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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2023-2024
THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH KHÓA NGÀY 06 THÁNG 6 NĂM 2023
Môn thi chuyên: Tiếng Anh
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 07 tháng 6 năm 2023
(Đề thi có 04 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

arouse curiosity: khơi gợi sự tò mò

I. USE OF ENGLISH (30 PTS)
PART A: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER TO FILL IN THE BLANK. (10 PTS)
1. One of the key techniques of magicians in performance is to _______ curiosity from the audience. làm tồi tệ hơn
A. arise I wish => lùi thì B. awake C. arouse D. aggravate => aggravation
2. If only Helena _______ the last point in the presentation; it was a striking point. => past => past perfect
A. did not miss B. would not miss C. would not have missed D. hadn’t missed
3. _______ Mike’s determination, the whole team refused to join the science project competition.
A. Not regarding B. Were it not C. Regardless of : mặc cho D. Should it not be
4. I have told you this _______ that the water heater should be turned off after use.
A. as quite often as not B. umpteen times : rất nhiều lần C. irredeemable times D. very several times
5. It is my own recommendation that short-loan books _______ by weekend.=> subjunctive mood (should) V0
A. being returned B. should return C. be returned D. are returned
6. The more you read about the world, _______ to know more about yourself. The more..., the more...
A. the better you have chances B. the better chances you have
C. chances are better D. better chances are idle threat (n): sự đe doạ cho có
7. - Jack: “Why do you ask me about my brother?”
- Carlos: “_______.” chỉ đơn giản là vì tò mò
A. Just a reason B. Be curious C. I can’t miss it D. Just idle curiosity
8. Are there any chances that Manchester City will be _______ with Manchester United? be tied with: hoà tỉ số
A. tied B. drawn C. equaled D. balanced
9. Many _______ professional training abroad for the last three years. = Many candidates have experience
A. candidates experienced B. a candidate has experienced
C. candidates had experienced D. a candidate have experienced
10. - Peter: “You fancy a field trip to a soft drink factory or a train excursion to an art village?” fancy: muốn, thích (hỏi)
- Paul: “_______” ko chọn được vì 2 cái ko khác biệt nhiều Ko có cơ hội
A. No wonder for me B. No way to pick them up C. Nothing much to choose D. Not even one chance
11. The horror film _______, all of the children froze in fear and we were completely silent. => participle clause hideous: ghê tởm
A. being hideous B. was hideous C. so hideous D. hideous as it was
12. The coaches should do something for the team. _______ words don’t help. Mere words: lời nói ko có tác dụng gì
A. Simple B. Lone C. Only D. Mere idle talk (n)
13. The new clerk was blamed for _______ the troubles in the sales team and disrupting the process.
A. stirring B. agitating : gây lo lắng C. disintegrating : phân rã D. fermenting
14. _______, the answer did not receive good comments from the judges because it was not creative enough.
A. Brief and accurate it was Though + adj, B. Brief though accurate
C. Though brief and accurate Though sb/sth + to be adj, D. Though it is brief and accurate
15. At Hudson Bay to the North of Canada _______. Prep + verb + S (specific) // Prep + S + verb (đối với I, we, you, they, he, she, it)
A. were located some British-owned factories B. located some British-owned factories
C. were some British-owned factories located D. were locating some British-owned factories
16. The film is _______ based on a true story, but most of it is fiction. be loosely based on: phỏng theo
A. loosely B. casually C. faintly D. lightly
17. - Tina: “What a coincidence it is!”
- Keith: “Yes. It’s strange that we _______ the same pastel striped T-shirt.” kì quặc/bất ngờ => should
A. should be wearing B. were wearing C. might be wearing D. ought to be wearing
18. - My brother: “I don’t like the glowing colors in your painting.”
