Bộ 20 đề ôn thi Chuyên Anh năm 2023 (Đề 80)

Use the word in capitals at the end of these sentences to form a word that fits in the blank space.

How much does ______ of this club cost?                    (MEMBER)

She is extremely ______ about the history of art. (KNOW)

Traveling in big cities is becoming more and more ______ every day. (TROUBLE)

He is completely ______ ! Not only is he lazy but he is dishonest too. (EMPLOY)

His boss told him off because he had behaved ______ (RESPONSIBLE)

He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later ______ when a medical check proved that he had been taking drugs. (QUALIFY)

Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of ______ their diet. (ORGANISE)

The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so ______ One minute he goes mad when you come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you are! (CONSIST)

It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been listed as one of the ______ species (DANGER)

I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on she was completely ______(RECONGNISE)

Put each verb given in brackets into an appropriate tense or form

Mr. Pike, who is supposed __ ____________ (witness) the accident, ____________ (leave) the town.

At this time next week they __ ____________ _ (sit) in the train on their way to Paris.

He said that he watered the plants every day. He __ ____________ ____________ _ (water) them. If he ____________ ____________ _ (have), they wouldn’t have died.

No sooner ____________  the announcement __ ____________ (make) than everyone started complaining.

They said they never __ ____________ _ (make) to do anything they didn’t want to before.

We __ ____________ ____________ _ (watch) the play for nearly thirty minutes when he came.

The pop star who __ ____________ _ (take) part in over 25 films always avoids _being recognized_ (recognise) by __ ____________ (wear) dark glasses.

There’s no point _ ____________ _ (try) to get Tim __ ____________ _ (lend) you his car.

Not until John ____________ __ (receive) the offer of promotion in writing .. ____________..he ______ (celebrate)

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle letter A, B, C or D next to the answer you choose.

If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little  (1)_____ it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous  (2)_____ even environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental  (3)_____ – it’s the way society choose to use and  (4)_____ them. Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural  (5)_____ We  (6)_____ well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high  (7)_____ of our annual consumption is in the  (8)_____ of packaging, and this  (9)_____ about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (10)_____ Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling  (11)_____ is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (12)_____ than coal and one  (13)_____ of ‘recovery’ strongly  (14)_____ by the plastic manufacturers is the  (15)_____ of waste plastic into a fuel.

Read the following text and then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.       

     I was reading an article last week in (1)__ ____________ _ the writer described (2) _ ____________ _ her children has changed as they (3)_ ____________  up. When they were small she had to (4)_ ____________ __  up with noisy games in the house, or join in interminable games of football in the garden which (5)__ ____________ __ her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were getting up to, or what crisis she would have to (6)_ ____________ _  with next. She dreaded the fact that they might (7)_ ____________ _  after her husband, who admitted having (8)__ ____________ __  an uncontrollable child who (9)_ ____________ most of the time showing off to his friends by breaking things or getting  into fights. What was worse was that (10)__ ____________ _  else thought he was a sweet child, and he got  away with the most terrible things! However, she had experienced an even greater shocked with her children. They had (11)_ ____________ _  out of all their naughty behavior, and (12)__ ____________ __  up serious hobbies (13)__ ____________  as chess and playing the piano. They never did anything without (14)__ ____________ __  it over first, and coming to a serious decision. She had to face up to the fact that they made her feel rather childish as they got (15)_ ____________ __, and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and noisy.

She had to face up to the fact that they made her feel rather childish as they got (15)_ ____________ __, and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and noisy.

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

Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.

-> Scarcely................................

I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.

-> Rather..........................................

The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.

-> There has.............................

The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.

-> Had it not.............................

Harriet was upset because she saw Peter with another woman.

-> It was................................

We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.

-> Much to..................

People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to.

-> The....................

Their relationship was doomed because of their incompatibility.

-> Had...................

You should admit that you are to blame, not to conceal it.

-> I’d rather.....................

If she had been less determined she wouldn’t have been able to get better so quickly.

-> It was her..........................