Bộ 20 đề ôn thi vào Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có lời giải chi tiết (Đề 46)

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others

Fill each blank with a suitable word or phrase.

The car can't have broken down. I_________ serviced last week.

If I_________ in that situation, I certainly wouldn't have had the courage to do what you did.

Although he had a difficult time during the war, it_________ harm.

It's no_________ the cold and wet, you'll just have to put up with it.

I won't have_________ their cars in the street outside the entrance to my house!

In times of hardship we have to learn to do_________ some basic necessities.

I'm_________ death of spiders!

I heard the thunder_________ in the distance.

He's been_________ weather for ages and still isn't back at work.

We made the uniforms ourselves as we couldn't_________ made.

Find one underlined part marked A, B, C, or D that needs correcting.

Musical comedies, as an American form of entertainment, often take its subjects from America’s present or past.

Of all seashore plants, seaweeds are best able to tolerate long periods out of water, followed by long periods coveringby water.

The fruit of the plantain looks much like a banana, and it is not so sweet or so pleasing in flavor.

The viceroy butterfly, an insect that birds like to eat, has a color pattern similar to that of the monarch butterfly, whom birds do not like to eat

Behavior therapy uses rewards and punishments to encourage patients to act in a way healthier.

From what we had read in the (26. ADVERTISE)________

it promise to be the holiday of a lifetime – not only a quality hotel in a top (27. SEA)_________ resort

but also (28. SURPRISE)_________ cheap with it!

We arrived at the airport to discover we only had (29. STAND)_________ tickets and there was no guarantee we would be flying.

The flight lasted at least (30. TWO)_________ as long as it should have and by the time we arrived

we were both feeling rather (31. POOR)_________ , probably because of the dubious in-flight meal we had had.

We were met by our guide, who seemed (32. LANGUAGE)_________ incompetent and understood very little of what we said to him.

Instead of the hotel we had seen in the photograph back home, he took us to a squalid little guesthouse much (33. FAR)_________ away from the resort than we were expecting

We wanted to explain that there had been a (34. DREAD)_________ mistake but it was (35. USE)_________ trying to complain – nobody could understand us.

We wanted to explain that there had been a (34. DREAD)_________ mistake but it was (35. USE)_________ trying to complain – nobody could understand us.

Choose among A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks.

The child was told to__________ for being rude to his uncle.

This is the__________ of the bicycle which was stolen.

Some drives, after__________ annoy their fellow-motorists by slowing down again immediately.

It is__________ unlikely that the Queen agree to open the new Town Hall.

I don't think he'll ever__________ the shock of his wife's death.

Some school have very__________ rules of behavior which must be obeyed.

It was difficult to__________ a date which was convenient for everyone.

It's difficult to pay one's bills when prices keep__________.

You may not have to stay the night but take a toothbrush just in__________.

She remembered the correct address only__________ she had posted the letter.

But when mobile internet equipment was (46)____________  on a yellow school bus, the bored, often noisy, teens were transformed into quiet, studious individuals.

District officials got the idea during (47)____________ drives on school business to Phoenix, two hours each way

when they (48)____________ that, when they went in pairs, one person could drive and the other could work using a laptop and a wireless card.

They (49)____________ if internet access on a school bus could (50)____________ students’ academic productivity, too.

They (49)____________ if internet access on a school bus could (50)____________ students’ academic productivity, too.

But the idea for what students call ‘the internet bus’ really took shape when the district’s chief information officer (51)____________ across an article about having internet across in cars.

The officials have been delighted to see the (52)____________ of homework getting done

morning and evening, as the internet bus (53)____________ up and drops off students along the 70-minute drive

(54)____________ some students spend their time playing games or visiting social networking sites, most students do make (55)____________ their travel time to study.

(54)____________ some students spend their time playing games or visiting social networking sites, most students do make (55)____________ their travel time to study.

This is just in case something goes (56)________ along the way. 

For millions of holiday makers, travel insurance is just a precaution (57)________ will help them have an enjoyable and worry-free holiday.

But for (58)________, travel insurance is a way of earning money (59)________ making false claims against insurance companies.

But for (58)________, travel insurance is a way of earning money (59)________ making false claims against insurance companies.

For (60)________ some people pretend that they have had expensive equipment stolen which in (61)________ never even existed, and then claim large sums in compensation.

For (60)________ some people pretend that they have had expensive equipment stolen which in (61)________ never even existed, and then claim large sums in compensation.

Such claims cost insurance company a total (62)________ £ 50 million per year.

But the cheats’ luck is about to run (63)________.

(64)________ to a new computer system

companies will be able to tell at a glance (65)________ someone has made a claim within the last three years.

What is the main topic of this passage?

According to the passage, what can radar detect besides location of objects?

The word “exemplified” in the passage can be replaced by_________.

The word “shouts” in the passage most closely means_________.

Which of the following words best describes the tone of this passage?

According to the passage, the distance between a radar set and an object can be determined by_________.

Which type of waves does radar use?

The word “tracking” in the passage most closely means_________.

Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph?

What might be inferred about radar?

Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one, using the word in capital letters which must not be altered in any way.

You should think about the price before you decide whether to buy it or not (consideration)

→ You should ______________________________________.

People don’t want to buy cars with large engines any more. (call)

→ There isn’t ______________________________________.

Twenty years ago this region produced twice as much coal as it does now. (halved)

→ The coal produced _____________________________.

The prime minister in unlikely to call an early general election. (likelihood)

→ The likelihood __________________________________.

The policeman acted quickly and averted an accident. (prompt)

→ The policeman’s ________________________________.

Rewrite each of the sentences without changing its meaning, using the cue given.

We couldn’t have managed without my father’s money.

→ If it hadn’t _______________________________________________.

House prices have risen dramatically this year.

→ There has _______________________________________________.

The only thing they didn’t steal was the television.

→ They stole _______________________________________________.

He didn’t succeeded in searching for the stolen car.

→ He tried in vain _________________________________________.

She started to clean up the house just after the guests had left.

→ No sooner _______________________________________________.