Bộ 20 đề luyện thi Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 95)

Choose the correct answer in each of the following questions.

Education is the only method of ______ changes in world population.

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions

Ancient people made clay pottery because they needed it for their survival. They used the pots they made for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of decoration, materials, glazes and manufacture, the more advanced the culture itself. The artisan who makes pottery in North America today utilizes his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as functional, transforming something ordinary into something special and unique. The potter uses one of the Earth’s most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost everywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting process difficult. Most North American artisan-potters now purchase commercially processed clay, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work. The most important tools potters use are their own hand; however, they also use wire loop tools, wooden modeling tools, plain wire, and sponges. Plain wire is used to cut away the finished pot from its base on the potter’s wheel. After a finished pot is dried of all its moisture in the open air, it is placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, and it is then ready to be glazed and fired again. For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later burn off in the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making any kind of decorative pattern that they want. 

What does the passage mainly discuss?

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way that ancient people used pottery?

The word “it” in line 2 refers to ______.

According to the passage, which of the following can be learned about an ancient civilization by examining its pottery?

The word “functional” in line 6 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

The word “basic” in line 7 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

According to the passage, how do most North American potters today get the clay they need?

It can be inferred from the passage that clay is processed commercially in order to ______.

According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel?

The word “pattern” in line 15 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

Grace Kelly was the first famous as a Hollywood actress and then ______ Prince Rainer of Monaco.

Read the following passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

Sports Photography Sport as a spectacle and photography as a way of recording action have developed together. At the arrival of the 20th century, Edward Muybridge was experimenting with photographs of movement. His pictures of a runner (41) ______ in every history of photography. Another milestone was when the scientist and photographer Harold Edgerton (42) ______ the limits of photographic technology with his study of a (43) ______ of milk hitting the surface of a dish. Another advance was the development of miniature cameras in the late 1920s, which made it possible for sports photographers to (44) ______ their cumbersome cameras behind. The arrival of television was a significant development in the transmission of sport. Paradoxically, it was of benefit to still photographers. People who watched a sports event on TV, with all its movement and action, (45) ______ the still image as a reminder of the game. Looking back, we can see how (46) ______ sports photography has changed. (47) ______ sports photographers were as interested in the stories behind the sport as in the sport itself. Contemporary sports photography (48) ______ the glamour of sport, the colour and the action. But the best sports photographers today do more than (49) ______ tell the story of the event, or make a (50) ______ of it. They capture in a single dramatic moment the real emotions of the participants, emotions with which people looking at the photographs can identify.

 His pictures of a runner (41) ______ in every history of photography.

Another milestone was when the scientist and photographer Harold Edgerton (42) ______ the limits of photographic technology

his study of a (43) ______ of milk hitting the surface of a dish.

Another advance was the development of miniature cameras in the late 1920s, which made it possible for sports photographers to (44) ______ their cumbersome cameras behind.

People who watched a sports event on TV, with all its movement and action, (45) ______ the still image as a reminder of the game.

Looking back, we can see how (46) ______ sports photography has changed

(47) ______ sports photographers were as interested in the stories behind the sport as in the sport itself.

Contemporary sports photography (48) ______ the glamour of sport, the colour and the action

But the best sports photographers today do more than (49) ______ tell the story of the event

or make a (50) ______ of it. They capture in a single dramatic moment the real emotions of the participants, emotions with which people looking at the photographs can identify.

Read the following passage and indicate the correct answer to each of the questionsThe light bulb changed human existence by illuminating the night and making human activity possible in darkness. The electric light, one of the everyday conveniences that most affects our lives, was invented in 1879 by both Thomas Eva Edison in the United States, and Sir Joseph Wilson Swan in England at the same time. However, the story of the electric light actually goes back to 1811, when Sir Humphrey Davy discovered that an electrical arc passed between two poles produced light. In 1841, experimental lights were installed as public lighting along the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Other experiments were undertaken in Europe and America, but the arc light eventually proved impractical because it burned out too quickly. Inventors continued to work on the problem of developing a reliable electric light that would be practical for both home and public use instead of gas light. The solution lay not in electrical arc in open space, but in electricity passed through a filament. The breakthrough theory became known as the Joule effect after James Prescott Joule. He theorized that electrical current, if passed through a resistant conductor, would glow white-hot with heat energy and thus produce light. Edison decided to try a carbonized cotton thread filament. When voltage was applied to the completed bulb, it gave off a soft orange glow. Just about fifteen hours later, the filament finally burned out. Further experimentation produced filaments that could burn longer and longer with each test. By the end of 1880, he had produced a 10-watt bulb that could last for 1500 hours, and had begun to market his new invention. 