- Me: “_______. I’d say.” sặc sỡ Each to their/his own: mỗi người thích 1 kiểu
A. Everyone to his own B. Each to his own C. Each has his own D. Everyone has his own
19. Having taken a long nap after the journey, the children now are as fresh as _______. a daisy : tươi tỉnh, sảng khoái
A. bread B. milk C. a breeze D. a daisy
20. The university sent me a letter _______ were congratulations for my successful application. at the end of which
A. which the beginning B. the beginning at which C. at the beginning of which D. of which at the beginning
PART B: CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST FITS EACH SPACE IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE. (20 PTS)
PASSAGE 1 biểu tượng
The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest-running show, is scheduled to close in February 2023. The musical – a fixture
on Broadway since 1988, (1) _______ recessions, war and cultural shifts – will play its final performance on Broadway on 18
February, a spokesperson said on Friday. The closure will come less than a month after its 35th anniversary. It will conclude with
an (2) _______ 13,925 performances. Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic – going as
high as over $1m (£870,000) a week but also dropping to about $850,000. Last week, it hit $867,997. Based on a novel by Gaston
Leroux, Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a (3) _______ composer who haunts the Paris opera house and falls (4) _______
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. Absolute structure:
Many a + số ít + verb số ít N + being/doing..., S + V
TAILIEUDIEUKY © 2024 irredeemable: ko thể cải thiện được => participle clause 1
stir up/ferment troubles: gây rắc rối Box office: phòng vé
 weather sth: chống chọi, trải qua những khó khăn gross: doanh thu
masquerade (n): lớp mặt nạ
recession: suy thoái madly in love: yêu điên cuồng
run (n): thời gian trình diễn eye-poppingTAILIEUDIEUKY © 2023 surpass: vượt mặt (về chất lượng)
(adj): gây choáng ngợp
“As a producer you dream that a show will run for ever. (5) _______, my production of Andrew’s Cats proudly declared for
decades ‘Now and Forever.’ Yet ‘Phantom’ has (6) _______ that show’s extraordinary Broadway (7) _______. 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 (8) _______, the musical has played more than
13,500 performances to 19 million people at the Majestic theatre. The closing of Phantom would mean the longest running show
(9) _______ would go to Chicago, which started in 1996. The Lion King is next, (10) _______ performances in 1997.
1. A. recovering B. undertaking C. weathering D. airing
2. A. eye-popping B. eye-washing C. eye-shadowing D. eye-witnessing
3. A. dispatched B. disqualified C. dishonored thiếu uy tín D. disfigured : dị dạng
4. A. madly B. vividly C. avidly D. divinely
5. A. Therefore B. Nevertheless C. Indeed = In fact: quả thật D. Otherwise
6. A. overcome : vượt qua B. surpassed C. exceeded nhiều hơn D. overtaken chuyển giao
7. A. fame (thách thức) B. move C. run (về number) D. go
8. A. alone alone: chỉ nói riêng về B. single C. sole D. particularly
: vương miện,
9. A. glory B. crown C. queen D. corona
sự đứng đầu
10. A. beginning B. begun C. which began D. having begun S + V, V-ing
affluence: sự giàu có flow => inflow (n): sự tràn vào // outflow (n): sự tràn ra curb: hạn chế, giảm bớt
PASSAGE 2
The environment is the fundamental source of all possible existence on planet Earth. However, over the recent years, the
environment has been exploited (1) _______ because of which the environmental conditions are becoming worse (2) _______.
Pollution of air, water and land, mining, industrialisation, modern urbanization, deforestation, release of chemical (3) _______ 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 (4) _______. Bringing back the environment to its original state is of (5) _______ 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 (6) _______, energy shortages, global health, food security and
women’s (7) _______. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all. connect the dots: gắn kết mọi thứ với nhau
The leaders of the world are working to reduce the rapid degradation of the environment, organizations like the United Nations
(8) _______ 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. (9) _______ 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 (10) _______
make a difference and help
the environment in becoming healthy and sustainable. hung hãn tạo ra sự khác biệt
1. A. excessively B. abundantly C. aggressively D. extremely
2. A. from day to day : often B. day in day out : repeatedly C. day by day : more and more D. day after day : repeatedly
3. A. effluents : chất thải B. affluence C. liquids D. outflowing
4. A. prerequisite : điều kiện B. requirement C. frontier : ranh giới D. priority
5. A. substantial tiên quyết B. critical C. subliminal : tiềm thức D. primary
6. A. shortness B. scarcity C. sparseness subsconscious D. deficiency
7. A. domination B. control C. bestowal D. empowerment sự trao quyền
8. A. bring up B. take on: thực hiện (nhiệm vụ) C. come up with D. stand up for : đứng về phía
9. A. Since B. By the time C. Until D. While
10. A. take B. make C. have D. count
push the frontiers of sth: vượt qua ranh giới/giới hạn của (science) food-insecure (adj): ko đảm bảo lương thực
II. READING (35 PTS) water scarcity: sự thiếu hụt nước
PART A: READ THE PASSAGE AND CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS. (10 PTS)
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
TAILIEUDIEUKY © 2024 shelf life: hạn sử dụng staff = employees 2
stick to one's beliefs: tuân thủ nguyên tắc, niềm tin
100% fresh fruit => not messing about with them (ko có phá chúng) => without the use of additives => giữ nguyên vẹn
 open-plan (adj): (ko gian làm việc) mở, ko bị ngăn cách bởi tường/các phòng
sẽ từ chối/bác bỏ những ý tưởng sản phẩm mới nếu như ĐI LẠC HƯỚNG VỚI MỤC ĐÍCH CHÍNH
=> Luôn tập trung vào mục đích chính
financial incentives: những động TAILIEUDIEUKY
lực về tài chính © 2023
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.
