Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi vòng Huyện môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Năm học 2019-2020

s the man studying?
A. physics	B. biology	C. psychology
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
I. Choose the best answer for the following sentences: (3pts)
1. If I ______ free, we’ll go with you.
A. will be	B. be	C. is	D. am
2. A new school _______ in that village next year.
	A. will be built	B. is built	C. will built	D. was built
3. Children get presents ________ Christmas and ________ their birthday.
	A. at/ at	B. on/on	C. on/at	D. at/on
4. I’ll ________ you up at the hotel at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning.
	A. get	B. pick	C. stand	D. make	
5. He did the work _________ .
A. himself	B. him	C. myself	D. ourselves
6. Japan has a big _________ industry.
	A. car-making	B. car-make	C. making-car	D. car-to-make
7. You should practice English every day _________ improve it rapidly.	
A. so as not to	B. in order that	C. so that	D. in order to	
8. The organization called “Friend of the Earth” shows us how _________ the environment.
	A. protect	B. protecting	C. to protect	D. is protected
9. It is ...n is smaller than yours.
=> Your kitchen ...
4. She was still smiling. She was sad.
=> Though ...	
5. Mr. Hai said to his son “ Stay away from bad friends”
=> Mr. Hai told his son .
6. Her eyes are big and brown.
=> She 
7. My friends and I are going to go on a camping trip.
=> My friends and I ...........................................................
8. The toy is kept in that box. It is made in Vietnam.
=> The toy .
9. Driving in the rain at night is very dangerous.
=> It is .
10. What a beautiful girl!
=> How .!
C. READING:
I. Read and fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word (2pts) 
Christmas is always held (1) __________ December 25th every year. Every family in England decorates a Christmas tree and put (2) ___________ in the middle of the living room. And Santa Claus plays an important (3) _____________ in this festival. There is a poem to relate him. In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem (4) __________ “ A visit Saint Nicholas”. The character of the poem (5) __________ a fat jolly man who was a (6) _________ suit and gave children (7)  on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was (8) __________ by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular (9) ___________ the USA. Santa Claus is based (10) ____________ the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
II. Read the passage and choose the best options (2pts)
CLOTHING
Vietnamese schoolgirls in senior high schools wear the white Ao dai as school uniform. The white color of the ao dai they wear symbolizes the purity of school age. On special occasions, Vietnamese women wear the Ao dai of various designs and material. Women and girls seem to look more graceful and tender in their Ao dai.
Many foreign visitors like this traditional clothing of Vietnamese women. Once a visitor, when seeing schoolgirls walking to school, told me, “I enjoy watching them. They look like fairies in a wonderland wit...ion for the question “Do you like living in the country or in the city?”. (About 80 words)
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