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ĐỀ THI CHUYÊN ANH TP ĐÀ NẴNG NĂM HỌC 2023-2024
TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) — THPT Chuyên Lê Quý Đôn — 06 trang — 150 phút
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
A.I Lexico-grammar
Choose A–D.
Rail travel has many advantages __________ going by car.
Two employees asked __________ job in other departments.
- to give
- to have given
- to be given
- to be giving
I don't suppose you could make me a sandwich, __________?
- couldn't you
- could you
- do you
- don't you
__________ it not been for the intolerable heat, they would have stayed much longer.
save it for a __________ day
He decided to take a __________ look at the contract before signing it.
very few relationships nowadays stand the __________ of time.
She was on the point __________ when her car broke down.
- of leaving
- to leave
- leaving
- to leaving
The trapped passengers tried to force the door open, but it __________ move an inch.
- shouldn't
- couldn't
- mightn't
- wouldn't
She kept __________ a glance at the clock during the interview. (PDF TDK mất stem; phương án sót flinging/tossing/casting + key D.)
- throwing
- flinging
- tossing
- casting
If you are feeling under the weather, you should increase your __________ of vitamins.
Journalists are supposed to maintain their __________, but the theatre critics often praise their friends.
- clearance
- ignorance
- objectivity
- dissimilarity
We'd better get a firm __________.
The shipment from overseas __________ held up at Customs, although we think it's unlikely.
- will have been
- could have been
- must have been
- would have been
The new school complex cost __________ the city council had budgeted for.
- just twice as much
- twice more by far
- twice much more
- almost twice as much as
it is essential that people make a strong __________ to give their all.
- dedication
- allegiance
- commitment
- assurance
stop sitting on the __________ and decide whose side you're on.
tourists arrive in __________ to see Shakespeare's birthplace.
the old stadium has been __________ since the last game 10 years ago.
- underused
- disused
- overused
- misused
You're going to have to __________.
- get up your nose
- stub your toe
- think on your feet
- grit your teeth
A.II Error correction — cut flowers
Mistake → correction (0. on → about).
When you purchase cut flowers, do you think on where they came from? Common senses might tell you they were grown close by. The reality, therefore, is they might come from the Netherlands, Ecuador, or Kenya.
Flowers travel thanks to air freight and high-tech cool systems. Orchids arrive freshly in most places. Americans import ~70% of cut flowers they buy.
The country that exports the most cut flowers are the Netherlands. Aalsmeer is an auction house in the sense which Tokyo is a city. About 120 soccer fields would fill their main hangar.
Scientists try to lengthen a flowers vase life and prevent them from damaging on rough roads.
do you think on where they came from
cut flowers — Common senses might tell you
cut flowers — The reality, therefore, is that…
cut flowers — high-tech cool systems
cut flowers — arrive freshly in most places
The country that exports the most cut flowers are the Netherlands
cut flowers — in the sense which Tokyo is a city
cut flowers — fill their main hangar
cut flowers — lengthen a flowers vase life
cut flowers — prevent them from damaging
A.III Phrasal / preposition
ONE particle.
I don't feel I can confide __________ her
if a fire breaks __________
it needs cutting __________ a little
run __________ a few hand-outs on the photocopier
These seedlings are coming __________ well
throwing good money __________ bad
tide me __________ until I get my pocket money
she shut her ears __________ them
her lack of experience will count __________ her
things will soon start to look __________
A.IV Word form — Pet Set
CAPITALS → form.
When a neighbor moved into a nursing home, would she feel (1 PRESS) at leaving home?
Pet Set (2 CHARITABLE) had taken care of that: English Bulldog Winston offering (3 COMPANION). He lifted everyone's (4 MORAL).
I offered time as an (5 ADMINISTER) officer. Doing something (6 WORTH) matters; getting to know the dogs is an (7 ADD) bonus.
Residents who gave up (8 LOVE) pets: a visit does (9 WONDERFUL) for morale. I (10 COURAGE) anyone with spare time and a placid pooch to enquire.
Would she feel (1. PRESS) __________ at having to leave
an amazing (2. CHARITABLE) __________ called Pet Set
offer (3. COMPANION) __________ to the elderly
lifted everyone's (4. MORAL) __________
an (5. ADMINISTER) __________ officer
something (6. WORTH) __________ with my time
Pet Set — an (7. ADD) __________ bonus
giving up their own (8. LOVE) __________ pets
does (9. WONDERFUL) __________ for their morale
I (10. COURAGE) __________ anyone… to enquire
B.I Open cloze — housework
ONE word.
The more housework men and women do, the more (1) they are to suffer mood swings. Domestic chores are open-ended, (2) there is no defined endpoint. People prefer completable tasks; (3) a satisfactory conclusion they become stressed.
