Bộ 20 đề ôn thi vào Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có đáp án (Đề 16)
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Text 1:
Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space at the same line.
OBSESSED WITH YOUR INBOX?
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It was not so long ago that we dealt with colleagues through face-to-face interaction and with counterparts and customers by phone or letter. But the world of communication has (1) ________ a dramatic transformation, not all for the good. Email, while (2) _______ a swift means of communication providing your server is fully (3) ________ and that the address you have contains no (4) _________ has had a (5) _______ effect on certain people's, both at home and in business. For these people, the use of email has become (6) _______ addictive to the extent that it is (7) ________ their mental and physical health. Addicts spend their day (8) ________ checking for email and have a (9) ________ to panic if their server goes down. It is estimated that one in six people spend four hours a day sending and receiving messages the equivalent to more than two working days a week. The negative effect on (10) ________ is something employers are well aware of. |
1. GO 2. DOUBT 3. FUNCTION 4. ACCURATE 5. SIGNIFY 6. RESIST 7. THREAD 8. COMPULSION 9. TEND
10. PRODUCE |
Text 2:
Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided below the passage.
How to win friends and influence colleagues
The worst sins that office workers can commit in the eyes of colleagues are interrupting people on the phone, talking loudly in front of someone’s desk and arriving late (1) _______ a meeting. It is almost (2) _______ bad to eat at your desk, make personal phone calls or leave coffee cups (3) _______ around, according to Bodytalk, a guide published by the Industrial Society, (4) _______ lists the 30 traits most likely to annoy colleagues.
High on the list are signing on at someone else’s computer terminal (5) _______ signing off afterwards, messing up the photocopier by jamming the paper or leaving it set to produce multiple copies. Reading newspaper, doodling, chewing gum, keeping cuddly toys or ornaments on your desk, and putting up postcards or supposedly witty slogan (6) _______ invite disapproval. Also unpopular are (7) _______ who never fetch a colleague a drink from the machine, or who (8) _______ to hold the lift door open when others are approaching. (9) _______ conduct, according to the guide’s author, Judi James, not only gives you an unprofessional image but is downright anti-social and could result (10) _______ dismissal.
Text 3:
Fill the gaps in the passage by choosing the best phrases from A-M.
A few years ago one enlightened city decided to ease traffic congestion by (1) _______. People would just take a bike, ride it to where they were going and leave it (2) _______. The trouble was the citizens naturally found it (3) _______ to have their own free bicycle and (4) _______.
That slight detail of human nature apart, it was a good idea and (5) _______. The electric cars buzzing round the streets of La Rochelle in France are seen (6) _______ and, it is clamed, will make it easier (7) _______ within the city centre.
The idea is based on the belief that people like their own space, the freedom to drive a vehicle themselves (8) _______. It’s also based on the fact that cars in towns usually carry just one person. In effect, it’s (9) _______. At the moment, it’s a slightly utonpian view but the concept has grown (10) _______.
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A. to end the use of private cars |
H. supplying sufficient communal bicycles |
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B. rather than crowd on to a bus or train |
I. taking the place of bicycles |
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C. to encourage their use |
J. a sort of do-it-yourself taxi |
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D. stock swiftly dwindled |
K. as a supplement to conventional cars |
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E. out of a practical study |
L. instead of car |
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F. for someone else to use |
M. it’s now the basic of a new scheme |
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G. even more convenient |
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Text 4:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza was a monument of wisdom and prophecy built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C. Despite its antiquity, certain aspects of its construction makes it one of the truly wonders of the world. The thirteen- acre structure near the Nile river is a solid mass of stone blocks covered with limestone. Inside are the number of hidden passageways and the burial chamber of the Pharaoh. It is the largest single structure in the world. The four sides of the pyramid are aligned almost exactly on true north, south, east and west-an incredible engineering feat. The ancient Egyptians were sun worshippers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid were based on astronomical observations.
Explorations and detailed examinations of the base of the structure reveal many intersecting lines. Further scientific study indicates that these represent a type of timeline of events – past, present and future. Many of the events have been interpreted and found to coincide with known facts of the past. Others are prophesied for future generations and are currently under investigation. Many believe that pyramids have supernatural powers and this one is no exception. Some researchers even associate it with extraterrestrial beings of ancient past.
Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or one built by a race far superior to any known today?
Text 5:
Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each numbered gap in the passage below. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
All plants rely on nutrients taken from the soil in order to survive. However, in areas where the soil does not contain enough (1) _______ nutrients, some plants have adapted to (2) _______ their diets from another source: living organisms. Though they are few in number, carnivorous plants are (3) _______ fascinating beings that “eat” anything from one-celled organisms to insects in order to survive. They are commonly found in marshlands. Carnivorous plants feature one of several types of “traps” to ensnare prey, which they consume to make up for nutrients that may be missing from the soil. While there are over 400 species of carnivorous plants in the world today, some are more (4) _______ than others.
The most well-known of these plants are the snap traps, which include the Venus flytrap. Snap traps are easily identified by their leaves, which are separated into two lobes that have the ability to fold together. Inside the lobes, the surface is covered with tiny hairs that are (5) _______ to movement. When the plant’s prey brushes against the hairs, it triggers a closing mechanism that rapidly brings the two lobes together, trapping the prey (6) _______ inside. The response of the traps is phenomenal (7) _______ speed: the time between triggering the hairs and snapping shut is less than a second. As the prey struggles inside the trap, it only triggers more hairs, causing the leaves to tighten their (8) _______. The plant then secrets liquid chemicals from special glands into the trap to dissolve the prey and absorb all of its nutrients. Besides the Venus flytrap, only one other type of snap trap exists today, (9) _______ to as the waterwheel plant. The two share a common ancestor and differ only in a few ways. For instance, the waterwheel is an aquatic plant, while the flytrap is exclusively terrestrial. In addition, the flytrap feeds primarily on arthropods like spiders, while the waterwheel lives (10) _______ simple invertebrates, like certain types of plankton.
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