Tiêu đề 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

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