Đề khảo sát học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 Global Success - Năm học 2023-2024 (Có file nghe và đáp án)

 1. Please lend him the money for the trip. _____, he will never be able to go.
 A. Consequently B. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Nonetheless
2. James should have stayed out of the sun as his skin is so _____. 
 A. insensible B. sensitive C. sensible D. senseless
3. Alan: “Let’s meet outside the town hall.” 
 Nick: “______”
 A. Yes, let us do it. B. What about? C. Is 8 a.m OK? D. I’d like to go to the concert.
4. Australia has the biggest_____station in the world.
 A. nations B.cattle C. games D. continents
5. Learning computing in _____ is not sufficient, learners need practice.
 A. theory B. documentary C. book D. document 
6. My education has given me a _____ view of life.
 A. large B. far C. wide D. broad
7.– “Do you mind if I smoke here?” - “_____”
 A. Yes, I don’t mind. B. No, go right ahead. C. Yes, go ahead. D. No, I don’t think so.
8. I’m tired. I’d rather _____ out this evening.
 A. not going B. not to go C. don’t go D. not go 
9. There is a red maple leaf on the_____of Canada.
 A. flag B. banner C. money D.currency
10. Water pollution is the ________________ in the lake has made the fish die. 
 A. contaminating B. contaminate C. contaminated D. contamination
 Your answers: 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
 6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
III. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. Global warming is thought (cause) _______________by pollution.
2. When (use) _______________ a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and the 
abbreviations it contains. 
3. If the students reviewed all lessons, they (do) _______________the test well.
4. After the thief(leave) _______________the house, the police came.
5. Yesterday I (cross) _______________a street when a truck turned the corner very fast and almost hit me.
6. He spent his money as if he _______________ (win) a lottery.
7. Would you like me to turn down the radio a bit?
 - No, it’s all right. I’m used to _______________ (work) with the radio on.
8. I caught him _______________ (climb) over my wall. I asked him to explain, but he refused to say.
9. This building (finish) _______________ by the end of 2025.
10. You must tell me the truth. I insist on (tell) _______________the truth.
IV. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
1. Did Dick mean to tell Sue about the party, or did it slip out (accident) ______?
 Page 2/7 LIVING IN THE VALLEY
 We had been living in our valley for sixteen months when we first realized the dangers that 
could exist in the surrounding hills and threaten our very survival.
(0) ___B___ Until that time, we had felt safe and sheltered in our valley below the protecting hills.
Soon snow began to fall. Within a day it lay some 15cm deep. (1) _________ but on the neighboring 
heights the snow was much deeper and stayed for longer. Up there the wind blasted fiercely. Deep in 
our valley, we felt only sudden gusts of wind; trees swayed but the branches held firm.
And yet we knew that there was reason for us to worry. The snow and wind were certainly 
inconvenient, but they did not really trouble us great. (2) _________ It reminded us of what could have 
occurred if circumstances had been different, if the flow of water from the hills had not, many years 
before, been controlled, held back by a series of dams.
 In a short time, the snow started to melt. Day after day, we watched furious clouds pile up high 
over the hills to the west. Sinister grey clouds extended over the valleys. (3) _________,we had seen 
enough of the sky; now we began to watch the river, which every day was becoming fuller and wilder.
The snow was gradually washed away as more and more rain streamed from the clouds, but high up in 
the hills the reservoir was filling and was fast approaching danger level. And then it happened – for the 
1sttime in years the reservoir overflowed. (4) _________. 
 The river seemed maddened as the waters poured almost horizontally down to its lower 
stretches. Just a couple of meters from our cottage, the stream seemed wild beneath the bridge. (5) 
_________ For three days we prayed that it would stay below its wall. Fortunately, our prayers were 
answered as the dam held and the waters began to subside. Thanks to this protection, we can feel our 
home in the valley is still secure and safe.
Your answers:
 0: B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
VII. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Write A, 
B, C or D on your answer sheet. (10 points)
 ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD
 English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom. 
 When you (1)______ speakers of English from around the world, you (2)______ notice that 
they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some (3)______ in the words they use, including 
the names of (4)______ objects that are part of everyone’s daily life. But although pronunciation and 
(5)______ are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers (6)______ opposite 
sides of the world can understand (7)______ other quite easily. It does not seem to (8)______ where 
they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen 
(9)______ learning English too. If you know English, you are more (10)______ to be able to study or 
work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia.
 1. A. recognise B. meet C. find D. attend
 2. A. originally B. strangely C. curiously D. immediately
 3. A. mistakes B. corrections C. changes D. differences
 4. A. common B. popular C. favourite D. general
 5. A. reading B. composition C. dictation D. vocabulary
 6. A. to B. in C. from D. at
 7. A. each B. one C. the D. some
 8. A. mind B. care C. matter D. worry
 9. A. by B. on C. to D. for
 10. A. likely B. certainly C. possibly D. luckily
 Your answers:
 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
 6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
 Page 4/7 4. That girl is too shy to participate in the beauty contest.
 → That girl is not ....
5. It’s a pity you didn’t tell us about this
 → I wish ..
6. Two new suits are being made for him.
 → He is .....
7.Nga spends two hours a day practicing English with her friends.
 → It takes....
8. “You’d better ask your mother for help, Mary”, Andy said.
 → Andy suggested ..
9. “If Brian doesn’t train harder, I won’t select him for the team,” said the manager.
 → The manager threatened 
10. The unemployment rate has risen slowly over the last six months.
 → There 
XI. Complete the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the one before 
using the word given in brackets (Write NO MORE THAN 5 WORDS). DO NOT CHANGE THE 
WORD. (5pts)
1. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes. (VAIN)
 → The fox  the grapes.
2. The crops were badly affected by the storm. (EFFECT)
 → The storm had  the crops.
3.Martin may not be very well but she still manages to enjoy life. (PREVENT)
 → Martin’s poor health   life.
4. If you want my advice, I would not play computer games so much. (WERE)
 → I would not play computer games so much.
5. This is the first time I have heard about the tram system in Hanoi. (NEVER)
 → I the tram system in Hanoi before.
XII. Paragraph writing (10 pts)
“Although there are many leisure activities on an average day, many students only enjoy playing 
online games”. Good or not good? Write a paragraph (120-150 words) to express your opinion to 
the statement.
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