1. The three friends gave up their ‘real jobs’ because they had _______. give up jobs = quit their jobs ethical values
A. always dreamt of creating fruit drinks together the three friends = the trio = underlying philosophy
B. realised that one of their business ideas might be a success => business idea: making smoothies
C. decided that their ‘real jobs’ did not allow them to live healthy lives
D. lost interest in what they were doing before
keep the drinks fresh = "made from 100 percent fresh fruit"
2. Innocent’s major obstacle to marketing their smoothies was _______.
A. deciding how to package the drink attractively B. seeking advice from experts
C. working out how to keep the drinks fresh D. keeping the cost low to sell to supermarkets
3. The phrase “took a leap of faith” in the second paragraph suggests that the investor _______.
A. took a risk while hoping it would have a good result B. didn’t believe in the future of Innocent
C. took the faith of Innocent’s founders for granted D. tried to persuade other investors to give their money
4. The expression “not messing about with them” in the second paragraph suggests that the trio didn’t _______.
A. change the basic contents of the drinks => giữ fresh 100% B. check how long the drinks were kept in the shops
C. allow anyone else to distribute the drinks D. worry about which bottles the drinks were in
5. The ‘Fruit Towers’ Office is NOT _______.
A. ventilated due to the grassy floors B. peculiar nor arresting
C. equipped with leisure facilities D. divided up into separate rooms => open-plan
6. The success of Innocent can be attributed to the fact that _______.
A. their staff are young and trendy
B. their ingredients change according to what is popular at the time
C. the company has benefited from the partners’ experience in advertising
D. the partners have maintained a very clear focus on what they do => mục đích chính (a very clear focus)
7. The word ‘their’ in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A. the people in the office buildings B. new product ideas
pay off = result in success
C. new recipes D. Innocent
8. The phrase “paid off” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______. hard work pays off: sự chăm chỉ sẽ dẫn tới thành công
A. owed B. succeeded C. returned D. cost
9. Employees are motivated to work for Innocent because they _______.
A. are paid more than other people in similar jobs B. appreciate working for a prize-winning company
C. feel they are valued by the organisation => proud D. get a lot of time off to pursue their interests
10. Innocent could become popular among the world’s consumers because it _______. tôn chỉ, quy tắc hành động, làm việc
A. did not allow itself to become too big B. was much admired for its underlying philosophy
C. believed in building the brand’s image and reputation D. did not concern itself with making a lot of money
PART B: 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 (1-5). THERE IS ONE SENTENCE
YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE. (5 PTS)
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. (1) _______. A 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. (2) _______. F 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. (3) _______. 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. (4) _______.
D 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. (5) _______. C We could see them, but we
couldn’t get near because there was no wind. sailed on
They???? => some people => eleven days later
A. Then one day we saw some people on the shore.
B. We carried it to our boat and ate it. => it = food // did that = carried/ate So? => Điều gì dẫn tới "So"
C. Eleven days later we came near the Cape Verde Islands. did that????
D. The second one ran back up into the mountains. => second one = second wild cat
E. The wind picked up, and we had to move.
take a leap of faith: thực hiện 1 thử thách/điều nguy hiểm và hi vọng
F. We did not speak their language. => dùng body language nó thành công
PART C: SUPPLY EACH BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL PASSAGE. (20 PTS)
PASSAGE 1 function/act as: đóng vai trò như là act as a go-between: đóng vai trò như người truyền tin be criticized => (come) => come under//in for criticism
Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities including their legendary communication skills that allow
function/act/serve
their colonies to (1) _______ as superorganisms. There are more than 10,000 known species of ants living throughout the world.
