94 câu hỏi trắc nghiệm thuộc Bộ 20 đề ôn thi vào Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 3)

Câu 1:

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.

Sheila will inherit everything ________ her uncle’s death.

A. on account of

B. in spite of

C. in the event of

D. in place of

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Chọn C

Câu 2:

His poor handling of the business ________ on negligence.

A. neared

B. edged

C. approached

D. bordered

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Chọn D

Câu 3:

Down ________ for three days.

A. the rain poured

B. poured the rain

C. did the rain pour

D. do the rain poor

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Chọn B

Câu 4:

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

A. have

B. pick

C. mind

D. use

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Chọn B

Câu 5:

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

A. width

B. depth

C. length

D. breadth

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Chọn D

Câu 6:

I suppose I could ________ advertising.

A. catch on

B. get out of

C. go in for

D. work out

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Chọn C

Câu 7:

The storm ripped our tent to ________.

A. slices

B. shreds

C. strips

D. specks

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Chọn B

Câu 8:

She travelled the world in ________ of her dreams.

A. pursuit

B. finding

C. chase

D. trail

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Chọn A

Câu 9:

The agency is ________ and not run for profit.

A. charitable

B. donated

C. voluntary

D. free

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Chọn C

Câu 10:

Mike, _______, will you switch off that television!

A. once and for all

B. now and then

C. over and above

D. from time to time

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Chọn A

Câu 11:

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.

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replacement

Câu 12:

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

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problematic

Câu 13:

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

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narration

Câu 14:

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

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outnumber

Câu 15:

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

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overlay

Câu 16:

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

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indestructible

Câu 17:

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

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acclimatize

Câu 18:

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

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impoverish

Câu 19:

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

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short-staffed

Câu 20:

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

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preconceptions

Câu 21:

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. ___________

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1. divide => share	2. believed => have believed	3. University => the University	4. just as => just like	5. in which => among which
6. study focus => study’s focus	7. Though => Since	8. up of => of	9. which => and	10. at times => at a time

Câu 22:

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.

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have never got

Câu 23:

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

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decided

Câu 24:

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.

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had been constantly
going/ had constantly gone

Câu 25:

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.

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were already waiting

Câu 26:

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

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turned

Câu 27:

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

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would have preferred

Câu 28:

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

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completely failed

Câu 29:

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

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were being closely monitored/ were closely monitored

Câu 30:

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

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changed

Câu 31:

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

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am not thinking

Câu 32:

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.

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off

Câu 33:

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

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through

Câu 34:

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

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across

Câu 35:

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

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in

Câu 36:

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

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down

Câu 37:

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

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up

Câu 38:

I do feel ________ you, honestly!

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for

Câu 39:

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

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out

Câu 40:

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

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by

Câu 41:

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

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with

Câu 42:

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.

A. with

B. to

C. for

D. on

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Chọn A

Câu 43:

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

A. react

B. treat

C. solve

D. perform

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Chọn D

Câu 44:

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

A. somewhere

B. someplace

C. someway

D. somewhat

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Chọn C

Câu 45:

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

A. eventually

B. possibly

C. initially

D. naturally

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Chọn A

Câu 46:

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

A. with

B. without

C. on

D. for

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Chọn B

Câu 47:

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

A. show

B. meet

C. face

D. represent

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Chọn D

Câu 48:

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

A. possibility

B. sense

C. idea

D. prospect

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Chọn B

Câu 49:

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

A. invented

B. changed

C. taken

D. done

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Chọn C

Câu 50:

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

A. unsteady

B. unsure

C. mysterious

D. obvious

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Chọn C

Câu 51:

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.

A. accustomed

B. familiar

C. used

D. commonplace

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Chọn B

Câu 52:

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

A. reason

B. cue

C. excuse

D. cause

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Chọn A

Câu 53:

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

A. rate

B. swiftness

C. speed

D. tempo

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Chọn C

Câu 54:

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

A. more

B. less

C. rather

D. other

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Chọn C

Câu 55:

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

A. badly

B. better

C. worse

D. well

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Chọn D

Câu 56:

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.

A. sports

B. games

C. plays

D. shows

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Chọn B

Câu 57:

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

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five hundred years

Câu 58:

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

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shape and dimensions

Câu 59:

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

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jazz

Câu 60:

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

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Fans

Câu 61:

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five thousand

Câu 62:

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

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the lute

Câu 63:

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.

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authenticity

Câu 64:

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.

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solid-body

Câu 65:

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.

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H. it is not clear whether they are subject to parking restrictions

Câu 66:

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

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B. it is difficult for traffic police to do anything about them

Câu 67:

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

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G. it is impossible to gain enough speed for this to be a problem

Câu 68:

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.

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D. it very much depends who you talk to

Câu 69:

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

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F. it is clear that there is a need for an alternative to taxis

Câu 70:

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

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(1) now

Câu 71:

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

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covered

Câu 72:

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

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but

Câu 73:

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

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least

Câu 74:

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

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warming

Câu 75:

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

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experiencing

Câu 76:

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

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the

Câu 77:

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

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fuels

Câu 78:

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.

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been

Câu 79:

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

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risk

Câu 80:

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

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almost

Câu 81:

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

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rising

Câu 82:

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

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homeless

Câu 83:

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

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according

Câu 84:

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

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worsen

Câu 85:

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 ………………………….........................................................................

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Clay-modelling was timetabled for/took up/ half the afternoon.

Câu 86:

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

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Many’s the time (that) I heard her use those words.

Câu 87:

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

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It was not so much a discussion as argument.

Câu 88:

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

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We wouldn't have been reimbursed if we hadn’t taken legal advice.

Câu 89:

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

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You drove me to distraction with your silly question.

Câu 90:

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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In terms of education, his childhood years had been well spent.

Câu 91:

He's very good at tennis and he's also a very good footballer. (ADDITION)
………………………………………………………………………….………...........................

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He’s a very good footballer/ tennis player in addition to being a very good tennis player/ footballer.

Câu 92:

Why does everything seem to be difficult to me? (ONLY)
………………………………………………………………………….………...........................

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If only everything weren’t difficult to me!