Đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 Global Success - Năm học 2023-2024

 6. A. who B. where C. which D. when
 7. A. send B. tent C. rely D. tend
 8. A. lock B. shock C. block D. program
 9. A. talked B. passed C. dialed D. stopped
 10. A. comb B. climb C. dumb D. blond
III.Put the correct verb forms of the verb in brackets. 
 1. "Do you mind if I sit here?" - "I'd rather you (sit)...................... over there."
 2. There (be) .. no rain here for 6 months. 
 3. He spoke to me as if he (be)  my father. 
 4. By the time we (stop) , we had driven six hundred miles. 
 5. The price ( become ) ................... more and more expensive these days.
 6. Pupils are made (work) hard at this school.
 7. It’s ten years since I last (see)  her. 
 8. Don’t forget (lock)  the door before going to bed. 
 9. The pens ( produce ).............. by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good.
 10. The film (begin) ......................at 7.30 or 8.00?
IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column 
 1. Their children have quite _____________ characters. DIFFERENCE
 2. What is the correct ______________of this word? PRONOUNCE
 3. He didn’t win the championship, so he felt very _____________ . hope
 4. She is one of the greatest _______ to appear in this theater. PERFORM
 5. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very ____ there in the fall. WIND
 6. It is ___________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH
 7. Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been __________ in the last few years. urban
 8. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS
 9. Every day, there are two ____ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY
 10. There are a lot of _______________ in the competition. contest
 V. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English. Find 
and correct it
 1. Lan seemed happily when she received her aunt’s letter.
 A B C D
 2. My brother didn’t have money enough to buy the dictionary he liked
 A B C D
 3. We should put the coffee table among the armchair and the couch. 5. A. for B. during C. while D. through
 6. A. ship B. boat C. car D. bicycle
 7. A. worried B. frightened C. bored D. helped
 8. A. but B. also C. therefore D. so
 9. A. burnt B. cut C. scratched D. drowned
 10. A. said B. asked C. told D. spoke
II. Read the text and choose one suitable word to fill in the blank. 
 Foreign English language teachers for schools in Vietnam
 has to is teaching cover teacher 
 more and high decided
Vietnam (1)....... well on its way to integrate with the world and for that reason emphasis on English 
language skills (2)....... become very essential.
Recently, the City Department of Education and Training (3)......... to recruit foreign native English speakers 
to teach in elementary, middle and (4)....... schools in Vietnam.
The policy calls for social contributions to improve English language (5)........ from primary schools to 
senior high schools by employing only foreign native English teachers. Each student will chip in 
VND120,000 ($5.8) a month to (6)........ the $35 an hour salary of the foreign (7)........ .
Compared (8)........ traditional English teaching methodology, it is better that thousands of students in the 
City have a chance of practicing listening (9)........ speaking skills with native English speakers, who create 
a (10).......exciting atmosphere in classrooms for students.
Section 3: Writing 
I. Rewrite the following sentences using the words provided in such a way that they mean the same 
 as the original sentences. 
 1. Couldn’t you find a better hotel?
 Is this 
 2. I haven’t seen that man here before. 
 This is ...
 3. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
 People ........................................................................................................................
 4. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it.
 The coffee is too ...............................................................................................................
 5. Somebody repaired his car yesterday. 
 He had..........................................................................................................................
 6. It was thought that the painting had been destroyed. II- Choose one word that has a different stress position from the others. Identify your answer by 
writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper.
6.A. scissors B. object C. wardrobe D. transmit
7.A. comfortable B. commercial C. generous D. demonstrate
8.A. experiment B. assistant C. sociable D. equipment
9.A. advice B. beauty C. picture D. postcard
10.A. theater B. career C. cinema D. gallery
III- Choose from the four options given (marked A,B,C or D) one best answer to complete each of 
the following sentences. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your 
answer paper.
11. David’s school .. is very bad this term.
 A. report B. period C. day D. semester
12. People go to a .. to look at the famous works of art.
 A. stadium B. gallery C. theater D. fair
13. I’d like to go . very much.
 A. camp B. to camp C. a camp D. camping
14. Hoa is reading short stories . Jack London.
 A. of B. from C. by D. with
15. John .. Susan to go out with him but her parents didn’t let her out.
 A. insisted B. suggested C. invited D. helped
16. This book is . that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time.
 A. so interesting B. so interested C. such interesting D. too interesting
17. “Let it be” is a famous song . . It is one of the best works by this band.
 A. singing by the Beatles B. was sung by the Beatles
 C. sung by the Beatles D. sang by the Beatles
18. He  the train ticket at home.
 A. took B. put C. brought D. left
19. She was .. of watching television.
 A. interested B. tired C. tiring D. pleased
20. My mother .. me that I should wake up earlier.
 A. told to B. said C. was told D. said to
21. Our teacher asked us . in class.
 A. not to talk B. to not talk C. no talk D. without talking
22. Peter broke his leg when he fell .. his bike. manufacturers have to include a lot of vitamins to satisfy the law, so the only sensible advice I could give 
my friend was “Eat normal food, but (48)less.”
