Bộ 20 đề ôn thi vào Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 3)

His poor handling of the business ________ on negligence.

Down ________ for three days.

Can I ________ your brains for a moment? I can’t do this crossword by myself.

The job wasn’t giving the ________ of the experience he wanted.

I suppose I could ________ advertising.

The storm ripped our tent to ________.

She travelled the world in ________ of her dreams.

The agency is ________ and not run for profit.

Mike, _______, will you switch off that television!

Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right.

The (PLACE)_______ of natural resources is becoming inadequate for the support of increasing population.

The grammar section provides coverage of all the most (PROBLEM)_______ areas.

He has recorded the (narrate)______ for the production.

In this profession, women (NUMBER)______ men by two to one.

An (LAY)_______ showing population can be placed on top of the map.

The shells are so hard and they are virtually (DESTROY)_______.

We should arrive two days early in order to (CLIMATE)________.

These changes are likely to (POOR)________ single-parent families even further.

I’m afraid the hospital is desperately (STAFF)______ at the moment.

This book will challenge your (CONCEPT)_______ about rural life.

The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and correct them in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. Human and primates, the family of apes, gorillas, and chimpanzees, among others, divide many common traits.
While primates are deemed the most intelligent of animals, most researchers believed they lack the capacity to produce language. However, a research project in the 1970s at University of Georgia showed promise that chimpanzees have the ability to learn a certain language, just as human children do.
The project used several chimpanzees as test subjects in which Lana, a female chimp was the study focus.
Though the primates lack the vocal constructions to make human speech patterns, the researchers created a language called Yerkish, using lexigram made up of symbols that represent sounds and words. 125 symbols were placed on a keyboard, which Lana was taught how to use the board to communicate with the researchers. She successfully expressed her thoughts by pressing different keys in succession. In some cases, she used up to seven at times.

0. Humans
1. ____________

2. ____________
3. ____________

4. ____________

5. ____________
6. ____________
7. ____________
8. ____________
9. ____________
10. ___________

 Not because I don't like it but because it's just a habit I (1.never GET)__________ into.

However, on this occasion I (2. DECIDE)__________ to go because my friends

However, on this occasion I (2. DECIDE)__________ to go because my friends (3. constantly GO)__________ on about this film all week and eventually wore me down.

We got to the cinema early to find people (4. already WAIT)__________ outside, which suggested that my friends weren't the only ones who thought it was worth seeing although I could still think of several other things I would rather having been doing at that moment.

In the end, the film (5. TURN)_________ out to be not half as bad as expected

though I (6. PREFER)__________ something with a bit more action.

The plot centred on two men who were planning to carry out some immensely complicated robbery, though what they (7. completely FAIL) ___________ to realize was that all the time their plans

to realize was that all the time their plans (8. closely MONITOR) ____________ by the police.

Somewhat unpredictably, however, they got away with it because they (9. CHANGE) _____________ their plans at the last minute.

It was okay but I (10.not THINK)________ of going again.

Fill each gap in the following sentences with one of the prepositions or particles in the box. Use each word only ONCE and write your answer in the numbered box. (Please note that the given words outnumber the gaps.)

He likes to show _________ how well he speaks French.

They were sad because the plan fell _________ at the last minutes.

Ben is a true adventurer. He has climbed this country's highest mountain, canoed _________ the continent, and hiked through the Amazon jungle.

She wrote the book _________ collaboration with one of her students.

You'd better write _________ the appointment in your agenda, or you'll probably forget.

Mary has always looked _________ to her uncle, who is a very successful actor.

I do feel ________ you, honestly!

As I had put on weight, my dress was too tight so I had to let it ________ especially around the waist.

I'm sorry but Dr. Ho sees patients _________ appointments only.

He spoke _________ such assurance that we couldn't but believe him.

When faced (0)________ some new and possible bewildering technology change, most people (1)________ in one of two ways. 

They either recoil (2)________ anything new, claiming that it is unnecessary,

or too complicated or that it (3)________ makes life less than human.

Or they learn to adapt to the new invention and (4)________ wonder how they could possibly have existed

wonder how they could possibly have existed (5)________ it. Take computers as example.

