Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 8 TP SẦM SƠN - THANH HOÁ 2022-2023.docx ✅

4 (5 pts). 41. The cities are full of _____________ looking for work. (MIGRATE) 42. His boss told him off because he had behaved _____________. (RESPONSIBLE) 43. She got very angry but later she apologised for her _____________. (PATIENT) 44. Have you got any _____________? (SUGGEST) 45. It is usually forbidden to destroy _____________ building. (HISTORY) Question IV. There is one mistake in each sentence, find out and correct it (5 pts). 46. I’m trying to persuade my sister to drive, but I can’t get her do it. 47. Can you tell me where were you born? - Stockholm. 48. Each of the students in the class has to do their own assignment this semester. 49. John was upset last night because he had to do too many homework. 50. Fifteen hundred dollars a year were the per capita income in the United States in 1950. PART D: READING (30 points) I. Choose a suitable word that best fits each blank in the following passage. Most students, in their own countries have had little opportunity to practise using English. When foreign learners first have the (51) _____________ to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often (52) _____________ great difficulty in understanding. I’ll just mention three of the possible reasons for this. First, it seems to students that English people speak very quickly. (53) _____________, they speak with a variety of accents. Third, different styles of speech are used. For all of these reasons (54) _____________ will have difficulty, mainly because they lack everyday practice in listening to English people speaking English. (55) _____________ can a student do then to overcome these difficulties? Obviously, attend English classes and if a language laboratory is available, use it as (56) _____________ as possible. He should listen to programs in English on the radio and TV. Perhaps, most important of (57) _____________, he should take every opportunity to meet and speak with native English-speaking people. In addition, the student probably has difficulty in speaking English fluently. The advice here will seem (58) _____________ to follow but it’s necessary. Firstly, he must simplify what he wants to say so that he can express himself reasonably and clearly. Secondly, he must try to think in English, (59) _____________ translate from his mother tongue. This will only begin to take place when his use of English becomes automatic; using a language laboratory (60) _____________ listening to as much English as possible will help.