Bộ 20 đề ôn thi vào Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 14)

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest

Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Nathalie seems very tough at work. She’s a different person at home, _________.

I kept out of the conversation because it _________ me.

The entire city was _________ electricity last night- it was chaotic.

Henry was overweight, so he went on s strict diet and _________ twenty kilos.

He was arrested because he answered to the description of the _________ man.

Humanity has done great damage to the environment in its search for _________ materials.

 _________, the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather. 

One way to let off _________ after a stressful day is to take some vigorous exercise.

Their research into the causes of cancer promises to break the new _________ in the field and possibly lead to a cure.

After three days in the desert, his mind began to play _________ on him.

The match will be screened on ITV with _________ commentary by Any Gray.

I know you didn’t want to upset me but I’ sooner you _________ me the whole truth yesterday.

As the drug took _________, the patient became quieter.

The dawn redwood appears ____ some 100 million years ago in northern forests around the world.

His comments _________ little or no relation to the facts and the figures of the case.

 All _____ is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.

It is urgent that this letter _____ immediately.

John: This grammar test is the hardest one we’ve ever had this semester!
Mary: _____ but I think it’s quite easy.

It is only recently that ballets have been based on the themes _____ American life.

I wish you’d do the accounts. I don’t have ________ for numbers.

Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the passage.  According to paragraph 1, Venus is named the Morning Star and Evening Star because_________.

The word that in paragraph 2 refers to _________.

Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the bold sentence in paragraph 3? Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.

According to paragraph 3, the greenhouse effect on Venus is owed to _________.

In paragraph 4, the author of the passage implies that Earth _________.

Look at the four blanks […] in paragraph 4 that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.

    Although the causes are different, the ramifications are the same.

Where would the sentence best fit? 

The word propagation in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________.

Gusts of over 130 kilometers per hour slammed across the region and £1.5- billion-worth of damage was (1)__________ in just a few hours.

Extreme weather events like this are dramatic (2)__________ of the power of the wind.

Without the formation and circulation of winds there would quite (3)__________ be no climate.

Some parts of the world seem to suffer more than others from the effects of ‘ill winds’, and links between particular winds and psychological problems (4)__________ back centuries.

It affects as many as one in three people in its (5)__________, making them feel anxious, irritable and generally ill.

In California, many people (6)__________ the arrival of the Santa Ana, which rushes down from the high Mojave desert.

The wind may get into the headlines when it comes in the form of tornadoes and hurricanes, but for the (7)__________ part it goes about its job of shifting huge masses of air around the planet.

Plants take (8)__________ of this free ride to send their pollen grains far and wide.

Trees (99)__________ on it to remove old leaves and make way for new growth.

Spiders have been caught (10)__________ a lift at altitudes of almost 4.5 kilometers.