For many of us, they still (6)________ a threat to our freedom and give us a frightening

a threat to our freedom and give us a frightening (7)________ of a future in which all decisions will be

of a future in which all decisions will be (8)________ by machines.

This may be because they seem (9)________, and difficult to understand.

In fact, even those of us who are (10)________ with computer and use them in our daily work, have little idea of how they work.

But it does not take long to learn how to operate a business programme, even if things occasionally go wrong for no apparent (11)________.

What seems to alarm most people is the (12)________ of technology change

(13)________ than change itself. And the objections that are made to new technology may

And the objections that are made to new technology may (14)________ have a point to them, since change is not always an improvement.

As we discover during power cuts, there is a lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire, and forms of entertainment, such as books or board (15)________, which don’t have to be plugged into work.

Despite differences in _________, 'guit-' and '-tar' appear in the word for 'guitar' in many languages.

Instruments that we would call acoustic guitars have been made and played for approximately _________.

The ________ of acoustic guitars have not changed much in 200 years.

Les Paul, the well-known ________ guitarist, was involved in the development of the electric guitar.

Most ________ of the guitar know little about its rich history.

Instruments similar to the guitar have been played by musicians for over (1) ________ years.

What we know about many of these instruments comes from (2) ________ rather than actual physical examples or music played on them.

In some ways, these early stringed instruments were closer to (3) ________ than the guitar as we know it today.

However, the (4) ________ of six-string guitars made by guitar makers who are also known as luthiers before the final decade of the eighteenth century is often open to question.

Most (5) ________ electric guitars in use today are similar in design to guitars produced by the Fender Musical Instruments Company and the Gibson Guitar Corporation in the 1950s.

Since rickshaws are not subject to the same regulations as other vehicles, (1) ____________. Consequently, the areas around popular tourist sights are sometimes packed with stationary pedicabs, as the rickshaws are also known.

And (2) ____________ as no specific law is being broken.

On the other hand, (3) ____________, which naturally get stuck in traffic jams like other motor vehicle.

Well, (4) ____________. Some taxi drivers claim the three-wheeled vehicles are inherently unstable and may tip over if the driver takes a corner too quickly.

Rickshaw drivers insist that they drive almost exclusively in the narrow streets of the city centre, where (5) ____________.

Although the (0)________ in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists may not sound like much, it is the difference between (1)________ and the last Ice Age

when huge glaciers (2)________ Europe and most of Britain.

Nobody knows exactly what would happen in a warmer world, (3)________ we do know some things.

The temperature of the world has climbed more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have risen by at (4)________ 10 cm.

But just as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin (5)________

This means that the global warming we are now (6)________ is a result

result only of the carbon dioxide we have dumped into the atmosphere up to (7)________ 1960s.

Since then, the use of fossil (8)________ has increased rapidly.

Scientists working for the United Nations and European governments have (9)________ warning that what the Dutch and the people of the East Anglia will need to do will be to build more extensive sea defences.

Many of the world’s greater cities are at (10)________

because they are located at sea level. Miami, (11)________ entirely built on a sandbank, could be swept away.

But the effects of (12)________ sea levels will be much worse for the developing countries.

With a metre rise in sea levels, 200 million people could become (13)________.

There are other fears too, (14)________ to a recent United Nations report.

The plight of the hungry in the northern Africa could (15)________

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
Half the afternoon was spent on clay-modelling.
Clay-modelling ………………………….........................................................................

I heard her use those words many times.
Many’s …………………………………………………………………………………………

It was more an argument than a discussion.
It was not so ..................................................................................................................

They only reimbursed us because we took legal advice.
We wouldn't .................................................................................................................

Your silly question distracted me.
You drove .................................................................................................................

Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word.

From the educational point of view his childhood years had been well spent (TERMS)                  

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He's very good at tennis and he's also a very good footballer. (ADDITION)
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Why does everything seem to be difficult to me? (ONLY)
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If you work without a break, you are more likely to make an error. (PRONE)
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They were very keen to hear the president’s speech. (EARS)
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