80 câu hỏi trắc nghiệm thuộc Bộ 20 đề luyện thi Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 95)

Câu 1:

Choose the correct answer in each of the following questions.

Education is the only method of ______ changes in world population.

A. bringing about

B. carrying out

C. taking off

D. showing off

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Đáp án: A

Câu 2:

Grace Kelly was the first famous as a Hollywood actress and then ______ Prince Rainer of Monaco.

A. to be the wife of

B. she was the wife of

C. as the wife of

D. the wife of

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Đáp án: C

Câu 3:

All visitors are requested to ______ with the regulations.

A. agree

B. comply

C. assent

D. consent

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Đáp án: B

Câu 4:

Betty: “Your house is lovely! I especially like what you’ve done to the front yard.” Alice: ”______.”

A. Really? That’s nice of you to say so

B. Nothing new. Same old thing

C. You’re welcome. I’m glad you can come

D. Oh, it was nothing! It was nothing I hope you like it

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Đáp án: A

Câu 5:

He gives a lot of money to the poor despite the fact that he has barely enough to live ______ himself.

A. in

B. with

C. through

D. on

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Đáp án: D

Câu 6:

I’m glad you told me about the show being cancelled. ______, I’d have travelled all the way to Glasgow for nothing.

A. Therefore

B. However

C. Otherwise

D. Moreover

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Đáp án: C

Câu 7:

Joe couldn’t come to our party last weekend – he ______ house.

A. was moving

B. had moved

C. moved

D. would move

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Đáp án: A

Câu 8:

Don’t worry about hotel. We can easily ______ for a few nights.

A. put you in

B. put up with you

C. put you down

D. put you up

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Đáp án: D

Câu 9:

She wondered ______ her father looked like now, after so many years away.

A. how

B. whose

C. what

D. whom

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Đáp án: C

Câu 10:

Sarah glanced around the room once more, ______ that nothing was out of place.

A. checked

B. checking

C. to check

D. being checked

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Đáp án: B

Câu 11:

You ______ him your map. He has one of his own.

A. shouldn’t have lent

B. mightn’t have lent

C. mustn’t have lent

D. needn’t have lent

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Đáp án: D

Câu 12:

It is vital that our country’s imports ______ its exports.

A. don’t exceed

B. not exceed

C. didn’t exceed

D. won’t exceed

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Đáp án: B

Câu 13:

Tall people were obliged to bend down ______ their head on the low ceiling.

A. so that they won’t bang

B. for them not to bang

C. in case they will bang

D. so as not to bang

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Đáp án: D

Câu 14:

Never having been away from home before, ______.

A. Daisy, therefore, felt a little homesick at first

B. it made Daisy feel a little homesick at first

C. Daisy was a little homesick at first

D. the first feeling Daisy had was sickness.

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Đáp án: C

Câu 15:

I know William has been disobedient, but don’t be too ______ on him.

A. heavy

B. strong

C. hard

D. strict

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Đáp án: C

Câu 16:

The two men looked so ______ that it was impossible to distinguish between them.

A. alike

B. same

C. like

D. likely

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Đáp án: A

Câu 17:

I’d rather you ______ anything about the garden until the weather improves.

A. don’t make

B. didn’t do

C. don’t do

D. didn’t make

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Đáp án: B

Câu 18:

This is the athlete ______ everyone says will win the gold medal at the winter Olympic Games.

A. whose

B. whom

C. who

D. whoever

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Đáp án: C

Câu 19:

Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to ______ his bad cold.

A. throw off

B. throw away

C. throw down

D. throw over

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Đáp án: A

Câu 20:

Betty: “Wally, the bracelet is beautiful, but really, you shouldn’t have!” Wally: “ ______.”

A. Okay. Take care

B. You’re welcome. I think it looks beautiful on you

C. I hope not

D. No. I don’t think so

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Đáp án: B

Câu 21:

As he made no reference to our quarrel, I assumed he ______ me.

