Đề thi HSG Lớp 8 cấp huyện môn Tiếng Anh - Năm hoc 2018-2019 (Kèm đáp án)

en a girl, Charlotte and her father about what she’s going to study next year. Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. Put a (ü) in the box under A for YES and under B for No. (10 points)
Statements
Yes
(A)
NO
(B)
0. Charlotte wants to study Spanish because she thinks Spanish is easy.
ü
1. Charlotte’s grandmother was born in England.
2. Charlotte’s father is sorry he can’t speak Chinese.
3. Charlotte’s father is keen on her studying in China.
4. Charlotte plans to go to China alone.
5. Charlotte and her father agree that her mother wants to visit China.
SECTION 2. PHONETICS
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the space provided. (6 points)
A. badminton	 B. swallow	C. challenge	D. ballet
A. heritage	 B. giant	C. garden	D. village
A. wrecked	 B. looked 	C. booked	 D. cooked
* Write your answers here:
1 __________
2__________
3__________
IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group. Write your answers in the space provided. (4 points)
 A. important	B. community	C. organize	D. diseases
 A. pleasure B. believe C. pursuit 	D. describe
* Write your answers here:
1 __________
2__________
SECTION 3. LEXICO - GRAMMAR 
V. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the space provided. (70 points)
1. Using computers too much may have harmful effects _______ your minds and bodies.
	A. on	B. to	C. with	D. onto
2. 	The _______ people in the village are very friendly.
	A. ethnic minority	B. majorities
	C. ethnic minorities	D. ethnic cultures
3.	A chicken can _______up to three eggs a day.
	A. lie	B. lay	C. put	D. place
4. 	You can use my bicycle_______ you bring it back tomorrow.
	A. as long as	B. although	C. nevertheless	D. in spite of
5. 	She _______him of lying to her.
	A. threatened	B. blamed	C. criticized	D. accused
6. 	_______more help, I would call my neighbor.
	A. Needed	B. Shou...he _________jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday present.
 A. nice brown wooden	 	B. brown wooden nice	
 C. nice wooden brown	 	D. wooden brown nice
15. “I don’t think I can do this”. ___________
 A. Sure, no way	B. Yeah. It’s not easy	
 C. Oh, come on! Give it a try	 	D. No, I hope not
16. _________ no money would be wasted, we will use energy more efficiently.
 A. so that 	 B. in order that 	C. in order to 	 D. A&B
	17. We use phrase “	” to summary our opinion. 
	 A. in my opinion B. for these reasons C. in addition 	 D. firstly 
	18. He regrets 	school early. It is the biggest mistake in his life. 
	 A. left 	 B. leaving 	 C. to leave	 D. leave 
	19. The streets in cities are 	than those in the countryside. 
	 A. crowded 	 B. more crowded 	 C. crowdeder	 D. less crowded 
	20. Radioactive pollution is increasing	the increased use of radioactivity.
	 A.as	 B. since	 C. because of	 D. because
	21. Charles	 his father in the shop until school	____________.
	 A. was helping, will start 	B. helped, was starting 	
	 C. is helping, starts 	D. has helped, is starting 
	22. 	 often happen in rainy season especially in the center of Vietnam.
	 A. droughts	 B. storms	 C. floods	 D. sandstorms
	23. This is the only party _________in my life.
 A. I never enjoy	 	 B. I ever enjoy	
 C. I’ve never enjoyed	 	 D. I’ve ever really enjoyed.
24. We listened____________ while the examiner gave us the directions.
 A. attention
B. attentively
C. attentive 
 D. attentiveness
25. None of this cheese _________good.
 A. were 	 B. are	 C. is being	 D. is
26. Since the appearance of karaoke recorder, they __________.
A. have widely used 	 	 	 B. were widely used 	
C. are widely used	 	 	 D. have been widely used
27. You should put the medicine out of children’s ____________
 A. arms B. hold C. reach D. feet 
28. I saw the girls __________football as we drove past the field.
 A. played B. playing 	C. to play 	 D. were playing
29. Yesterday I ...___
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VI. There is one mistake in each sentence. Identify the mistake and write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)
Few airports in the United States are as modern as that in Atlanta
 A B C D
2. We were at trouble because we had entered the building without permission
 A B C D
3. The spectators at the football ground became violently when their team lost the match
 A B C D
4. They played so good game of tennis last night that they surprised their audience.
 A B C D
5. Do you hope getting married within the next 5 years.
 A B C D
* Write your answers here:
1 __________
2___________
3___________
4 ___________
5___________
SECTION 4. READING 
VII. Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage. Write your answers in the space provided. (20 points)
Health and fitness are not just for young people. They are for anyone willing to accept the (1)_________for a good diet and (2)_________exercise. With age, there is a tendency to feel that the body is no longer able to (3)_________. Aches and pains are (4)_________normal. Instead of pushing the body to do (5)_________, activities become limited. Yet examples after examples have shown us that older people can- and should- be (6)_________. Men and women in their sixties have run in marathons, races of more than twenty- six miles. Some professional athletes stay (7)_________into their forties and fifties. For most people, simple activities like walking and swimming are all that is needed to stay in (8)_________. It’s important to include exercise in your daily routine. In the winter, (9)_________push-ups, sit-ups, and other indoor exercises