Bộ 20 đề ôn thi Chuyên Anh năm 2023 (Đề 76)

Complete the spaces with A, AN, THE  or (No article). Write your answers in the spaces bellow

Jason’s father bought him the bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday. Countries around (1) ………………. world have begun to deal with  (2) ………………… problem in various ways. Some countries, in (3) …………….effort to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves. They then charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining (4) ……… parks, and they often must also depend on (5) …………….. world organizations for support.  

They then charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining (4) ………

Give the correct preposition. Write your answers in the spaces bellow  

Give the correct forms and tenses of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces bellow.

She took a risk investing money with them. I’d rather she (not do) ………………..it.

Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage.

Although all Americans do not (1) ............ the same way, their speech  has enough in common that American English can be recognized as a (2) …… of English distinct from British English, Australian English and other national varieties. American English has grown up with the country. It began to (3) ............ from British English during its colonial beginnings and (4) ............ regional differences and ethnic flavor. Today it (5) ………… other languages and other varieties of English because it is the medium by which the attractions of American culture - its literature, (6) ............pictures and television programs - are transmitted to the world. All speakers of English (7)............ a common linguistic system and a basic set of words. But American English (8) ............ from British English, Australian English and other national varieties in many of its pronunciations, words, spellings and grammatical (9) .............. Words or phrases of American (10) ............ and those used in America but not so much elsewhere, are called Americanisms.

 Fill in each blank with one suitable word.

Is Photography Dead?

For a long time in the past photography was not regarded as an art. It was simply a skill and it was criticized for being too mechanical and not creative enough. At last, however, photography is now accepted as a unique and very important (1)...............of art. The photograph's claim to be an objective record of reality is now seriously challenged, and the important function of photography in modern-day society is consequently (2) ......threat. The threat has suddenly become all the more serious as more and more photographers are (3)............... to the new technology which computers offer. Moreover, a (n) (4) ............... number of colleges have now begun to offer (5)     .......... in computer imaging. All these developments (6)............... a disturbing question. Is photography, as we know (7)................dead? In spite of its complete transformation by new technological developments, however, photography will continue to play a (8) ...............role in our culture. Although it may no longer (9)............ to be realistic, modern photography can continue to provide us with fresh visral (10) ...............about ourselves and the world in which we live.

At last, however, photography is now accepted as a unique and very important (1)...............of art.

Read the passage below carefully and choose the best answer.

Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of 14. Several years later he spent one year in Mexico before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that, he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Witter Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia with the help of a Guggenheim fellowship. His novels include Not without Laughter (1930) and The Big Sea (1940). He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published several collections of poetry. The collections include The Weary Blues (1926), The Dream Keeper (1932), Shakespeare in Harlem (1942), Fields of Wonder (1947), One Way Ticket (1947), and Selected Poems (1959) A man of many talents, Hughes was also a lyricist, librettist, and a journalist. As an older man in the 1960s, he spent much of his time collecting poems from Africa and from African-Americans to popularize black writers. Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literary history, and he is seen as one of the artistic leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, the period when a neighborhood that was predominantly black produced a flood of great literature, music, and other art forms depicting daily city life for African-Americans. 

Fill each blank with a suitable word or phrase.

The car can't have broken down. I........................serviced last week.

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as sentence printed before it.

“I am happy you have passed the final exams. Congratulations!” Tom said to me.

-> Tom congratulated ……………………………………………………………………………….

You ‘d better not swim too far from the shore,” the lifeguard said to us

-> The lifeguard advised ……………………………………………………………………………

Birth rates have fallen sharply recently.

-> There …………………………………………………………………………………………….

I didn’t hear the news until the next day.

-> It was not …………………………………………………………………………………………

Write a new sentence using the word in brackets.  Do not alter the word in any way

He may choose to take early retirement. (option)

-> ……………………………………………………………………………

He didn’t take any part in the conversation. (contribute)

-> ………………………………………………………………………….

We lose our way because the signposts were confusing. ( which)

He likes to be addressed as “Professor”. (call)

She always has a good relationship with the children. (gets)

-> ……………………………………………………………………………..