Ants can be (2) _______
identified by the constriction that looks like a waist (3) _______ between 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 armour called the exoskeleton.
While the exoskeleton is their (4) defensive
_______ weapon, their rear abdominal stinger is their offensive one. Like other insects, they
have six legs; each (5) _______
has 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.
(2): distinguished Open cloze: đối lập nhau trong 1 câu (good /= bad)
between A and B
TAILIEUDIEUKY © 2024 constriction: phần thắt lại
offensive (adj): tấn công 3
S1 + V1; S2 + V2; S3 + V3
abdomen (n): bụng => abdominal (adj)
 helpless (adj): vô dụng 1 con => size nhỏ adult (n): con vật trưởng thành
step on the gas: đạp ga // đẩy tốc độ nhanh hơn nhiều con => size lớn conduct oneself: cư xử

larva: ấu trùng // pupa: nhộng vary from country to country: thay đổi, khác nhau tuỳ khu vực
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Queen ants are the largest ants in the (6) _______.
colony 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 (7) _______. size The ant
life cycle has four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa and (8) _______.
adult 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 (9) _______ until/till they pass through the pupal stage.
In a little more than a week, an adult ant will emerge, and the metamorphosis is (10) _______.complete little or/to no: gần như ko (adj)
sự biến thái (biến đổi hình thái) do sth with little effort
PASSAGE 2 give in to sth: đầu hàng, chịu thua => metamorphose (v) (morph) step uo: đẩy nhanh
You can read faster if you wish to, but you will have to push yourself to do it. If you just (1)coast/plod/jog
_______ along while reading, you
will make (2) little
_______ 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 (3) _______.
progress There are several ways to shift your reading speed from low into high (4)
_______.
gear cải thiện from low to high gear: từ chậm tới nhanh concentration lapse: sự mất tập trung no + plural
When you read books, magazines or newspapers, make every effort to read faster, quicken your (5) _______ eye movement, allow
no concentration (6) _______.
lapses 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 (7) _______ give in to this feeling.
(8) _______,
Instead 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 (9) _______; gas 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 (10) _______. matter/depend

III. ERROR CORRECTION: IDENTIFY THE FIVE MISTAKES IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND CORRECT THEM. (5 PTS)
LINE NUMBER etiquette (n): cách ứng xử 4: thoughts => thinking/thought
1 In Britain good manners were once seen as proof of a person’s worth, as in the old saying ‘manners maketh
2 man’. Though attitudes have become more tolerant over the years, people still tend to judge how do others
3 conduct themselves. People may be said to have no manners if they speak rudely to someone, yawn without
4 mouths covering their mouth, or behave without thoughts for others. They certainly attract criticisms. On the other
5 thinking hand, a person who is civilly courteous, who is considerate towards other people, who says little about their
6 criticism own achievements and who respects the privacy of others, is much more likely to win approval and respect.
7 there Ideas about appropriate personal behaviour vary from country to country and it seems to be no universal
8 definition for good manners. Good manners do not have to be formal. They include table manners; they are
9 or magic words like ‘please’, ‘thank you’, on simple words like ‘pardon’, ‘good morning’. In the past but less
10 common today, people bought books on etiquette (polite behavior) to learn how to behave.
