Bộ 20 đề ôn thi vào Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 1)

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

Give the correct form of the word in each of the following brackets.(1.5 pt)

It was not so long ago that we dealt with colleagues through face-to-face (1. INTERACT) ______  and with counterparts and customers by phone or letter. But the world of communication has undergone a dramatic transformation, not for all the good. Email, while (2. DOUBT) _____  a swift means of communication providing your server is fully (3.FUNCTION) ______ and that the address you have contains no (4. ACCURATE) _____ has had a (5. SIGNIFY) _____ effect on certain people’s behaviour, both at home and business. For those people, the use of email has become irresistibly (6. ADDICT) _____  to the extent that it is (7. THREAT) _____ their mental and physical health. Addicts spend their day (8. COMPULSION) _____ checking for email and have a (9. TEND) ______ to panic if their server goes down. It is estimated that one in six people spend four hours a day sending and receiving messages, the equivalent to more than two working days a week. The negative effect on (10. PRODUCE) ________ is something employers are well aware of.

It was not so long ago that we dealt with colleagues through face-to-face (1. INTERACT) ______ and with counterparts and customers by phone or letter.

Email, while (2. DOUBT) _____ a swift means of communication providing your server

a swift means of communication providing your server is fully (3.FUNCTION) ______

and that the address you have contains no (4. ACCURATE) _____

a (5. SIGNIFY) _____ effect on certain people’s behaviour, both at home and business.

For those people, the use of email has become irresistibly (6. ADDICT) _____

to the extent that it is (7. THREAT) _____ their mental and physical health.

Addicts spend their day (8. COMPULSION) _____ checking for email

checking for email and have a (9. TEND) ______ to panic if their server goes down.

The negative effect on (10. PRODUCE) ________ is something employers are well aware of.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

Read the following passage and choose the option that indicates the correct answer to each of the following questions.(2.0 pts)

      In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvements; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.   

      In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities and differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable commodities of trade generally came understate inspection, and such important frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends, the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

The word “effect” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.

All of the following are mentioned in the passage as areas that involved statevernments in the nineteenth century EXCEPT _________.

The word “distinct” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.

It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in the nineteenth century canals and railroads were _________.

The regulatory activities of state governments included all of the following EXCEPT_______.

The word “setting” in bold in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.

The word “ends” in bold in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.

According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Homestead Act of 1862?

Which of the following activities was the responsibility of the federal government in the nineteenth century?

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 pts)

The British are widely (1) _____ to be a very polite nation, and in (2)______ respects this is true. An Italian journalist once commented of the British that they need (3) _____ fewer than four “thank you” merely to buy a bus ticket. The first, from the bus conductor means, “I’m here.” The second accompanies the handing over of the money. The third, again from the conductor, (4) ____ “Here is your ticket.”, and then the passenger utters a final one as he accepts the tickets. Such transactions in most (5) ____ parts of the world are usually conducted in total silence. In sharp contrast to this excessive politeness with strangers, the British are strangely lacking (6) _____ ritual phrases for social interaction. The exhortation “Good appetite”, uttered in so (7) ______ other languages to fellow-diners before a meal, does not exist in English. The nearest equivalent – Enjoy your dinner! – is said only by people who will not be partaking of the meal in question. What’s more, the British (8) ____ happiness to their friends or acquaintances only at the start of a new year and at (9)_____ such as birthdays, (10) _____ the Greeks routinely wish all and sundry a “good week” or a “good month”.

The British are widely (1) _____ to be a very polite nation

and in (2)______ respects this is true.

An Italian journalist once commented of the British that they need (3) _____ fewer than four “thank you” merely to buy a bus ticket.

The second accompanies the handing over of the money. The third, again from the conductor, (4) ____ “Here is your ticket.”

Such transactions in most (5) ____ parts of the world are usually conducted in total silence. In sharp contrast to this excessive politeness with strangers

the British are strangely lacking (6) _____ ritual phrases for social interaction.

The exhortation “Good appetite”, uttered in so (7) ______ other languages to fellow-diners before a meal, does not exist in English.

What’s more, the British (8) ____ happiness to their friends or acquaintances only at the start of a new year

only at the start of a new year and at (9)_____ such as birthdays

 (10) _____ the Greeks routinely wish all and sundry a “good week” or a “good month”.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks. 