39.A. to looked B. to look C. they look D. look
40.A. from B. of C. as D. with
41.A. anymore B. none C. everyone D. no one
42.A. to look at B. looking C. looking at D. to look
43.A. it B. that C. what D. who
44.A.friend of mine B. my friend C. friend of me D. friend of my
45.A. to eat B. eat C. eating D. the eating
46.A. gain B. put on C. loose D. lose
47.A. of B. why C. for D. that
48.A. eat B. to eat C. eating D. be eating
VI- Read the following passage, then answer questions 50-53. After each question there are four 
options marked A,B,C or D. Choose the correct answer by writing down its corresponding letter 
A,B,C or D on your answer sheet.
 It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner come home from work. She walks into the living 
room and looks at her three children. They are 14,13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living 
room is a mess. There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys are everywhere. 
Rene is angry, “This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework 
all evening. I’m not going to do housework!” Rene doesn’t do housework. She doesn’t clean or wash 
dishes. She doesn’t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.
 After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty. All the children’s clothes are dirty. 
Every garbage basket is full. The house is a mess.
 Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise. The kitchen is clean. The 
children clean the kitchen !
 The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes. Rene tells the 
children “OK, I’ll do the housework again. But you have to help me.”
 Now Rene and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch 
TV !
49. When Rene came home from work, she found the house . .
 A. clean and dirty B. dirty and tidy C. dirty and untidy D. clean but untidy
50. Rene told her children .. .
 A. to do the housework B. she couldn’t do housework
 C. not to do housework D. she wouldn’t do housework IX – Write a passage in 200 words about the benefits of doing exercise regularly
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SECTION A. PHONETICS 
Part I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. 
1. A.other B. leather C. wealthy D. brother
2. A. television B. elephant C. section D. Swedish
3. A. explain B. current C. desire D. electric
4. A. threaten B. thread C. seat D. bread 
5. A. deaf B. leaf C. meat D. heat
Part II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. 
1. A. affect B. pollute C. effect D. litter
2. A. cholera B. pollutant C. permanent D. groundwater
3. A. radiation B. political C. historical D. contaminant
4. A. seriously B. measurement C. scientific D. logical
5. A. aquatic B. historic C. physic D. bonical
SECTION B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR 
Part I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence
1. It’s recommended that we become more concerned  the environment around us.
 A. of B. to C. with D. about
2. Air ., together littering, is cause many problems in our cities today.
 A. pollute B. pollution C. polluted D. polluting
3. On Christmas Eve, most big cities, especially London are .........with coloured lights across the streets 
and enormous Christmas trees.
 A. decorated B. hang C. put D. made
4. In the United, there are 50 .and six different time zones across the country.
 A. states B. nations C. towns D. show
5. Nowadays you still see the men wear kits (skirts) to wedding or other formal occasions. 
 A. Scot B. Scotland C. Scots D. Scottish.
6. What  we do to prevent these natural disasters? John watched a (1. document)  on TV last night. It was all about the 
problems (2. threaten)  our environment. He was shocked to find out how little he 
knew about (3. globe)  warning or acid rain. He had heard the term before but he 
knew (4. practical)  nothing about the damage they cause to our planet. He feels 
he should do something to be (5. help) . He would like to join an (6. organize) 
, but he doesn't know which one to join. He has seen so many (7. advertise) 
 in newspapers that he can't make up his mind. However, he believes that it is (8. 
acceptable)  not to be environmentally aware and he is (9. hope) 
 that one day everyone will be part of a world movement to save the earth. He was 
sure that in this time of (10. technology)  advances, we find some way to solve the 
world's problems.
Part III. Identify the mistake in each sentence below by circling the capital letter 
1. It was wrong with you to allow a 4 year-old child to walk home alone.
 A B C D
2. The Smiths are very proud about that their son always gets high marks in his courses.
 A B C D
3. We called the baseball park up to ask that when the game was scheduled to begin that afternoon.
 A B C D
4. The American Indians killed the buffalo only when necessity to obtain food, clothing 
 A B C D
and shelter.
5. Some relatives of mine like staying at their cabin on Lake Omega every summer holidays 
 A B C D
6. In the United States among 60 percent of the space on the pages of newspapers is reserved 
 A B C 
 for advertising.
 D
7. Gilbert Newton Lewis, a chemist, helped to develop the modern electron theory of 
 A B
valence, a theory explains the forces holding atoms together in molecules. 
 C D
8. Because of a high birthrate and considered immigration, the United States population 
 A B 
in the late nineteenth century increased tremendously from 31 million in 1860 to 76 million in 1900.