Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 LẬP THẠCH - VĨNH PHÚC 2023-2024.docx ✅

3 A. I don't hope so B. I never hope that C. I hope not D. I don't hope that 5. ____________ broken into when we were away on holiday. A. Thieves had our house B. We had our house C. Our house had D. It was our house. 6. Of the two geologists, one is experienced and ____________. A. the other are not B. the other is not C. other lacks experience D. another is inexperienced 7. ____________ Paul brings the money for lunch, we'll go right down to the cafeteria. A. Since B. As soon as C. Now that D. Until 8. Susan: "This is your first trip abroad, isn't it?" - Peter: "___________” A. No, I haven't been there before. B. No, it's expensive. C. Yes, it sounds great. D. Yes, so I'm looking forward to it. 9. The more important an exam is, ____________. A. the more you'll get nervous B. the more nervous will you get C. the most nervous you'll be D. the more nervous you'll get 10. This is ____________ the most difficult job I've ever had to do. A. by chance B. by far C. by heart D. by myself 11. Would you mind if I ____________ your car? A. use B. using C. used D. uses 12. "Please, will you just tidy your room, and stop ____________ excuses!" A. making B. doing C. having D. taking 13. In the primary school, a child is in the ____________ simple setting. A. comparison B. comparative C. comparatively D. comparable 14. The new system dind't ____________ our expectations. A. catch up with B. bring about C. come across D. come up to 15. The nurse will ____________ your height again. A. weigh B. take C. measure D. do Section 2: Supply the correct form of the word provided to the right of each blank. There is an example at the beginning (0). A team of (0. SCIENCE) scientists, who have studied the subject of dreams, have come up with some interesting conclusions. First of all, everybody, without exception, has them. Secondly, dreams can be of practical value, acting as a (16. REMIND) ____________ of things of (17. IMPORTANT) ____________ that we need to do in our waking lives. If you dream of the punishment you may receive for
4 not handing in your homework (18. PUNCTUAL) ____________, for example, this may help you to do it on time. Indeed, things we are (19. ANXIETY) ____________ about in our daily lives often feature in our dreams. But it is hard to make sense of your dreams if you lack the (20. ABLE) ____________ to remember them in the first place. One (21. RECOMMEND) ____________ is that you should keep a diary and pen by your bed, so you can write down your dreams as soon as they occur. You should concentrate on three aspects. Firstly, record the strongest emotion in your dream, whether it is fear, (22. ANGRY) ____________, or whatever. Then write down anything strange or (23. USUAL) ____________ that happened and the names of the people who made an (24. APPEAR) ____________ in your dream. This way, arcording to the experts, you will have a (25. RELY) ____________ and meaningful dream record, which will make for fascinating reading. Section 3. The following passage contains TEN mistakes. Find out the mistakes and correct them as the example below. 0. line 1: fit → fits HELP ALWAYS AT HAND: A MOBILE IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND If it fit inside a pocket, keeps you safely as well as in touch with your office, your mother and your children, it is certainly worth to have. This is the view of the dwelling ranks of female mobile-phone users which are beginning to dominate the consumer market. Although Britain has been demonstrated to be one of the most expensive place in the world to run a mobile phone, both professional women with full-time mothers are undeterred. At first, the mobile phone was a rich man's plaything, or a businessman's status symbol. Now women own almost as many telephones than men do - but for very different reasons. The main attraction for most women customers is that it provides a form of communications back-up, wherever they are, in spite of emergency. James Tanner of Tancroft Communications says: "The major of people buy phones from us this year were women - often young women - or men who were buying for their mothers, wives and girlfriends. And it always seems to be a question of peace of mind." Size is also crucial for women. They want something that will fit in a handbag," said Mr Tanner. "The tiny phones coming in is having a very big impact. This year's models are only half the size of your hand." PART C. READING Section 1. Read the following passage and choose the best option marked A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having