A. forgave

B. had forgiven

C. would forgive

D. was forgiving

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Đáp án: B

Câu 22:

“There is no further treatment we can give,” said Dr. Jekyll. “We must let the disease take its ______.”

A. term

B. end

C. course

D. way

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Đáp án: C

Câu 23:

The Continental United States is ______ that there are four time zones.

A. so a big area

B. very big

C. much big

D. so big an area

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Đáp án: D

Câu 24:

______ had I had time to take my coat off when the boss came in.

A. Scarcely

B. Hard

C. No sooner

D. Almost

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Đáp án: A

Câu 25:

My supervisor had me ______ the morning taking inventory.

A. spend

B. spent

C. to spend

D. spending

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Đáp án: A

Câu 26:

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

This holiday is within our price range, provided we don’t go to the expensive restaurants in the tourist center.

A. Our holiday will be okay if there aren’t any expensive restaurants in the tourist center.

B. Because of the expensive restaurants in the tourist center, we cannot continue our holiday.

C. We can afford the holiday so long as we avoid the expensive restaurants in the tourist center.

D. We would be short of money unless we kept away from the expensive restaurants in the tourist center

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Đáp án: C

Câu 27:

The weather was getting worse, so Joe was forced to give up his attempt to climb the summit.

A. The weather was so bad that Joe wouldn’t be able to climb the summit.

B. But for such awful weather Joe managed to climb the summit.

C. Joe wasn’t encouraged to try to reach the summit because of the weather, which was extremely bad.

D. Due to the worsening weather, Joe had no alternative but to give up his attempt to climb the summit.

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Đáp án: D

Câu 28:

“Here are the car keys. You’d better wait in the car,” he said to her.

A. He handed her the keys, advising her to wait in the car.

B. He advised her to wait in the car with the car keys.

C. He got the car keys before advising her to wait in the car.

D. He gave the car keys to her who was to wait for him in the car.

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Đáp án: A

Câu 29:

It couldn’t have been Mary that you heard shouting last night as she is on holiday in Jakarta at the moment.

A. I think Mary is on holiday in Jakarta now, so you may be wrong in thinking that you heard her shouting last night.

B. If you had heard Mary shouting last night she wouldn’t be able to take vacation in Jakarta now.

C. It was not Mary who shouted to you last night because she is on vacation in Jakarta at the moment.

D. Right now, Mary is having a holiday in Jakarta, so it is impossible that it was she whose shouting you heard last night.

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Đáp án: D

Câu 30:

The mistake in the accounts was not noticed until the figures were re-checked.

A. When the figures were re-checked, they came to light the mistake in the accounts.

B. Once re-checking the figures, the mistakes in the accounts was noticed.

C. The mistake in the accounts only came to light when the figures were re-checked.

D. It was not until the mistake in the accounts was noticed that the figures were checked.

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Đáp án: C

Câu 31:

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Different kinds of clay.

B. The training of an artisan.

C. The making of pottery.

D. Crafts of ancient civilizations.

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Đáp án: C

Câu 32:

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way that ancient people used pottery?

A. To hold food

B. To wash clothes

C. To transport objects

D. To cook

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Đáp án: B

Câu 33:

The word “it” in line 2 refers to ______.

A. clay

B. culture

C. survival

D. pottery

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Đáp án: D

Câu 34:

According to the passage, which of the following can be learned about an ancient civilization by examining its pottery?

A. Its food preferences

B. Its developmental stage

C. Its geographic location

D. Its population

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Đáp án: B

Câu 35:

The word “functional” in line 6 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. Useful

B. Strong

C. Inexpensive

D. Original

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Đáp án: A

Câu 36:

The word “basic” in line 7 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. Familiar

B. Fundamental

C. Versatile

D. Dirty

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Đáp án: B

Câu 37:

According to the passage, how do most North American potters today get the clay they need?

A. They buy it

B. They make it

C. They did it from the earth

D. They barter for it

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Đáp án: A

Câu 38:

It can be inferred from the passage that clay is processed commercially in order to ______.

