Đề thi môn Anh Chuyên Sở GD&ĐT TP HCM năm 2023 - 2024. TiengAnhK12 đã cập nhật giải thích đáp án chi tiết.
One of the key techniques of magicians in performance is to _____ curiosity from the audience.
If only Helena _____ the last point in the presentation; it was a striking point.
_____ Mike's determination, the whole team refused to join the science project competition.
I have told you this _____ that the water heater should be turned off after use.
It is my own recommendation that short-loan books _____ by weekend.
The more you read about the world, _____ to know more about yourself.
Jack: "Why do you ask me about my brother?"
Carlos: "_____."
Are there any chances that Manchester City will be _____ with Manchester United?
Many _____ professional training abroad for the last three years.
Peter: "You fancy a field trip to a softdrink factory or a train excursion to an art village?"
Paul: "_____."
The horror film _____, all of the children froze in fear and were completely silent.
The coaches should do something for the team. _____ words don't help.
The new clerk was blamed for _____ the troubles in the sales team and disrupting the process.
_____ the answer did not receive good comments from the judges because it was not creative enough.
At Hudson Bay to the North of Canada _____.
The film is _____ based on a true story, but most of it is fiction.
Tina: "What a coincidence it is!"
Keith: "Yes, it's strange that we _____ the same pastel striped T-shirt."
My brother: "I don't like the glowing colors in your painting."
Me: "_____, I'd say."
Having taken a long nap after the journey, the children are now as fresh as _____.
The university sent me a letter _____ were congratulations for my successful application.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's longest-running show, closed in February 2023. The musical - a fixture on Broadway since 1988, recessions, war and cultural shifts - played its final performance on Broadway on 18 February. The closure came less than a month after its 35th anniversary. It concluded with an 13,925 performance. Based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a composer who haunts the Paris opera house and falls in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine. Andrew Lloyd Webber's lavish songs include Masquerade, Angel of Music, All I Ask of You and The Music of the Night.
"As a producer, you dream that a show will run forever. , my production of Andrew's Cats proudly declared for decades 'Now and Forever'. Yet 'Phantom' has that show's extraordinary Broadway . But all shows do finally close, " producer Cameron Mackintosh said in a statement.
The first production opened in London in 1986 and since then the show has been seen by more than 145 million people in 183 cities and performed in 17 languages over 70,000 performances. On Broadway the musical has played more than 13,500 performances to 19 million people at the Majestic theatre. The closing of Phantom meant the longest running show would go to Chicago, which started in 1996. The Lion King is next, performances in 1997.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
The environment is the fundamental source of all possible existence on planet Earth. However, over the recent years, the environment has been exploited because of which the environmental conditions are becoming worse . Pollution of air, water and land, mining, industrialisation, modern urbanisation, deforestation, release of chemical and landfills are some of the major factors that cause the gradual deterioration of the environment. With the disastrous pace of climate change, a result of pollution and exploitation of the environment, finding out ways to protect the environment from any further damage should be the first . Bringing back the environment to its original state is of importance and is the only solution. Working towards a common goal will be the easiest and fastest way to keep the environment from any more harm. Dots are to be connected between climate change, water , energy shortages, global health, food security and women's . Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.
The leaders of the world are working to reduce the rapid degradation of the environment, organizations like the United Nations initiatives to create awareness and get people to take actions to curb the problems of the environment. Some of these initiatives include the 2019 Sustainable Development Summit, 2019 Climate Action Summit, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. all these measures are in action, individuals are also obliged to take steps to preserve the environment that everyone is a part of. With everyone's efforts, we can be sure that all of it will definitely a difference and help the environment in becoming healthy and sustainable.
Read and answer the following questions.
Back in 1998, three 26-year-olds, Adam Balon, Richard Reed and Jon Wright, made up their minds that it was time they either left their well-paid jobs in management consultancy and advertising and went into business together or stopped talking about it. What kind of business they wanted to set up they weren't quite sure, but it was something they had been discussing ever since they were at university together. Deciding that the way forward was to make it easier for busy people to be healthy, the trio bought some fruit and made smoothies, which they then tested on people at a small jazz festival in London. 'We put up a large sign asking, "should we quit our jobs to make these smoothies?" and put out one bin saying "Yes" and another saying "No".' The 'Yes' bin filled up immediately with empty bottles and the next day they resigned from their jobs.
