Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 ĐỒNG HỚI - QUẢNG BÌNH 2023-2024.docx ✅

4 41. Hardly the match (start) __________ when it rained heavily. 42. The train to Da Lat (leave) __________ at 2p.m tomorrow. 43. It was our fault to keep you waiting so long. We (inform) __________ you in advance. 44. Were I (improve) __________ my English speaking skill, I would easily get that job. 45. My TV has been broken. I wish it (repair) __________ soon. Part 6. For questions 46-50, complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each one ONCE only. There is an extra one that you do not need to use. (5pts) turn down grow apart pass down bring out live on end up 46. Work hard now, or you will __________ being a miserable person out of work. 47. My favourite writer has __________ another best-seller. 48. The craft of basket weaving is usually __________ from generation to generation. 49. When I was a student, I __________ a small allowances from my parents. 50. My best friend and I __________ after she changed schools. SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION (25 pts) Part 1: For questions 51-60, read the passage and choose the best option (A,B,C or D) to complete the passage. (10 pts) Money is something we all take for granted in our lives. Some of us may (51) __________ we had more of it but we all recognize it when we see it, whether in the form of coins, notes or cheques. It is difficult to imagine how people (52) __________ without money. In the earliest periods of human history, people used to exchange goods directly. They would exchange things they had (53) __________ of things that they were in (54) __________ of. For example, they might offer food for tools. This (55) __________ of exchange, which is known as "barter", has many disadvantages. Certain goods may be difficult to carry, they may not last long, or may be impossible to (56) __________ into smaller units. It can also be difficult to know the worth of something compared with other goods. (57) __________ historians, the first money, in the sense we understand it today, (58) __________ of gold coins produced about 2,500 years ago. Gold, being a very precious metal, was a (59) __________ material. The introduction of gold coins was acceptable to everyone and they were still being used at the beginning of this century, although they have now been (60) __________ by paper money and coins made of ordinary metals. 51. A. wish B. hope C. expect D. desire