like Tom, she agreed to work with him on the project. A. Since B. Although C. Despite D. In spite of 18. He had an _______ for a job with a foreign company two days ago. A. interview B. interviewee C. interviewer D. interviewing DeThi.edu.vn

19. I’m going to meet a woman with _______ I used to study. A. who B. whose C. whom D. that 20. Her uncle lived in Barcelona for several years, _______ he taught Spanish. A. when B. where C. which D. that 21. The teacher decided _______________ the paper. A. accepting B. accept C. to accept D. accepted 22. He found it very difficult ________________ a decision. A. reach B. to reach C. reaching D. reaches 23. Anna is interested in ________________ to opera singing. A. listening B. to listen C. listen D. listened 24. Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask. A. suitable B. good C. right D. important 25. By my _______, we made a profit of £20 000 last year. A. calculate B. calculator C. calculation D. calculated 26. Mary used to ________________ chocolate when she was small. A. eating B. eat C. eaten D. ate 27. He should keep water ________________ A. cleanly B. clean C. clear D. clearly 28. _______, we’ll arrive before dark. A. Hope B. Hopeful C. Hopefully D. Hopefulness 29. He didn't go to school ________________his sickness. A. unless B. because C. because of D. if 30. She said that she would come to see you ________________ A. tomorrow B. the following day C. the previous day D. the day before 31. ________________ on the left in England is difficult for me. A. Drive B. Driven C. Driving D. Drove 32. Keep _______ by eating well and exercising regularly. A. health B. healthful C. healthy D. healthily 33. A lot of fish ____________ live in the polluted sea die every day. A. who B. whom C. which D. they 34. ____________ are you learning English for? - To sing English songs. A. What B. Where C. How D. How much 35. You need to be more _______. A. decide B. decision C. decisiveD. decided 36. Many animals are _______ for their fur or other valuable parts of their bodies. A. killed B. died C. killing D. dying 37. He _______ us about his extraordinary …