A. make it dry more evenly

B. remove hard substances

C. prevent the glaze from sticking

D. make it easier to color

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Đáp án: B

Câu 39:

According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel?

A. Melted wax

B. A wire loop

C. A sponge

D. Plain wire

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Đáp án: D

Câu 40:

The word “pattern” in line 15 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. Model

B. Color

C. Puzzle

D. Design

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Đáp án: D

Câu 41:

His pictures of a runner (41) ______ in every history of photography.

A. exhibit

B. show

C. feature

D. demonstrate

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Đáp án: C

Câu 42:

Another milestone was when the scientist and photographer Harold Edgerton (42) ______ the limits of photographic technology

A. enlarged

B. extended

C. prolonged

D. spread

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Đáp án: B

Câu 43:

his study of a (43) ______ of milk hitting the surface of a dish.

A. splash

B. drop

C. dash

D. drip

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Đáp án: B

Câu 44:

Another advance was the development of miniature cameras in the late 1920s, which made it possible for sports photographers to (44) ______ their cumbersome cameras behind.

A. put

B. keep

C. lay

D. leave

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Đáp án: D

Câu 45:

People who watched a sports event on TV, with all its movement and action, (45) ______ the still image as a reminder of the game.

A. chose

B. valued

C. pointed

D. cheered

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Đáp án: B

Câu 46:

Looking back, we can see how (46) ______ sports photography has changed

A. highly

B. radically

C. extremely

D. severely

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Đáp án: B

Câu 47:

(47) ______ sports photographers were as interested in the stories behind the sport as in the sport itself.

A. Initial

B. First

C. Early

D. Primary

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Đáp án: C

Câu 48:

Contemporary sports photography (48) ______ the glamour of sport, the colour and the action

A. outlines

B. signals

C. emphasises

D. forms

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Đáp án: C

Câu 49:

But the best sports photographers today do more than (49) ______ tell the story of the event

A. simply

B. alone

C. singly

D. only

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Đáp án: A

Câu 50:

or make a (50) ______ of it. They capture in a single dramatic moment the real emotions of the participants, emotions with which people looking at the photographs can identify.

A. preservation

B. store

C. mark

D. record

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Đáp án: D

Câu 51:

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

I haven’t finished my work because there was a fault in the network and I couldn’t log on until 4 o’clock.

A. connect

B. check out

C. wait

D. repair

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Đáp án: A

Câu 52:

I hate it when students use their MP3 players in the library. It always bothers me when I’m trying to study.

A. disturbs

B. converses

C. entertains

D. interests

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Đáp án: A

Câu 53:

Although Valentine’s Day has become a global industry with more than 80 million roses sold worldwide, the origins of the day are unclear and hidden in the mists of time.

A. a long time ago

B. unforgettable

C. mysterious

D. too old for anyone to confirm

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Đáp án: D

Câu 54:

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.

A. wrongly

B. casually

C. flexibly

D. informally

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Đáp án: A

Câu 55:

China has become the third country in the world which can independently carry out the manned space activities.

A. put in

B. put on

C. put up

D. put off

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Đáp án: D

Câu 56:

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following question.

A. conserve

B. proposal

C. resident

D. dissolve

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Đáp án: A

Câu 57:

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following question.

A. category

B. expand

C. acacia

D. applicant

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Đáp án: C

Câu 58:

What is the topic of the passage?

A. who first invented the light bulb

B. the effects of public lighting on everyday life

C. how the light bulb was invented

D. the invention of carbonized cotton thread filaments

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Đáp án: C

Câu 59:

Who first invented the electric light bulb?

A. Thomas Edison

B. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan

C. Sir Humphrey Davy

D. Both Thomas Edison and Sir Joseph Wilson Swan

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Đáp án: D

Câu 60:

Why is the date of the electric light’s invention, 1879, given first in the chronology of events?

