đề khảo sát hsg tiếng anh 8 –năm học 2009-2010
Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút


I.Choose the word that has the underline past pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. whole B. when C. where D. while
2. A. notice B. socket C. enroll D. mobile.
3. A. engineer B. excited C. experiment D.exhibition.
4. A. comment B. equipment C. improvement D.development
5.A. bean B. teammate C. speaker D. overhead
II. Multiple choice:
1. Please let Nam ………………..... with you .
a. go b. to go c. going d. goes
2. The exam was quite ..................................... we expected.
a. more easily b. more easy c. easier than d. easier as
3. What`s .............................. film you`ve ever seen ?
a. good b. the best c. better d. well
4. He .................... five gold medals since the beginning of the Sea Games.
a. win b. won c. is winning d. has won
5. The students are playing ............................... in the school yard.
a. happy b. happier c. happiest d. happily
6. I`m going away...............................a few days .
a. since b. in c. for d. during
7. My friend suggested .................................by bus.
a. going b. to go c. go d. goes
8. She told me ................................. you this dictionary.
a. giving b. to give c. gave d. given
9. Every milk bottle can be ....................... thirty times.
a. recycled b. reused c. reduced d. returned
10. It`s too cold outside. Would you mind ........................... the window ?
a. to close b. close c. closed d. closing
11. My mother showed me how ............ clothes.
a. to make b. making c. make d. made
12. When passing Truong Tien Bridge, tourists often stop........... pictures.
a. take b. took c. to take d. taking
13. Life in the city is different ............................ life in the country.
a. with b. of c. from d. to
14. I am afraid that I can’t agree ...................you.
a. about b. at c. on d. with
15. Would you like a .........................vacation ?
a. relaxing b. relax c. relaxed d. relaxingly
16. This is the boy ...................Tom.
a. calling b. calls c. called d. call
17. This cake tastes .......................
a. terrible b. terribly c. well d. badly
18. Are you ............................. in detective films ?
a. interesting b. interest c. interests d. interested
19. Shall we come here …………………..15 minutes.
a. at b. on c. in d. of
20. The car looks very clean. .................you ................. it ?
a. Did/ wash b. Have/ washed c. Do/ wash d. Are/ washing
III. Put the verb in bracket into correct tense.
1. The doorbell rang while Nam ( watch ) television.
2. How fast you ( drive ) when the accident (happen ) ?
3. Nam ( not/ buy ) a new computer since he ( sell ) the old one.
4. When we ( meet ) Ba and Hoa ysterday, we ( walk ) through the park.
5. Marie Curie ( award ) the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903.
6. A. Do you know where Juliar is ?
B. Yes, I ( just / meet ) her in the street.
7. A. What does Nam think about your plan ?
B. I ( not/ tell ) him yet.
IV. Pick out the word which is not needed in most lines of the passage. Tick (() the correct line.
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I`ll never forget the first time I went to a football match. I

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wasn`t very interested in sport at all at that time but for my Dad

(1)______
came home with some tickets that a friend had been given him.

(2)______
He asked me whether I`d like to go with him and I said that I

(3)______
would, even though I thought it was going to be really boring.

(4)______
Every one time he was watching football on television at home, I

(5)______
was used to read a book or leave the room. However, as I found