Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 CẤP HUYỆN - HOẰNG HOÁ - THANH HOÁ 2023-2024.docx ✅

2 PART 3. Brad is telling his friend about his weekend. Are these statements are true or false? Listen and choose the correct answer. 11. He had a pretty exciting weekend. 12. His girlfriend got sick. 13. He rented some videos- it was really great. 14. On Sunday, he wanted to play tennis with his brother. 15. He watched videos with his brother instead. SECTION B: PHONETICS Question I. Choose the word w hose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 16. A. passed B. wicked C. worked D. hoped 17. A. connect B. competition C. calm D. concentrate 18. A. ready B. measure C. break D. health Question II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 19. A. university B. educational C. communicate D. economic 20. A. appear B. wonder C. happen D. study SECTION C: LEXICO - GRAMMAR Question I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 21. You've lived in this city since 1998, ______________? A. haven't you B. didn't you C. did you D. have you 22. I'm looking for ______________ job. Did Mary get ______________job she applied for? A. a/the B. the/a C. a/a D. the/the 23. Is this ______________difficult exercise you've ever done? A. the more B. the most C. more D. most 24. I enjoyed reading that story. It was rather sad, ______________. A. also B. though C. but D. so 25. When you ______________your destination, your tour guide will meet you at the airport. A. arrive B. get C. reach D. go
3 26. Lucy was late for school this morning because the alarm clock didn't ______________as usual. A. ring off B. get off C. take off D. go off 27. I'm really sorry. We ______________stop at a service station and phone you, but we didn't want to waste any more time. A. were due to B. were going to C. were to D. were about to 28. I saw a ______________scarf in a shop near my house. A. sweet little green silk B. little green silk sweet C. sweet green little silk D. green little sweet silk 29. Ninety ______________the maximum length of time allowed for entrance exams to this school. A. minute is B. minutes are C. minute are D. minutes is 30. - Daisy: "What a lovely house you have!" - Mary: "______________" A. Lovely, I think so B. No problem C. Of course not, it's not costly D. Thank you. Hope you will drop in Question II. Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 31. It's ______________of you to say that. You know it isn't true! HONEST 32. ______________, the train had left when we arrived at the station. LUCKY 33. John always knows how to ______________ the party with his jokes. LIVELY 34. Sulfur dioxide is one of several ______________that are released into the atmosphere by coal-fired power stations. POLLUTE 35. The principal said some ______________words to the pupils before the exam. COURAGE 36. Different conservation efforts have been made in order to save ______________ species. DANGER 37. She is a ______________. She always go shopping with her friends. SHOP Question III. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 38. The train S4 to Ho Chi Minh City (leave) ______________ Thanh Hoa at 3 a.m next Sunday. 39. He (come) ______________ here today, we would be happier. 40. When she went home, her children (watch) ______________ television. 41. If you go to England, you'll have to get used to (drive) ______________ on the left. 42. At this time next week, they (sit) ______________ in the train on their way to Paris. 43. I don't know what the matter with him is. He (act) ______________ funny since you were away.
4 44. He suggested that a final decision (make) ______________ in the class. 45. She (always/talk) ______________. She is very annoying. Question IV. Each sentence below contains ONE mistake (A, B, C or D). Recognize the mistakes and write their correct forms in your answer sheet. 46. The teacher told the students don't to discuss the take-home exam with each other. A B C D 47. Knowledges about cultures provides insights into the learned behaviors of groups. A. B C D 48. Of all seashore plants, seaweeds are able to tolerate long periods out of water, followed by long periods A B C covering by water. D 49. The fruit of the plantain looks much like a banana, and it is not so sweet or so pleasing in flavor. A B C D 50. A persimmon tastes best when it is such ripe that it looks wrinkled and almost spoiled. A B C D SECTION D: READING Question I. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space. Write the answers on your answer sheet. NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on (51) ______________ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as 'Darwin', his telescope could tell if planets 50 (52) ______________ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (53) ______________ NASA scientists had shown a proof that one of Jupiter's moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (54) ______________ of 500 million, is on a short list of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (55) ______________ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (56) ______________ processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (57) ______________, but Penny believes a second- generation telescope could