Đề luyện thi vào Lớp 10 chuyên Tiếng Anh Global Success - Đề 13 (Có đáp án)

 Women are experts at gossiping, and they always talk about trivial 0. _____
 things, or at least that’s which men have been always thought. 00. ____
 However, some new research suggests that when women talk to 1.______
 women, whose conversations are far from frivolous, and cover many 2.______
 more topics (up to 40 subjects) than when men talk to other men. 3.______
 Women’s conversations ranged from health to their houses, from 4.______
 politics to fashion, from films to family, from education to relationship 5.______
 problems. Football is notable absent. Men tend to have a more 6.______
 limited range of subjects, the most popular being work, sport, jokes, 7.______
 cars, and women.
 According to Professor Petra Boynton, a psychology at University 8.______
 College London, which interviewed over 1000 women, women also 9.______
 tend to move quickly from one subject to another in conversation, 10._____
 whereas men usually stick about one subject for longer periods of 11._____
 time.
 At work, this difference can be an advantage for men, where they can 12._____
 put another matters aside and concentrate fully on the topic being 13._____
 discussed. In the other hand, it also means that they sometimes find it 14._____
 hard to concentrate when several things have to be discussed at the 15._____
 same time in a meeting. 
 0.  
 00. which=> what
III. Supply the correct forms of the words in the CAPITAL letters
 “Culture shock” describes the impact of ______(1) from a familiar culture MOVE
 to one which is ________( 2). It is an experience described by people who FAMILIAR
 have traveled abroad to work, live or study; it can be felt to a certain 
 extent even when abroad on holiday. It can ______(3) anyone, including EFFECT
 _______(4) students. It includes the shock of a new environment, NATION
 meeting lots of new people and learning the ways of a _______(5) 
 country. It also includes the shock of being separated from the ______(6) DIFFER
 people in your life, maybe family, friends, colleagues, teachers: people IMPORT
 you would normally talk to at times of _____(7), people who give you CERTAIN
 support and guidance. When familiar ______(8) , sounds, smells or tastes SEE
 are no longer there you can miss them very much. If you are tired and 
 ______(9) when you arrive small things can be upsetting and out of all JET-LAG
 proportion to their real __________(10). SIGNIFY
C. READING 
I. Read the text and think of the word that best fits each space. (ONE word for each space)
About 50 years ______(1) now, it is possible to use virtual reality to bring the_____(2) back to life, 
people will drag out _____(3) old and boring movies and choose a relative _____(4) bring back to life. 
The visual will be combined ______(5) records about that person to create a virtual relative.
Then the family can _____(6) a chat with that relative, _____(7) it running, and live with it. The 
experience will be_____(8) living with a ghost. People who died long ago will be resurrected,____(9) 
they can take on new _____(10). 
II. Read the passage and choose the best heading in the box for each paragraph. There are three extra 
ones that should not be used. contact with the substance. After a varying interval of time, usually longer than a few weeks, the body 
becomes sensitive to it, and an allergy has begun to develop. Sometimes it's hard to figure out if you 
have a food allergy, since it can show up so many different ways. Your symptoms could be caused by 
many other problems. You may have rashes, hives, joint pains mimicking arthritis, headaches, 
irritability, or depression. The most common food allergies are to milk, eggs, seafood, wheat, nuts, 
seeds, chocolate, oranges, and tomatoes. Many of these allergies will not develop if these foods are 
not fed to an infant until her or his intestines mature at around seven months. Breast milk also tends 
to be protective. Migraines can be set off by foods containing tyramine, phenathylamine, monosodium 
glutamate, or sodium nitrate. Common foods which contain these are chocolate, aged cheeses, sour 
cream, red wine, pickled herring, chicken livers, avocados, ripe bananas, cured meats, many Oriental 
and prepared foods (read the labels!). Some people have been successful in treating their migraines 
with supplements of B-vitamins, particularly B6 and niacin. Children who are hyperactive may benefit 
from eliminating food additives, especially colorings, and foods high in salicylates from their diets. A 
few of these are almonds, green peppers, peaches, tea, grapes. This is the diet made popular by 
Benjamin Feingold, who has written the book Why your Child is Hyperactive. Other researchers have 
had mixed results when testing whether the diet is effective.
1. The topic of this passage is 
 A. reactions to foods B. food and nutrition
 C. infants and allergies D. a good diet
2. According to the passage, the difficulty in diagnosing allergies to foods is due to
 A. the vast number of different foods we eat
 B. lack of a proper treatment plan
 C. the similarity of symptoms of the allergy to other problems
 D. the use of prepared formula to feed babies
3. The word "symptoms" is closest in meaning to
 A. indications B. diet C. diagnosis D. prescriptions
4. The phrase "set off" is closest in meaning to
 A. relieved B. identified C. avoided D. triggered
5. What can be inferred about babies from this passage?
 A. They can eat almost anything.
 B. They should have a carefully restricted diet as infants.
 C. They gain little benefit from being breast fed.
 D. They may become hyperactive if fed solid food too early.
6. The word "hyperactive" is closest in meaning to 
 A. overly active B. unusually low activity
 C. excited D. inquisitive
7. The author states that the reason that infants need to avoid certain foods related to allergies has to 
do with the infant's
 A. lack of teeth B. poor metabolism
 C. underdeveloped intestinal tract D. inability to swallow solid foods
8. The word "these" refers to
 A. food additives B. food colorings
 C. unnutritious foods D. foods high in salicylates
9. Which of the following was a suggested treatment for migraines in the passage?
 A. Eating more ripe bananas
 B. Avoiding all Oriental foods
 C. Getting plenty of sodium nitrate
 D. Using Vitamin B in addition to a good diet
10. According to the article the Feingold diet is NOT
 A. verified by researchers as being consistently effective
 B. available in book form
 C. beneficial for hyperactive children Keys – practice 13
 Bài Câu Nội dung trình bày Điểm
Phonetics 1 B 0,1
 2 C 0,1
 3 A 0,1
 4 D 0,1
 5 B 0,1
Grammar 1 1 A 0,1
 2 A 0,1
 3 A 0,1
 4 A 0,1
 5 B 0,1
 6 B 0,1
 7 A 0,1
 8 D 0,1
 9 C 0,1
 10 A 0,1
 11 A 0,1
 12 B 0,1
 13 A 0,1
 14 D 0,1
 15 D 0,1
Grammar 2 1  0,1
 2 whose => their 0,1
 3  0,1
 4 ranged => range 0,1
 5  0,1
 6 notable => notably 0,1
 7  0,1
 8 psychology => psychologist 0,1
 9 which => who 0,1
 10  0,1
 11 about => to 0,1
 12  0,1
 13 another => other 0,1
 14 In => On 0,1
 15  0,1
Grammar 3 1 movement 0,1
 2 unfamiliar 0,1
 3 affect 0,1
 4 international 0,1
 5 different 0,1
 6 important 0,1
 7 uncertainty 0,1
 8 sights 0,1
 9 jet-lagged 0,1
 10 significance 0,1
Reading 1 1 from 0,1
 2 dead 0,1
 3 their 0,1
 4 to 0,1
 5 with 0,1
 6 have 0,1