However, launching Innocent smoothies did not happen overnight. Experts in the food industry told them that their product was too expensive and without the use of additives, the drinks wouldn't last long. Even more worryingly, the numerous banks they approached were not too keen on financing them and it wasn't until their savings were about to run out that a wealthy businessman took a leap of faith and invested in the business. Ignoring most of the advice they'd been given, Innocent then went on to create a range of drinks made from 100 percent fresh fruit and nothing else. Careful production and high-tech packaging gave the drinks the longest possible shelf life, but they stuck to their beliefs by 'not messing about with them' at all. The next step was to persuade local shops to stock their product, which they delivered personally in their grass-covered minibus.
Their airy office in London, affectionately known as 'Fruit Towers', is open-plan, the 'grass' floors, table football games, beanbags and casually dressed trendy young staff representing the fresh feeling Innocent is trying to create. But alongside all this quirkiness is an impressive business. New recipes created in the high-tech kitchen are tried out on the people in the surrounding office buildings, although new product ideas, however fashionable, are rejected if they go too far away from their main aim: making a natural, healthy, great-tasting drink. Their confidence that a quality product will sell itself appears to have paid off; despite minimal advertising, Innocent currently sells more than two million smoothies per week.
Aside from the greenery, one of the first things you notice about Fruit Towers is how happy everyone there seems to be. The three partners were convinced that success relies on the well-being and happiness of the people who work there, so as well as financial incentives like company shares, healthcare and extra bonuses, the staff are motivated by snowboarding trips, scholarships to enable them to pursue outside interests and studies, and a wide choice of social and sporting activities. Innocent employees are positive, motivated, and proud of where they work, which is why the company has won numerous awards over the years, including Guardian Employer of the Year and top place in the Sunday Times "Best small companies to work for" list.
Wright, Balon and Reed had firm ideas from the very beginning about the kind of company they wanted to run. Their aim was to provide a wide range of healthy drinks, make Innocent a global brand and take its ethical values to the world's consumers.
The three friends gave up their 'real jobs' because they had _____.
Innocent's major obstacle to marketing their smoothies was _____.
The phrase "took a leap of faith" in the second paragraph suggests that the investor _____.
didn't believe in the future of Innocent
took the faith of Innocent's founders for granted
The expression "not messing about with them" in the second paragraph suggests that the trio didn't _____.
The 'Fruit Towers' Office is NOT _____.
The success of Innocent can be attributed to the fact that _____.
The word 'their' in paragraph 3 refers to _____.
The phrase "paid off" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
Employees are motivated to work for Innocent because they _____.
Innocent could become popular among the world's consumers because it _____.
Five sentences have been removed from the story. Read the story and then choose from the list A-F given below the best sentence to fill in each of the blanks. There is one sentence you do not need to use.
A. Then one day we saw some people on the shore.
B. We carried it to our boat and ate it.
C. Eleven days later we came near the Cape Verde Islands.
D. The second one ran back up into the mountains.
E. The wind picked up, and we had to move.
F. We did not speak their language.
I wanted to sail to the Canary Islands, but I was afraid to go too far from the shore. It was only a small boat. And so we sailed on south for some days. We had very little water, and it was dangerous country here, with many wild animals. We were afraid. We often had to go on shore to get more water. Once, I used a gun to shoot a wild animal. I don't know what animal it was, but it made a good meal. For about ten or twelve days we sailed on south, down the coast of Africa. . They were strange, wild people, who did not look friendly. By now we had very little food, and we really needed help. We were afraid, but we had to go on shore. At first, they were afraid of us, too. Perhaps white people never visited this coast. . So we used our hands and faces to show that we were hungry. They came with food for us, but then they moved away quickly. . While we did that they watched us carefully. I tried to thank them, but I had nothing to give them. Just then two big wild cats came down to the shore from the mountains. I think they were leopards. The people were afraid of these wild cats, and the women cried out. Quickly, I took a gun, and shot one of the animals. . Guns were new to these African people, and they were afraid of the loud noise and the smoke. But they were happy about the dead wild cat. I gave them the meat of the dead animal, and they gave us more food and water. We now had a lot of food and water, and we sailed on. . We could see them, but we couldn't get near because there was no wind.