=> herbicide (n) // genocide (n)
IV. WORD FORMS: SUPPLY THE APPROPRIATE FORMS OF THE WORDS IN BRACKETS. (10 PTS) infanticide => -cidal (adj)
1. Due to the advanced medicine, patients now have certain negligence of _______.
herbalism [herb] thảo dược, sự điều trị bằng thảo dược
encamped/encamping
2. The demonstrators have been _______ outside the garment factory in the protest for furcoats. [camp] đóng trại => encampment (n)
3. John Steinbeck is an American writer who is well-known for masterlycharacterization
_______. [character] => sự khắc hoạ nhân vật
4. Contrary to what I had expected, my first journey to Antarctica was _______.
uneventful [event] chán, ko có gì diễn ra 1 cách dò hỏi
searchingly
5. When I told my students that I believed in every of Don Quixote’s unrealistic ideas, my students looked at me _______. [search]
7. Not every journalist could notice the star’s shifted grounds; her opinion had changed _______. [perceive] imperceptibly: khó nhận ra
8. Due to the ten-minute standing ovation of the audience, the violinist had to take his third _______.
curtain-call [curtain]
9. False data in his surveys and interviews have invalidated
_______ his scientific research. [valid] : phá vỡ uy tín, chứng minh là sai mới (kiểu màu mè,
9. I do not always fancy modern gadgets or recent scientific techniques; I sometimes find them really _______. newfangled [new]
ko có cải thiện)
10. I just heard something broken in the kitchen again; nothing surprising. My children are butterfingered
_______. [butter]
hậu đậu (clumsy)
V. WRITING: COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT MEANS THE SAME AS THE FIRST ONE, USING THE
WORD GIVEN. (20 PTS) gradual increase (n) in terms of save one's neck (idiom, figurative)
1. I do not have enough money to have the automatic lighting installed. (PUT) put in sth = install sth: lắp đặt (thiết bị,...)
→ Were ______________________________________________________________________.
I to have enough money, I would have the automatic lighting put in.
save one's neck/bacon: đưa ai đó ra khỏi
2. When the war broke out, a lot of Ukrainians fled to neighbor countries to escape misfortune. (NECK) rắc rối, thoát khỏi nguy hiểm
→ No sooner ______________________________________________________________________.
had the war broken out than // a lot of Ukrainians fled to neighbor countries to save their neck(s). ruffle one's feathers: chọc giận
3. The management board decided to offer the strikers a pay rise to alleviate their anger. (FEATHERS) alleviate (v): làm bớt đi
→ With a ______________________________________________________________________.
view to NOT ruffling the strikers' feathers, the management board decided to offer them a pay rise.
4. It was wrong of the antifans to make negative influence on the journalists about the star. (PREJUDICED)
→ The antifans should not ______________________________________________________________________.
have prejudiced the journalists against the star. prejudice A against B: khiến A nghĩ xấu về B
5. Kevin was so interested in the hockey match on TV that he invented an excuse for his day off. (COOKED) invent = cook up
→ Such ______________________________________________________________________.
was Kevin's interest in the hockey match on TV that he cooked up an excuse for his day off. (a story, an excuse,...)
6. No one can believe that Laura earns money to support the whole family at such a tender age. (BACON) Such + to be + Noun
→ Hardly anyone
______________________________________________________________________.
can believe that Laura brings home the bacon at such a tender age. bring home the bacon:
7. The local authorities made the museum suitable for the public hall after the war. (KEYED) kiếm tiền nuôi sống gia đình
→ It was ______________________________________________________________________.
after the war that the museum was keyed to the public hall by the local authorities. key sth to sth/sb: make sth suitable
8. Nice art works from litter should be exhibited now. (LAUNCHED) for sth/sb
come to terms with: quen với
→ It’s high ______________________________________________________________________.
time the exhibition of nice art works from litter was launched.
9. Our team could not have been favoured by the judges if we had been experienced enough. (WIN) Conditional Type 3
→ Due to ______________________________________________________________________.
our lack of experience/our inexperience, our team could not win the judges' favor // did not win the judges' favor. => Past => past perfect
10. Although quiet members seem to be patient, they do not always take criticism. (COME)
→ Patient ______________________________________________________________________.
though quiet members seem to be, they do not always come to terms with criticism. No one => Hardly anyone/anybody
It's high time + past It was wrong of sb => Sb should not have done... win sb's favor: được ai đó ưu ái
curtain-raiser (n): màn trình diễn phụ (trc màn chính) grounds (n): opinions
war breaks out: chiến tranh xảy ra THE END OF THE TEST
lovingly (adv): 1 cách âu yếm, yêu thương
stick one's neck out: mạo hiểm, thử thách
tolerable (adj): có thể chịu đựng được
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launch an exhibition: trưng bày character-building/-forming (adj): xây dựng tính cách