A. to highlight the years of development preceding its invention

B. to state when the electric light was first invented

C. to show this was the year the light bulb was perfected

D. none of the above

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Đáp án: A

Câu 61:

Why were the first light bulbs impractical?

A. They lasted only a short time

B. Glass was too expensive for light bulbs

C. Electricity wasn’t widely available

D. They were too expensive

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Đáp án: A

Câu 62:

What is a filament?

A. an electrical plug

B. anything that electricity passes through to create light

C. an electrical arc in open space

D. a burning stick

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Đáp án: B

Câu 63:

What did James Prescott Joule’s theory state?

A. Light was possible only with electricity

B. Gas light was impractical compared to electrical light

C. Electricity passed through a conductor would produce light

D. Carbonized cotton thread filament was the best means to produce light

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Đáp án: C

Câu 64:

It can be inferred that “illuminating” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. interrupting

B. making easier

C. giving light to

D. getting rid of

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Đáp án: C

Câu 65:

It can be inferred that “undertaken” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. failed

B. tried

C. funded

D. discovered

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Đáp án: B

Câu 66:

The word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to ______.

A. bulb

B. light

C. current

D. voltage

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Đáp án: A

Câu 67:

What is the purpose of the passage?

A. to prove which country the light bulb’s inventor came from

B. to prove who invented the light bulb

C. to show that there were public lights before 1879

D. to inform the reader of the history of the light bulb

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Đáp án: D

Câu 68:

Indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Buenos Aires is one of the world capitals that are famous for its busy harbor.
A B C D

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Đáp án: C

Câu 69:

Of the two lectures, the first was by far the best, partly because the person who delivered it had such a dynamic style.
A B C D

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Đáp án: B

Câu 70:

Drying food by means of solar energy is an ancient process applying wherever food and climatic conditions make it
A B C D

possible.

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Đáp án: C

Câu 71:

Ice skating and to go skiing are popular winter sports in the Northern United States.
A B C D

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Đáp án: A

Câu 72:

In recent years great advances forward have been made in the field of genetic research.
A B C D

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Đáp án: B

Câu 73:

Choose the sentence that best join each of the following pairs of sentences in each of the following questions.

Write your name in the book. He may forget who lent it to him.

A. He will remember whose book it is if you write your name in it.

B. Your name in the book will remind him of it.

C. He will forget the book unless you write your name in it.

D. Write your name in the book in case he forgets who lent it to him.

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Đáp án: D

Câu 74:

He had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once.

A. No sooner had he entered the house than the police arrested him.

B. Hardly that he had entered the house when the police arrested him.

C. Immediately had he entered the house when the police arrested him.

D. The police immediately arrested him as soon as he’s just entered the house.

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Đáp án: A

Câu 75:

He felt very tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.

A. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.

B. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continued to climb up the mountain

C. As a result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.

D. Tired as he might feel, he was determined to climb up the mountain.

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Đáp án: D

Câu 76:

You have paid for the theatre tickets. Please let me pay for our dinner.

A. Please let me pay for our dinner just after your have paid for the theatre tickets.

B. Inasmuch as you have paid for the theatre tickets, please let me pay for our dinner.

C. Please let me pay for our dinner if you have paid for the theatre tickets.

D. You have paid for the theatre tickets so that I will be allowed to pay for our dinner.

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Đáp án: B

Câu 77:

The snowfall was very heavy. The result of that was they had to cancel all the trains.

A. The snowfall was heavy enough for them to be cancelled all the trains.

B. They had to cancel all the trains because of the snowfall, which had been heavy.

C. The snowfall was very heavy and they had better to cancel all the trains.

D. So great was the snowfall that all the trains had to be cancelled.

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Đáp án: D

Câu 78:

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question

A. concentrate

B. comfortable

C. interview

D. technology

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Đáp án: D

Câu 79:

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question

A. enthusiast

B. educator

C. curricula

D. environment

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Đáp án: B

Câu 80:

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question

A. particular

B. acceptable

C. pessimistic

D. compulsory

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Đáp án: C