Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 8 môn Tiếng Anh

Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 8 
môn Tiếng Anh 
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently 
from the others: 
1. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried 
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health 
3. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar 
4. A. children B. charity C. charm D. champagne 
5. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage 
6. A. whole B. when C. where D. while 
7. A. socket B. notice C. enroll D. mobile. 
8. A. engineer B. excited C. experiment D. exhibition. 
9. A. comment B. equipment C. improvement D. development 
10.A. overhead B. teammate C. speaker D. bean. 
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences: 
1. Someone….........tickets are free. 
A. said me B. said me that C. told me D. told to me 
2. When she lived in the countryside, she ……………….in the river. 
A. was swimming B. used to swim C. has swum D. is used to swimming 
3. Saigon ……………more than three hundred years ago. 
A. was built B. has been built C. was building D. built 
4. It is nearly ten years ……………….I saw her. 
A. when B. since C. for D. while 
5. Would you mind if I……………a photo ? 
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take 
6. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town. 
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took 
7. They ……………me if I could speak Japanese. 
A. told B. said C. asked D. talked 
8. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ? 
A. about B. on C. of D. for 
9. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a 
stamp………………… 
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection 
10. There were ………………..flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy. 
A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much 
11. She doesn’t like Spainish……………she has to study the language. 
A. so B. though C. but D. when 
12. It took him six years to ……………as a doctor and now he is a good 
doctor. 
A. make B. do C. qualify D. become 
13. She asked me………………………………………… ... 
A. if I like pop music or not B. whether I like pop music or not C. if I liked 
pop music or no D. if I liked pop music or not 
14. My brother and I …………………………………… 
A. am having a wonderful time here B. am having a wonder time here C. are 
having a wonderful time here D. are having a wonder time here 
15. Don’t shout, dear. I can’t ………….the shout ! 
A. stand B. sit C. listen D. hear 
16. He laughs ………………of her funny face. 
A. because B. since C. as D. for 
17. What are you ……………? - My pen, I’ve lost it. 
A. looking B. looking for C. looking after D. looking at 
18. Why don’t you ……………..with you university study ? 
A. go in B. go on C. go by D. go at 
19. Of my parents, my father is ………………….. 
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter 
20. Who is going to ………………the phone ? 
A. reply B. respond C. answer D. pick 
III. Build sentences based on the words given: 
1. There / used / be / Church / near / post office / my town. 
2. While / I / open / letter /, phone / ring 
3. I / be / very pleased / see / Tom / again / after / long time. 
4. You / look / thinner . You / lose / weight ? 
5. You / think / you / make / radio / work again ? 
6. I/ buy/ book/ 5 days ago. 
7. A man/ said/girl/ there/ cafe/ nearby. 
8. When/ I/ see/ Nancy/ yesterday/ she/ drive/ car. 
9. They / know / each other / 3 months. 
10. Nam's teacher / teach / him / he / come / here / 2000. 
IV. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the 
following sentences : 
1. Mary spent hours ( repair ) her bike. 
2. They advised him ( not/ cross ) the street aganist the red lights. 
3. He and his sister (not/ meet) my friends since last Christmas 
4. She (work) here since she left school ? 
5. Everyone ( read) this novel, let us ( discuss) it. 
6. I ( know) her for six years, when I met her, she (work) in a Law office. 
7. They’d rather (walk) than (go) by car. 
V. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with 
the capital words at the beginning of sentences: 
1. NEIGHBOR I know all the boys who live in my…………………… 
2. FRIEND People in the countryside is…………………… 
3. FLY All …….…between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog 
4. HIGH Do you know the ……………of S.t Paul’s Cathedral ? 
5. KNOW Taxi drivers have to have a very good …………..on the street 
names. 
6. COMFORT The hotel was large and ………………….. 
7. CHILD During his ....................... the family lived in Cornwall 
8. WEIGH Every woman nowadays seems to want to loose.................... 
9. HELP It’s a nice shop and the assisstants are all polite and very............... 
10. LUCK The keys were locked inside the car ................, aside window 
was open 
VI. Find the mistakes in the following sentence and correct them ( one 
mistake in each sentence ) : 
1. You know , it is difficult to me to make him understand what I mean. 
A B C D 
2. My dear friends, I wish you will visit us someday this summer. 
A B C D 
3. I will come and stay with you and your family on March . 
A B C D 
4. Let’s gathering somewhere for a coffee after this wonderful meeting. 
A B C D 
5. I look forward to hear from my mother in Singapore. 
A B C D 
6. The collect of stamps made him become famous in the country 
A B C D 
7. Let’s practise listening to English programs in the radio. 
A B C D 
8.What about play tennis in stead of going to the cinema ? 
A B C D 
9. Don’t turn on the TV, please. I am so tired to watch it . 
A B C D 
10. They turn in the radio to listen to some news. 
A B C D 
VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similer meaning to 
the first: 
1. “ Can you lend me some money? “ Henry said to Susan. 
Henry............................................. .................................. 
2. Both of the chairs are uncomfortable 
Neither of………………………………………… …………. 
3. They will have to change the date of the meeting again. 
The date............................................ 
4. Peter spent three hours repainting his house. 
It………………………………………… ……………….. 
5. They’ ve lived here for six years . 
They moved……………………………………… ……………… 
6. I’ve never read a more romatic story. 
It’s the………………………………………� �…………………. 
7. Noone works harder than Barbara. 
Barbara……………………………………� ��………………………… 
8. I haven’t met him for two years. 
It’s .................................................. .................................. 
9. Richard can cook very well. 
Richard is a .................................................. ................................. 
10. The film’s ending is dramatic. 
The film.............................................. .............................................. 
VIII. Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket: 
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, 
however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (1) ................. flying is no 
more dangerous (2) ......................any other form of travel and some experts 
say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs 
(3) .................taking off and landing when a (4) ......................decisions are 
vitally important. 
The people (5) ............. job it is to look (6)........... the passengers, the 
stewards and stewardnesses play an important part in helping passengers to 
(7)................ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (8) 
.............such care of is all part of the total experience. (9) ........... other form 
of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (10) ................ , with 
food, drink, newspapers, magazins, music, and even video films. 
 1. A. although B. too C. and D. because 
2. A. than B. as C. then D. with 
3. A. while B. during C. for D. through 
4. A. leader’s B. chief’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s 
5. A. whose B. which C. their D. that 
6. A. for B. up C. after D. round 
7. A.feel B. rest C. experience D. lie 
8. A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken 
9. A. Any B. No C. All D. Not 
10. A. way B. kind C. sort D. part 
IX. Read the following passage then answer the questions below: 
Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are young 
children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school. 
Others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the 
language in films, on telivision, in the office or among their friends. Most 
people must work hard to learn English. 
Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to anwer this 
question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of 
their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. 
Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their 
books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English 
because they want to read newspapers or magezines in nglish. 
1. According to the writer. English is learn by............... 
A. young children B. adults C. teenagers D. all are correct 
2. In the line 2 of the second part, the word “it” refers to.......... 
A.country B. young childen C.English D. question 
3. Where do many boys and girls learn English? 
A. at home B. at school C. in evening classe D. in the office 
4. Why do adults learn English? 
A. Because they want to see movies in English B. Because they need it for 
their job. 
C. Because they are foced to learn it D. Because it’s not difficult to learn. 
5. What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passge? 
A. Children like reading English newspapers B. People in many countries 
learn English 
C. English is one subject in school. D. Some books are written in English.