Đề thi Olympic môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2012-2013 - Phòng GD và ĐT huyện Thanh Oai (Có đáp án)

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ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC LỚP 8 Năm học: 2012 – 2013 Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Chú ý: - Bộ đề thi này gồm có 05 trang, từ trang 01 đến trang 05. - Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào bộ đề thi này.

Điểm Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 1: Số phách

- Bằng số:…………….. ………………………………………... (Do Chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi) - Bằng chữ:…………… Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 2: ………………………... ………………………………………... …………………..

I. PHONETICS: a. Choose one word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D: (6 0,2=1,2 pts)

1. A. says B. days C. prays D. plays 2. A. husband B. surrounding C. rubbish D. plumber 3. A. informative B. information C. formal D. forward 4. A. stream B. teacher C. weather D. teammate 5. A. restaurant B. festival C. sentence D. semester 6. A. through B. shout C. household D. mountain

b. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others (4 0,2=0,8 pt)

7. A. demontrate B. commercial C. comfortable D. generous 8. A. institute B. position C. behavior D. equipment 9. A. medical B. minimize C. physical D. selection 10. A. grateful B. order C. reduce D. comfort

II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: a. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (15 0,2=3,0 pts) 11. The representatives from “Friends of the Earth” show us how to .............................. the environment.

A. prevent B. protect C. refill D. reduce 12. Tam .............................. last night when the telephone ..............................

A. was sleeping - rang B. slept - was ringing C. slept - rang D. was sleeping - was ringing 13. She knows that she .............................. to pay now.

A. ought B. mustn’t C. had better D. should 14. John .............................. Susan to go out with him but her parents didn’t let her out.

A. helpes B. insisted C. suggested D. invited 15. He hates.............................. to do something by others.

A. to ask B. asking C. to be asked D. being asked

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16. Everyone has to follow this way to get into the fair, ..............................?

A. do they B. doesn’t he C. don’t they D. doesn’t she 17. This time last year my brother.............................. in London.

A. will study B. studied C. has studied D. was studying 18. The prefix “re-“ in the word “reuse” means ..............................

A. against B. again C. for D. no 19. This book is .............................. that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time.

A. so interested B. too interesting C. so interesting D. such interesting 20. Which sentence has the same meaning as the root one? “He said that he had to leave then”.

A. “I had to leave then,” he said. B. “I must leave now,” he said. C. “He had to leave now,” he said. D. “He has to leave then,” he said. 21. If you don't understand many words, you can .............................. them up in the dictionary.

A. finish B. get C. find D. look 22. We can’t help ................................ when he told us what happened.

A. laughing B. laugh C. to laugh D. to be laughing 23. Do you know the boy.............................. to Mrs Nga?

A. is talking B. talked C. talking D. he talks 24. It's an hour since he .............................., so he must be at the office now.

A. has left B. is leaving C. was leaving D. left 25. TV is bringing not only information .............................. entertainment.

A. although B. and C. but also D. as b. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions: (7 0,2=1,4 pts) 26. The cinema is ………….…….……the drugstore and the temple. 27. What ………….…….……having dinner at Mr. Tom’s house this evening? 28. We are interested in playing soccer. We always play it………….…….……Sunday afternoon in the school ground. 29. Charles Dickens was very famous………….…….……his novels. 30. When my eldest brother grew up, she went to Australia ………….…….……study mathematics and …