Women take the lion's (4) of chores; they can no longer pride themselves (5) having a spotless home. Most men (6) away from doing the dishes. Financial reward can go (7) way to compensating for dull work, but housework is unpaid.
Many people don't know how to do housework: an (8) lot of inexperienced people. Sweeping may seem an easy (9) task, but there's a right way. Get rid of possessions that are (10) no use anymore.
B.II Guided cloze — bugs & schools
Choose A–D (12 gaps).
Stores like Superspy openly sell equipment once (1) with James Bond. For little more than a CD, you can (2) up a microphone disguised as cigarettes. Websites will sell bugs in pens/watches and ask no questions if you (3) an order for a micro-transmitter. For those (4) about privacy, the same suppliers stock detectors. Counter Spy sells a device (5) of locating most bugs within 30m.
A good school is not only exam results that (6) students to get into good universities. Three (7) ingredients: good leadership, teachers with high (8) for all students, and students willing to (9) rules. Transforming a failing school: a strong (10) leader is often the key. The head will make sure teachers receive training to do their job (11); students then (12) the benefits.
- limit
- associated
- famous
- typical
- concerned
- keen
- obsessed
- dissatisfied
- probable
- possible
- suitable
- capable
A good school has three (7) __________ ingredients
- critical
- acute
- crucial
- burning
- expectations
- ideals
- opportunities
- potentials
- accept
- understand
- grasp
- follow
- inspirational
- moving
- promising
- uplifting
- actually
- effectively
- accurately
- convincingly
B.III Gapped paragraphs — light pollution
A–I, one extra.
Herefordshire hills, brilliant sunshine, cloudless — once heralded nights of coal-dark heavens. (1)
LEDs and other lighting brighten the night sky dramatically. Street illumination, ads, sports venues blind our view of the stars. (2)
“The night sky is part of our environment,” said Martin Rees. (3)
Planning rules with legal clout could make major differences; else lose Shakespeare's “unnumbered sparks.” (4)
Gazing at the Milky Way has become a splendour of another age, Kyba told the Observer. Only the richest and some of the poorest still see it. (5)
“Measures like that would have an enormous impact,” he added. (6)
Light pollution also confuses sea turtles, migrating birds; insects drawn to lights and killed. (7)
Fosbury: starved of red/IR light → sugar breakdown and melatonin; obesity and diabetes. (8)
“Huge effort to turn LEDs into more friendly lighting… damaging effect on human health.”
A. Rees founded all-party parliamentary group for dark skies: minister, commission, lighting standards
B. LEDs obscure the Milky Way and take a toll on health (EXTRA)
C. Public still doesn't see light pollution as a threat (like smoking in the 80s)
D. 2016: Milky Way invisible to a third of humanity; constellations indecipherable in 20 years
E. UCL to install extra infrared lamps in hospitals/ICU
F. Modest changes: shield lights, point down, limit brightness, add red/orange
G. Bluish LEDs almost entirely lack red/near-IR — Fosbury, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
H. It was not to be: sky dark grey, handful of stars, Milky Way absent
I. Kyba: night sky brightens ~10%/year; a child seeing 250 stars would see ~100 by 18
(1) __________ after 'brilliant stars, meteorites and planets.'
(2) __________ after 'blinding our view of the stars.'
(3) __________ after Rees on songbirds.
(4) __________ after Julius Caesar quote.
For everybody else, it's more or less gone. (5) __________
C.I Sentence transformation
Use CAPITALS.
Very few tickets are left, so book now. (HARDLY)
→ Book now, because __________ left.
The headmaster was determined to stop all bullying… (END)
→ The headmaster was determined to __________ to all bullying at the school.
Excuse me making a suggestion, but we really ought to include Jack… (THINK)
→ If I might __________ should keep Jack in the loop.
How could I possibly refuse to help all those children… (BACK)
→ How could I possibly __________ all those children needing medical aid?
That child wants to be the centre of attention all the time. (SPOTLIGHT)
→ That child wants __________ all the time.
Erica has asked for a transfer but there's little chance that it'll be granted. (STANDS)
→ Erica's request for a transfer __________ granted.
We sometimes wonder if Marina lives here at all, she is so seldom around. (RARELY)
→ So __________ that we sometimes wonder if she lives here at all.
We are willing but unable to help you… (LIKE)
→ Much __________, we can't because we simply haven't got the funds.
The coral is going to die if we don't take immediate steps… (OTHERWISE)
→ We must take immediate steps to protect the coral, __________ off by pollution.
“Could we reschedule the meeting for next Thursday?” (RESCHEDULED)
→ The lawyer asked her client if __________ next Thursday.