What is the topic of the passage?

Who first invented the electric light bulb?

Why is the date of the electric light’s invention, 1879, given first in the chronology of events?

Why were the first light bulbs impractical?

What is a filament?

What did James Prescott Joule’s theory state?

It can be inferred that “illuminating” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

It can be inferred that “undertaken” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

The word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to ______.

What is the purpose of the passage?

All visitors are requested to ______ with the regulations.

Betty: “Your house is lovely! I especially like what you’ve done to the front yard.”              Alice: ”______.”

He gives a lot of money to the poor despite the fact that he has barely enough to live ______ himself.

I’m glad you told me about the show being cancelled. ______, I’d have travelled all the way to Glasgow for nothing.

Joe couldn’t come to our party last weekend – he ______ house.

Don’t worry about hotel. We can easily ______ for a few nights.

She wondered ______ her father looked like now, after so many years away.

Sarah glanced around the room once more, ______ that nothing was out of place.

You ______ him your map. He has one of his own.

It is vital that our country’s imports ______ its exports.

Tall people were obliged to bend down ______ their head on the low ceiling.

Never having been away from home before, ______.

I know William has been disobedient, but don’t be too ______ on him.

The two men looked so ______ that it was impossible to distinguish between them.

I’d rather you ______ anything about the garden until the weather improves.

This is the athlete ______ everyone says will win the gold medal at the winter Olympic Games.

Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to ______ his bad cold.

Betty: “Wally, the bracelet is beautiful, but really, you shouldn’t have!”              Wally: “ ______.”

As he made no reference to our quarrel, I assumed he ______ me.

“There is no further treatment we can give,” said Dr. Jekyll. “We must let the disease take its ______.”

The Continental United States is ______ that there are four time zones.

______ had I had time to take my coat off when the boss came in.

My supervisor had me ______ the morning taking inventory.

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

This holiday is within our price range, provided we don’t go to the expensive restaurants in the tourist center.

The weather was getting worse, so Joe was forced to give up his attempt to climb the summit.

“Here are the car keys. You’d better wait in the car,” he said to her.

It couldn’t have been Mary that you heard shouting last night as she is on holiday in Jakarta at the moment.

The mistake in the accounts was not noticed until the figures were re-checked.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

 I haven’t finished my work because there was a fault in the network and I couldn’t log on until 4 o’clock.

I hate it when students use their MP3 players in the library. It always bothers me when I’m trying to study.

Although Valentine’s Day has become a global industry with more than 80 million roses sold worldwide, the origins of the day are unclear and hidden in the mists of time.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.

China has become the third country in the world which can independently carry out the manned space activities.

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following question.

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following question.

Indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Buenos Aires is one of the world capitals that are famous for its busy harbor.
                       A                            B                   C                     D

Of the two lectures, the first was by far the best, partly because the person who delivered it had such a dynamic style.
                                    A                             B                                                     C                                D

Drying food by means of solar energy is an ancient process applying wherever food and climatic conditions make it 
   A                     B                                                                         C                                                                       Dpossible.

Ice skating and to go skiing are popular winter sports in the Northern United States.
         A                                   B                       C            D

In recent years great advances forward have been made in the field of genetic research.
          A                                         B         C                                                         D

Choose the sentence that best join each of the following pairs of sentences in each of the following questions.

Write your name in the book. He may forget who lent it to him.

He had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once.

He felt very tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.

You have paid for the theatre tickets. Please let me pay for our dinner.

The snowfall was very heavy. The result of that was they had to cancel all the trains.

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question