Đề thi môn Anh Chuyên cho các học sinh thi tuyển vào khối chuyên các trường THPT Chuyên trực thuộc Sở GD Hà Nội năm 2012-2013
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
meant
steak
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tropical
manage
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practice
Home is a base from which we can go into the world with _____.
She went _____ a bad cold just before the new school year.
Although they had only been invited for lunch, they ______ until supper time.
England _____ 2-2 with Germany in the first round.
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is the one skill that can grant you the opportunity to get a good job. (Lead)
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The talks were totally . We didn't reach any agreement on anything at all. (product)
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The boy was very violent and his parents found him . (MANAGE)
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I want to study at university. (engineer)
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The monument was erected in of the soldiers who fell for posterity. (remember)
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He wrote so many sentences in his essay that I couldn't understand it. (grammar)
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You mustn't leave your luggage for even a moment on the train. (ATTEND)
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The accommodation was and comfortable. (space)
Use a verb in column A with an adverb particle in B to form a phrasal verb and fill in each sentence. Each verb can be used only once. There are two extras in each column.
A: [ get | take | come | break | look | let | sit | account | run | listen ]
B: [ into | out | through | of | to | down | off | for | up | round ]
Linna's new book is due to next month. I wonder what the critics will think of it.
Scientists are mystified by the sudden rise in global temperature. They are unable to it.
I don't want my colleagues to wind the fact that I’m leaving.
John works in that office. I quite often him in the streets round here.
Kate has a very pleasant manner. I'm sure the children will her at once.
Although the students the entire lecture, none of them is really paying attention to it.
The schools will next week. It's almost holiday time.
Brian's parents have high expectations of him and he is determined not to them .
Fill a suitable word in each blank to complete the passage.
Natural disasters are often frightening and difficult for us to understand, because we have no over when and where they happen. What we can control is how prepared we are. Places that are more likely to have disasters, such as the earthquake-prone Pacific of Fire, or coastal vulnerable to hurricanes, require accurate methods of predicting disasters and warning the public quickly. Once people have been , evacuation routes must be provided so that they can all quickly and safely, even if they travel on foot. People need to be educated on the risks in their area, and what to do when a disaster strikes. After a disaster, even if no one has died, there is a lot of to people homes, farms and workplaces that must be repaired. This takes a lot of time and money to fix, and a country damaged by a disaster usually needs a large amount of international to get better.
Choose the best option to complete the passage.
Smart shoes that adjust their size throughout the day could soon be available. A prototype of such a shoe has already been produced and a commercial may be in production within a few years. The shoe contains sensors that constantly the amount of room left in it. If the foot has become too large, a tiny valve opens and the shoe expands slightly. The entire control system is about 5 square mm and is inside the shoe. This radical shoe meets a need because the volume of the average foot can change by as much as 8% during the course of the day. The system is able to learn about the wearer's feet and a picture of the size of his or her feet throughout the day. It will allow the shoes to change in size by up to 8% so that they always fit exactly. They are obviously more comfortable and less likely to cause blisters. From an athlete's point of view, the shoes can help improve a little, and that is why the first for the system is likely to be in a sports shoe. Eventually, this system will find a in other household items, from beds that automatically change to fit the person sleeping in them to power tools that shape themselves to the user's hand for better grip. There is no reason why the system couldn't be adapted for use in hundreds of consumer .
Choose the paragraphs A-F to fit into the gaps in the following magazine article.
A. It’s not that I’m suggesting that sailors should go back to enduring every hardship. It’s always been important to me that my boats have a coal stove for warmth and dryness and cosy berths for sleeping. But why go cruising at all if every sail sets and furls itself?
B. Back on land, however, it is a sad fact that the very antiquity of classic boats means that they need a lot of looking after. When I had a bad injury to my back, I realised that my IS-year love affair with her had to end. Searching for a younger replacement produced no credible contenders, so I decided to build a new boat from scratch.
