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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't normally go to the cinema. 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 (3. constantly GO)__________ on about this film all week and eventually wore me down. It was starring some ephemeral Hollywood actor whom I had vaguely heard of but couldn't put a face to. 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 (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. Not because I don't like it but because it's just a habit I (1.never GET)__________ into.

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.)

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.

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

I do feel ________ you, honestly!

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

Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box.

(0) has been done as an example. 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 (5)________ it. Take computers as example. For many of us, they still (6)________ a threat to our freedom and give us a frightening (7)________ of a future in which all decisions will be (8)________ by machines. This may be because they seem (9)________, and difficult to understand. Ask most people what you can use a home computer for, and you usually get vague answers about how ‘they give you information’. 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)________. Presumably, much the same happened when telephone and television became widespread. 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 (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. When faced (0)________ some new and possible bewildering technology change, most people (1)________ in one of two ways.

Complete the summary. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your answer in the numbered box.

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. We do have examples of six-string guitars that are 200 years old. 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.

Although the electric guitar was invented in the 1930s, it took several decades for electric guitars to develop, with the company Rickenbacker playing a major part in this development. 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.

Some parts of the following passages have been removed. Read the passage and then choose from the list A-J given below the best phrase to fill each of the spaces. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all. Write your answer in the numbered box. (0) has been done as an example.

PEDAL POWER

If you are trying to get around central London when the traffic is bad and you can’t find a taxi, (0)____________: pedal-powered rickshaws are becoming increasingly popular in the capital. In fact, it is estimated that 350 of them now cruise the streets, though there is no official licensing procedure for these diminutive vehicles, so precise numbers are not available. And this is exactly the problem; it is claimed by residents’ associations and taxi drivers. 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. And unlike traditional London cabs, pedal-powered rickshaws cause no pollution whatsoever. Many tourists like them because they are an amusing, unusual way to get around. But are they potentially dangerous? 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) ____________. There has as yet been no serious accident involving a pedicab, but the government is considering some form of regulation just to be on the safe side.

Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the numbered box provided below the passage. (0) has been done as an example.

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. Heat a kettle and the water inside it expands. 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)________, so it may have taken the oceans thirty years to swell. This means that the global warming we are now (6)________ is a 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)________, as rainfall in the Sahara and beyond is reduced by 20 per cent.

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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