Đề ôn luyện chuyên Anh vào 10 Sở Hà Nội số 2 (Reading & Writing)

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

Choose the word with the main stress placed differently from that of the others.

Choose the word with the main stress placed differently from that of the others.

Do you think the generation _____ between parents and teenagers is getting wider?

The speaker stopped _____ his notes before continuing.

That new painting looks a bit out of _____ in our living room, don’t you think ?

Think of ONE word which can be used appropriately in three sentences.

Pia's under a lot of stress because she's in the _______ of applying for a new job.

The company was trying to develop a new manufacturing _______ in an attempt to cut costs.

Many people buy cosmetics in an attempt to slow down the _______ of ageing.

Answer:

Think of ONE word which can be used appropriately in three sentences.

The party leaders got together to plan their next _______ in the election campaign.

Chrysoula hated playing chess with Yannis because he always took so long when it was his _______. 

It's high time we made a ________. There's so much to do.

Answer:

Think of ONE word which can be used appropriately in three sentences.

The censors cut one particular _______ from the film before it was released.

I'd rather go to the cinema; I'm afraid opera isn't my ________.

We couldn't get to sleep because we could hear the neighbours making a _______.

Answer:

Form the collocations using the verbs and prepositions from the boxes. Complete each sentence using a collocation in the appropriate form.

Each verb and each preposition must be used ONCE only.

1. We 19.1 finding Ann's house at the second attempt.

2. However poor I was I would not 19.2 stealing.

3. He confessed when he was 19.3 the evidence.

4. You need to 19.4 yourself more 19.5 your work.

5. Alan 19.6 himself 19.7 his punctuality.

6. I was 19.8 doing my work by the music.

7. I 19.9 breaking your electric drill.

Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space.

CULTURE CLASHES

One 20.1 (CHARACTER) of the modern world is that people increasingly find themselves living side by side with people from other cultures. While in the past people with different cultures were able to live quite separately, high mobility and freedom of movement meant that we are more likely today to be confronted with people whose way of life is unfamiliar to us. In such circumstances, 20.2 (RACE) is a real danger.

People feel a tremendous loyalty to their own culture, and are often unwilling to develop an appreciation of the positive aspects of other cultures. They may feel that another culture presents a threat to their own 20.3 (INHERIT), one that could even lead to the 20.4 (APPEAR) of certain aspects of their way of life. Often, however, this threat is more a matter of perception than reality and different groups live in 20.5 (RELATE) harmony in many parts of the world.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that 21.1risesleapsspringsjumps to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3rd. It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic 21.2polecountrycontinentterritory, measuring just under 14,000,000 kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of 21.3horizonplainnatureterrain with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand dunes.

The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a landscape which receives almost no 21.4alterationprecipitationwildlifeagriculture, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of moisture than rainfall. In other words, more water is absorbed back into the 21.5surroundingsenvironmentatmospheresetting than stays on or within the ground. So, in 21.6extremepolarMediterraneantypical deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been blown away.

It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the 21.7globeorbatlassphere, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they cover just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, actually reaches temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they 21.8fallcooldecreasefreeze considerably at night.

An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but the lack of rain is not the cause.

Write one word in each gap.

BOOK REVIEW

Rarely 22.1 one find as clear an account of social change as Olivia Harris’s Changing Britain. Those who prefer to bury their heads in the 22.2 and imagine that Britain is the same as it was even 20 years ago are in for a shock. Harris convincingly argues that 22.3 only have those in authority increased their power, but ordinary people are also less likely to stand 22.4 to those in office. At 22.5 point in the book 22.6 any of Harris’s claims presented without evidence, and neither does she talk 22.7 to the non-expert. Her main conclusion, that not until we all realise that there is a problem and decide to confront the powers that be will the situation improve, is powerful and irresistible.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer to the questions.

Genetic engineering - the unimaginable face of the future?

1. If we now know enough to be able to make changes in the genetic material that we hand on to our children, why not seize this power? Why not control what has been left to chance in the past? Social and environmental influences already control many other aspects of our children's lives and identities. We do not quarrel with the use of orthodontics to straighten teeth, or good nutrition and education to enhance intelligence. Can we really reject positive genetic influences on the next generation's minds and bodies when we accept the rights of parents to benefit their children in every other way?
2. It seems to me inevitable that genetic engineering will eventually be used. It will probably begin in a way that is most ethically acceptable to the largest portion of society, to prevent babies inheriting conditions that have a severe impact on the quality of life, such as heart or lung conditions. The number of parents needing or desiring this service might be tiny, but their experience would help to ease society's fears, and geneticists could then begin to expand their services to prevent the inheritance of genes leading to other disorders that have a less severe impact, or an impact delayed until adulthood. At the same time, other genes could be added to improve various health characteristics and disease resistance in children who would not otherwise have been born with any particular problem.
3. The final frontier will be the mind and the senses. Here, genetic engineering could have enormous benefits. Alcohol addiction could be eliminated, along with tendencies toward mental disease and antisocial behaviour like extreme aggression. People's senses of sight and hearing could be improved, allowing for new dimensions in art and music. And when our understanding of brain development has advanced, geneticists will be able to provide parents with the option of enhancing various intellectual attributes as well.
4. Is there a limit to what can be accomplished with genetic enhancements? Some experts say there are boundaries beyond which we cannot go. But humans have a tendency to prove the experts wrong. One way to identify types of human enhancements that lie in the realm of possibility - no matter how outlandish they may seem today - is to consider what already exists in the living world. If another living creature already has a particular attribute, then we can work out its genetic basis and eventually we should be able to make it available to humans. For example, we could provide humans with a greatly enhanced sense of smell like that of dogs and other mammals, and the ability to 'see' objects in complete darkness through a biological sonar system like the one that allows bats to find their way in the dark.
5. In the longer term, it might be possible to identify the genetic information which allows creatures to live under extreme conditions here on Earth - like the microscopic bacteria that live in scalding hot water around volcanic vents on the ocean floor, far removed from light and free oxygen, and other creatures that use a biological form of antifreeze to thrive in sub-zero temperatures around Antarctica. One day it may even be possible to incorporate photosynthetic units into human embryos so that humans could receive energy directly from the sun, just like plants. Such genetic gifts could allow these genetically modified humans to survive on other planets in the solar system, where they could in turn use genetic engineering to further enhance the ability of their own children to survive in their chosen worlds.
6. In the short term, though, most genetic enhancements will surely be much more mundane. They will provide little fixes to all of the naturally occurring genetic defects that shorten the lives of so many people. They will enrich physical and cognitive attributes in small ways. But as the years go by over the next two centuries, the number and variety of possible genetic extensions to the basic human genome* will rise dramatically - like the additions to computer operating systems that occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. Extensions that were once unimaginable will become indispensable - to those parents who are able to afford them.

*The total of all the genes that are found in one living thing.