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Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to as superorganisms. There are more than 10,000 known species of ants living throughout the world. Ants can be by the constriction that looks like a waist the abdomen, at the end of the body, and the part of the body called the thorax, which is located before the head. Their bodies are covered with a hard armor called the exoskeleton. While the exoskeleton is their weapon, their rear abdominal stinger is their offensive one. Like other insects, they have six legs; each three joints. Ants have large heads with compound eyes, elbowed antennae, and powerful pincers known as mandibles. These are an ant's most useful tools to be used for holding, carrying and cutting.
Queen ants are the largest ants in the . They have wings and their purpose is to lay eggs. The queens can live up to 30 years. There may be one or more queens, which depends on the ant species and the nest community . The ant life cycle has four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa and . The queen lays the eggs, which will hatch into larvae in a couple of days. The helpless larvae are fed and groomed by the worker ants they pass through the pupal stage. In a little more than a week, an adult ant will emerge, and the metamorphosis is .
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You can read faster if you wish to, but you will have to push yourself to do it. If you just along while reading, you will make or no improvement in your rate. If, however, you keep trying to step up your reading speed, you will be surprised to discover that you are making . There are several ways to shift your reading speed from low into high .
When you read books, magazines or newspapers, make every effort to read faster, quicken your movement, allow no concentration . If you try and try again, you are likely to see the difference. You may think you should slow down your reading rate or reread certain parts of a chapter of a book to have a better understanding. Don't in to this feeling. , keep up your reading speed until you have finished the chapter. Then, make an oral or written summary of what you have read. Reread the chapter from start to finish but a little faster than before and with greater understanding.
However, you should adjust your rate to your purpose and material. Reading is like driving a car. Your purpose and conditions of your drive decide your speed. You may be in a hurry and step on the ; you may drive at moderate speed to enjoy the countryside. A good reader adopts the speed that best fits his reading purpose and material. Are you reading a history book, a novel, or a magazine? Do you read for specific details, for writing a report or for recreation? All .
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Due to the advanced medicine, patients now have certain negligence of . (HERB)
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The demonstrators have been outside the garment factory in the protest for furcoats. (CAMP)
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John Sterinbeck is an American writer who is well-known for masterly . (CHARACTER)
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Contrary to what I had expected, my first journey to Antarctica was . (EVENT)
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When I told my students that I believed in every of Don Quixote’s unrealistic ideas, my students looked at me . (SEARCH)
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Not every journalist could notice the star’s shifted grounds; her opinion had changed . (PERCEIVE)
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Due to the ten-minute standing ovation of the audience, the violinist had to take his third . (CURTAIN)
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False data in his surveys and interviews have his scientific research. (VALID)
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I do not always fancy modern gadgets or recent scientific techniques; I sometimes find them really . (NEW)
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I just heard something broken in the kitchen again; nothing surprising. My children are . (BUTTER)
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.
I do not have enough money to have the automatic lighting installed. (PUT)
=> Were ..........
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When the war broke out, a lot of Ukrainians fled to neighbor countries to escape misfortune. (NECK)
=> No sooner ..........
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The management board decided to offer the strikers a pay rise to alleviate their anger. (FEATHERS)
=> With a ..........
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It was wrong of the antifans to make negative influence on the journalists about the star. (PREJUDICED)
=> The antifans should ..........
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Kevin was so interested in the hockey match on TV that he invented an excuse for his day off. (COOKED)
=> Such ..........
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No one can believe that Laura earns money to support the whole family at such a tender age. (BACON)
=> Hardly ..........
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The local authorities made the museum suitable for the public hall after the war. (KEYED)
=> It was ..........
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Nice art works from litter should be exhibited now. (LAUNCHED)
=> It's high ..........
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Our team could not have been favored by the judges if we had been experienced enough. (WIN)
=> Due to ..........
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Although quiet members seem to be patient, they do not always take criticism. (COME)
=> Patient ..........