C. In her timeless serenity, she is the living proof that it works; that there is no need to follow current fashions to find satisfaction, and that sometimes it pays to listen to the lessons of history.
D. The next version was nearly right and by the time the final one appeared, the form was perfect. The completed boat has now crossed the North Atlantic and has won four out of her first six racing starts.
E. Perhaps I am, though I doubt it. This boat has benefited from all the magic of old fashioned boat design, but it would have been a much harder job without the advances of modern know-how.
F. For me a boat should always be a boat and not a cottage on the water. When I bought an earlier boat, Hirta, in which I circumnavigated Britain for a TV race series, the previous owner observed that she had every comfort, but no luxury. During my long relationship with her, Hirta taught me how wise he was.
THE BOAT OF MY DREAMS
The best boat design should combine old and new, says Tom Cunliffe. And he put it into practice in his own craft, ‘The Westerman’.
This week, the Summer Boat Show in London is resplendent with fine yachts, bristling with new technology. Nearly all are descendants of the hull-shape revolution that took place 25 years ago. By contrast, my own lies quietly on a tidal creek off the south coast. She was designed last year but, seeing her, you might imagine her to be 100 years old and think that her owner must be some kind of lost-soul romantic.
It has to be said, however, that despite being an indispensable tool in current design methods and boat-building practice, sophisticated technology frequently insulates crews from the harsh realities of maritime life. These are often the very realities they hoped to rediscover by going to sea in the first place.
The occasional battle with flapping canvas is surely part of a seaman’s life. And for what purpose should we abandon common sense and move our steering positions from the security of the aft end to some vulnerable perch halfway to the bow? The sad answer is that this creates a cabin like that of an ocean liner, with space for a bed larger than the one at home.
Her sails were heavy, and she had no pumped water, no electricity to speak of, no fridge, no central heating, no winches, and absolutely no electronics, especially in the navigation department, yet she was the kindest, easiest boat that I have ever sailed at sea.
The Westerman has never disappointed me. Although Nigel Irens, the designer, and Ed Burnett, his right-hand man, are adept with computer-assisted design programs, Irens initially drew this boat on a paper napkin, and only later transferred his ideas to the computer. After this had generated a set of lines, he carved a model, just as boatyards did in the days of sail. Together we considered the primary embryonic vessel, then fed the design back into the electronic box for modification.
Her appearance is ageless, her motion at sea is a pleasure and her accommodation, much of it in reclaimed pitch pine, emanates an atmosphere of deep peace. Maybe this is because she was drawn purely as a sailing craft, without reference to any furniture we might put into her. That is the well-tried method of the sea.
Constructed in timber treated with a penetrating glue, she is totally impervious to water. Thus she has all the benefits of a glass fibre boat yet looks like, feels like and sails like the real thing.
Choose the incorrect underlined words or phrases in the following sentences and correct them.
However cheap it is, the poor quality products can not always appeal to customers.
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The success of the Intel ISEF project depends in the professors' instructions as well as the students' work.
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Many foreign visitors attracts by Nha Trang, which has a long and beautiful beach
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Knowing that it would be helpless to continue working for a nearly bankrupt company, Luise decided to go away and find another type of employment.
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When radio program became popular, approximately around 1925, many people stopped attending movies.
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Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
We'd prefer you not to smoke.
=> We'd rather ______
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Treating her like that was unfair.
=> She didn't ________
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It is quite pointless to complain about him.
=> There’s _______
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Apart from David, everyone else at the meeting was a party member.
=> With _________
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.
Contact the Student Service Office if you have any further problems.
=> Get ________
Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first. Do not alter the given words in any way.
I think that you've misunderstood the situation. (stick)
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Our little son is really looking forward to going to Disney World. (thought)
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Although she was beautiful and intelligent, she didn't win the Miss World competition. (Despite)
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We must accept the fact that we have lost the golden opportunity. (terms)
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You didn't tell me you were going to be away for a whole month. (neglected)
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