Media and advertising

      After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is here to (1) ______. There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and (2) ______ a variety of grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (3) ______ bombarding us with radioactivity? Did the advertisements contain subliminal messages, persuading us to buy more? Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so (4) ______ programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive (5) ______ drugged by glamorous serials and inane situation (6) ______ ? On the other hand did it increase anxiety by sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (7) ______  by suitable pictures] and filling our living rooms with war, famine and political unrest? (8) ______ in all, television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat for the second half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. For no (9) ______ how much we despised it, feared it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We kept staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (10) ______  was in if we looked carefully.

After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is here to (1) ______.

There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and (2) ______ a variety of grounds.

Was the (3) ______ bombarding us with radioactivity?

Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so (4) ______ programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen?

Or did it simply create a vast passive (5) ______ drugged by glamorous serials

by glamorous serials and inane situation (6) ______ ?

On the other hand did it increase anxiety by sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (7) ______  by suitable pictures] and filling our living rooms with war, famine and political unrest?

 (8) ______ in all, television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat for the second half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched.

For no (9) ______ how much we despised it, feared it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps

We kept staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (10) ______  was in if we looked carefully.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences

Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______, ______ science fiction really become popular.

We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.

I don’t think she can get her message _______ to the students. She seems too nervous.

_______, it is obvious that the whole thing was a waste of time and effort.

There are ______ words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to this fact.

This car has many features including _________.

Round and round ___________.

The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists’ by the café _______ the housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.

Your argument _______ that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.

They are happily married although, of course, they argue _______.

He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .

One of the first exercises in math class is ______ measure the radius of a circle.

We were shocked to hear the news of your ________.

I don’t know French, but I’ll ________.

_______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.

_______ have settled, one of their first concerns has been to locate an adequate water supply.

Politicians should never lose ______ of the needs of the people they represent.

_______ team sports require cooperation.

Studies indicate _________ collecting art today than ever before.

Doctors advise people who are deficient __________ vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Dick put ____ ball in ____ net in _____ second half but ____ goal was disallowed.

There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened _______ a sudden loud noise.

The computer has dramatically affected ______ photographic lenses are constructed.

Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a __________ writer.

The handwriting is completely ______ . This note must have been written a long time ago.

Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.  

The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (1.go) ________ out and they (2.sit) ________ in the dark.

What tune (3. play) ________ when we (4. come) ________ in?

She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (5. wear) ________ her seat belt, she (6. not hurt) ________ so badly.

It is vital that no one else (7. know) _______ about the secret government operation.

It seems strange to be standing here, (8. look) _______ out at SydneyHarbor.

Tom had a lucky escape. He (9. kill) ________ when a car crashed into the front of his house.

_____ (10. Rank) as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which it was created.

There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them.  

      It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until quite recently people got used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the connection with astronomy seems much more important. Egyptologists have often asked them how long it spent to build them and why people built them in first place. Experts came up with a suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile was the earthly equivalent of the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of the three Giza Pyramids are in promotion to the three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs were deliberately being project through shafts to reach at their goal of the Orion constellation.

Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 

If the work is finished by lunchtime, you can go home.

=> Get_____________________________________ 

You haven’t done your work, have you?
=> It’s about_______________________________________________________________________

The fourth time he asked her to marry him, she accepted.
=> Only on his _____________________________________________________________________

He said that he had won as a result of good luck.
=> He attributed____________________________________________________________________

That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.
=> That takes me____________________________________________________________________

People rumour that he is rich but stingy.
=> What___________________________________________________________________________

Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration.
=> There is_________________________________________________________________________

Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh.
=> The very_________________________________________________________________________

We cannot see animals in a vast area after the forest fire.
=> There is an_______________________________________________________________________

The staff hated Frank’s new policies so intensely that they went on strike.
=> So intense _______________________________________________________________________

Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the given one, using the word given in the brackets. Do not alter the word in any way 
I suddenly realized the meaning of a “freebie”.(dawned)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

After the scandal, he was asked to resign. (HAND)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument. (likened) 

=> _______________________________________________________________________________

My father is not feeling well these days. (weather)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

 I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (catch)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

His arrival was completely unexpected. (took)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

The success of our local theater has made our city famous. (map)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

He is certainly not a reliable witness. (means)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

Our company is the only company allowed to import these chemicals. (monopoly)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________

It’s uncertain whether the band’s tour will take place. (BALANCE)
=> _______________________________________________________________________________