Bộ 20 đề ôn thi vào Chuyên Anh năm 2023 có lời giải chi tiết (Đề 52)
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Text 1:
Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below.
There is a common expression in English language referring to a blue moon. When people say that something happens “only once in a blue moon”, they mean that it happens only very rarely, once in a great while. This expression has been around for at least a century and a half. There are references to this expressions that date from the second half of the nineteenth century.
The expression “a blue moon” has come to refer to the second full moon occurring in any given calendar month. A second full moon is not called a blue moon because it is particularly blue or is any different in the hue from the first full moon of the month. In stead, it is called a blue moon because it is so rare. The moon needs a little more than 29 days to complete the cycle from full moon to full moon. Because every month except February has more than 29 days, every month will have at least one full moon (except February, which will have a full moon unless there is a full moon at the very end of January and another full moon at the very beginning of March). It is on the occasion when a given calendar month has a second full moon that a blue moon occurs. This does not happen very often, only three or four times a decade.
The blue moons of today are called blue moons because of their rarity and not because of their color; however, the expression “blue moon” may have come into existence in reference to unusual circumstances in which the moon actually appeared blue. Certain natural phenomena of gigantic proportions can actually change the appearance of the moon from the Earth. The eruption of the Krakatao volcano in 1883 left dust particles in the atmosphere, which clouded the sun and gave the moon a bluish tint. This particular occurrence of the blue moon may have given rise to the expression that we use today. Another example occurred more than a century later. When Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, the moon again took on a blue tint.Text 2:
Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space.
Reference books are not designed to be read from the first page to the last but rather to be consulted to answer the questions and provide both general and specific pieces of information. One of the most (51. _____ ) -used reference books is a dictionary, which provides information about words. It lists meanings and spellings, (52. ____ ) how a word is pronounced, gives (53. ____ ) of how it is used, may reveal its origins and also lists synonyms and (54. ____ ). To help you find the words faster, there are guide words at the top of each page showing the first and last words on that page - and of course it (55. ____ ) to know the alphabet! There may be numerous special sections at the back with (56. ____ ) about famous people and places, lists of dates and scientific names, etc. There is usually a section at the front (57. ____ ) how to use the dictionary, which includes the special abbreviations or signs. An atlas is also a reference book and (58. ____ ) charts, tables and geographical facts, as well as maps. Political maps locate countries and cities, physical maps show the formation of the land with its mountains and valleys, and economic maps show industries and agriculture. To find a specific place, you need to look in the (59. ____ ) at the back of the atlas and the exact position on the map. There are numerous map (60. ____ ) that you need to know in order to be able to read a m ap-almost like a special language-and these are explained at the front of the atlas.
Text 3:
Supply the most suitable word for each blank.
I was reading an article last week in which the writer described ___61___ her children has changed as they grow up. When they were small she had to ___62____ up with noisy games in the house or join in interminable games of football in the garden which wore her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were getting up to, or what crisis she would have to ____63_____ with next. She dreaded the fact that they might ____64____ after her husband, who admitted having ___65____ an uncontrollable child who ____66_____ most of time showing off to his friends by breaking things or getting into fights. What was worse was that everyone else thought he was ___ 67____sweet child, and he got away with the most terrible things. However, she had experienced an even greater shocked with her children. They had ___68____ out as chess and playing the piano. They never did anything ___69____ talking it over first, and coming to a serious decision. She had to face up to the fact that they made her feel rather childish as they got ___70____, and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and noisy
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