Đề số 2 ôn luyện vào 6 môn Tiếng Anh trường THCS Ngoại Ngữ năm 2024

2/1/2025 2:24:00 AM

Recent research has found that learning _____ brain cells work at optimum levels.

  • kept
  • keeps
  • is keeping
  • had kept

I can’t eat peanuts because I’m allergic _____ them.

  • with
  • on
  • at
  • to

Children younger than 5 years old are _____ free to festival events.

  • admit
  • admitted
  • admission
  • admittedly

Those _____ boys often play tricks on their friends.

  • mischievous
  • obedient
  • honest
  • well-behaved

Choose the correct answer in the box to complete the conversation. Write only the letter A-D in each blank.

A. I love having everything I need right outside my door.

B. And what about the neighbors?

C. And every building makes different noises, so that takes some time to get used to.

D. But I feel a little bit lonely.


Peter: So, how's the new flat your family's just moved into?

Jane: Great, thanks! Of course, it's always strange sleeping in a new place.

Peter: Oh, yes.  

Jane: I've just met one girl around my age so far. She seemed very friendly.

Peter: It must be a change for you, living in the city now.

Jane: It is, but it's really convenient to be so close to everything now, school, all the shops, you know? I think I'm going to be very happy here.

Peter: I hope so too.

Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks.

THE HISTORY OF WRITING

The development of writing a huge difference to the world and we might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the area around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta" which gave us the modem word "alphabet". The modem European alphabet is based on the Greek and to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were unknown to people in Shakespeare’s time.

If we the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans used to write quest the end of a sentence in order to show that it was a question, they started to write Qo in place of the whole word, and then put the Q above the o. In the end, that became the question mark "?".

Read the text and questions below. For each question, choose the correct answer.

A Different Kind Of Art 

Artist Adrian Gray is an unusual kind of artist. He makes shapes by balancing stones. He first discovered stone balancing when he was making sculptures out of stone on a beach one day. He accidentally balanced one stone on 5 another in what seemed an impossible way. 

Adrian has always been interested in stones. He was born in Bristol in the south of England. He studied geology and spent a long time travelling, studying and photographing stones in places like the Himalayas and around the Pacific. A tropical illness caused him to stop travelling and to settle back in Britain. He chose to live in a small seaside town and began to develop his art of stone balancing. 

Adrian displays his art for local people and visitors to see. Most of the people who see Adrian's work are amazed. They cannot believe that it's possible to balance rocks on such a small point of contact. They often believe that he's using glue or magnets of some kind. So, how do the stones balance? It seems that it's all to do with physics. Gravity and friction cause the stones to stay in place. 

Adrian's works of art take different lengths of time to complete. Some can take a few seconds or minutes while others take days. Of course, Adrian's works do not last long. A gust of wind, a wave or a downfall of rain can cause the stones to suddenly fall. That's why he has a camera set up at all times so that he can take photos of his work before it disappears. Adrian sells these photos to make a living. He also works as a stonemason and a roofer, and makes bird tables and chests out of driftwood. 

Which of the following could also be a title for this text?
  • The tricks and secrets of stone balancing
  • Using natural resources for art
  • Taking photos of people and stones
  • Different ways to make money from art
What does the writer say about Adrian's works of art?
  • They always take hours to create.
  • They are often destroyed by the weather.
  • They are sometimes fixed with glue.
  • They are unpopular with tourists.
What would a reader learn about Adrian Gray from the text?
  • He has many different skills.
  • He prefers working with wood.
  • He has always worked artistically with stones.
  • He brought back many stones from the Himalayas.
What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?
  • to describe the changing career of an artist
  • to show how to make different types of sculpture
  • to talk about the benefits of being an artist by the sea
  • to explain the secrets of an artist's work

What is NOT true according to the passage?

  • Adrian pursued his new purpose after a tropical illness.
  • Local people show their suspicion on Adrian's works.
  • Gravity and friction are the two factors that make stones possible to be balanced.
  • Adrian spends the same amount of time to create an art work of stones balancing.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST meaning to the sentence given.

The only student who failed the exam was John.

  • With the exception of John, everyone passed the exam.
  • Everyone, apart from John, failed the exam.
  • Together with other students, John failed the exam.
  • Everyone passed the exam.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

A child is influenced as much by his schooling as by his parents.

  • A child's parents have greater influence on him than his schooling.
  • Schooling doesn't influence a child as much as his parents do.
  • A child can influence his parents as much as his schooling.
  • A child's schooling influences him as much as his parents do.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST meaning to the sentence given.

Human beings are responsible for the changes in the environment.

  • The environment changes the responsibilities taken by human beings.
  • Responsibilities are taken with human beings in the environment.
  • Human beings take responsibilities for the changes in the environment.
  • The changes in the environment need human beings' responsibilities.

How do you understand the following picture? Write a paragraph of about 80 words to express your understanding.

Write about things children like you can do to protect our environment. You should write about 100 words.