TEST 1

1. She ________ agreed to go with him to the football match although she had no interest in the
game at all.
A. apologetically B. grudgingly C. shamefacedly D. discreetly
grudgingly agree: miễn cưỡng đồng ý
2. On the way to Cambridge yesterday, the road was blocked by a fallen tree, so we had to make a
________
A. deviation B. digression C. detour D. departure
make a detour: đi đường vòng
3. Tom's normally very efficient but he's been making a lot of mistakes ______
A. of late B. for now C. in a while D. shortly
of late: gần đây
4. I know it's difficult but you'll just have to ________ and bear it.
A. laugh B. smile C. grin D. chuckle
grin and bear: chịu đựng
5. I didn't want to make a decision ________, so I said I'd like to think about it.
A. in one go B. there and then C. at a stroke D. on and off
there and then: ngay lập tức
6. We are not in a ________ hurry so let's have another coffee.
A. dashing B. racing C. rushing D. tearing
in a tearing hurry: vội
7. She's a bit down in the________ at the moment - her husband has just lost his job.
A. world B. dumps C. heart D. bottom
down in the dumps: buồn chán
8. "How did you know that he was lying?" - "It was just a ________ feeling."
A. faint B. gut C. slight D. vain
a gut feeling: cảm giác thoáng qua
9. The new company had been________ with one problem after another and looked as if it were
about to go under.
A. glorified B. tainted C. fraught D. bewildered
be fraught with: đầy
10. Mike decided that election to the local council would provide a ________ to a career in national
politics.
A. milestone B. springboard C. highway D. turning point
springboard: khởi điểm, bước đệm
11. As a poet, I think she ________ comparison with the greatest this century. .
A. stands B. makes C. leads D. matches
stand comparision with: có thể so sánh với
12. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is ________ the law.
A. beyond B. over C. above D. onto
above the law: ngoài vòng pháp luật
13. When disaster ______, organisations such as Oxfam quickly provide help.
A. comes B. approaches C. arrives D. strikes
disaster strikes: thiên tai xảy đến
14. The number of people traveling by air has been growing _______.
A. by leaps and bounds B. from time to time
C. slow but sure D. by hook and crook
by leaps and bounds: rất nhanh
15. Drug-taking is a crime which society simply cannot _________.
A. approve B. acknowledge C. consent D. condone
condone: bỏ qua, tha thứ
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16. I was scared ____________ when I looked down from the top of the cliff.
A. tight B. stiff C. hard D. solid
be scared stiff: rất sợ
17. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a _________guarded secret.
A. highly B. closely C. deeply D. entirely
a closely guarded secret: bí mật được giữ kin
18. We should all_________when advertisers attempt to use unfair practices.
A. make a stand B. make a comeback C. make amends D. make a deal
make a stand: đáp trả
19. The company cannot accept_________for injuries resulting from improper use of rental
equipment
A. validity B. liability C. compensation D. privilege
liability: trách nhiệm pháp lí; tiền nợ, khoản phải trả
20. Jack never cheats or tricks anybody when he plays. He always goes by the_________
A. book B. instructions C. principles D. method
go by the book: làm đúng qui tắc
21. Recent defeats have _________.his confidence in himself as a player
A. undermined B. disable C. impeded D. hampered
undermine the confidence: làm giảm sự tự tin
22. People turned out in_________to watch the parade on the Independence Day.
A. volume B. mass C. force D. bulk
in force: nhiều, với số lượng lớn
23. Not being able to find my phone number is a pretty_________excuse for not contacting me.
A. fragile B. frail C. faint D. feeble
a feeble excuse: lí do không chính đáng
24. We were under no _________ about how difficult it would be to achieve our aims.
A. fantasies B. daydreams C. illusions D. deceptions
under no illusions: không ảo tưởng
25. The pollution problems in the town have been ___________ by mass tourism in the summer
months.
A. exacerbated B. developed C. augmented D. contributed
exacerbate: làm trầm trọng thêm
26. I'm in a bit of a _________ as to what to wear to the wedding.
A. loss B. quandary C. problem D. bewilderment
in a quandary: trong tình thế khó xử
27. The problem _________because neither side was prepared to compromise.
A. amassed B. escalated C. proliferated D. enhanced
the problem escalates: vấn đề trở nên nghiêm trọng hơn
28. The Red Cross is ___________ an international aid organization.
A. intriguingly B. intrusively C. intrinsically D. intrepidly
intrinsically: thực chất
29. I couldn't stop myself from _________ with boredom during the lecture.
A. sighing B. gasping C. panting D. blowing
sigh: thở dài
30. My brother found it impossible to _________his anger and started shouting.
A. restrict B. inhibit C. reserve D. contain
contain his anger: kìm chế sự giận dữ
31. Fitting together the thousands of fragments of the broken vase was a long and ___________
task.
A. minute B. careful C. painstaking D. minuscule
painstaking: cực nhọc
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32. You'll just have to _________ yourself to the fact that you can't always have what you want.
A. acknowledge B. reconcile C. concede D. allow
reconcile oneself to sth: chấp nhận
33. The students had no money left and took out a loan to _________ him over until the end of
term.
A. last B. tend C. keep D. tide
tide sb over: giúp ai vượt qua khó khăn
34. Money was short and people survived by _________and saving.
A. scrimping B. scavenging C. scouring D. scrounging
scrimp and save: tiết kiệm
35. Jane was terribly nervous before the interview but she managed to pull herself ________ and act
confidently.
A. through B. over C. together D. off
pull oneself together: giữ bình tĩnh
36.This is the _________timetable for the conference. It may change later
A. conditional B. indefinite C. provisional D. indeterminate
provisional: tạm thời
37. She didn't show even a _________of emotion when the court found her guilty.
A. gleam B. wink C. flicker D. flash
a flicker of emotion: cảm giác thoáng qua
38. Few people can do creative work unless they are in the right _________ of mind.
A. trend B. frame C. attitude D. tendency
in the right frame of mind: đúng tâm trạng
39. It was decided that the cost of the project would be _________ and so it was abandoned.
A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive
prohibitive: expensive
40. I didn't really feel like memorizing all these definitions. It was only the risk of getting another
bad mark that made me _________myself.
A. exert B. absorb C. endeavour D. deploy
exert oneself: nỗ lực
41. In times of _________ , unemployment figures usually rise dramatically.
A austerity B severity C sobriety D. gravity
times of austerity : giai đoạn khó khăn, suy thoái
42. The delight in treasure finding doesn't always ________acquiring tremendous amounts of
valuables.
A. dwell on B. poke around C. lay about D. hinge upon
hinge upon: xoay quanh
43. Let's _________ the place, it looks so gloomy and unpleasant .
A. miss B. abandon C. depart D. disappear.
abandon: bỏ
44. She used the map to discover where she was in ________to her surroundings.
A. connection B. affinity C. relation D. reference
in relation: liên quan đến
45. He let it __________ that the Prime Minister was a close friend of his.
A. announce B. talk C. drop D. infer
let sth drop: say more about sth
46. It was a fantastic film. I enjoyed it _________
A. endlessly B. unendingly C. without end D. no end
no end: very much
47. When the children _________ their toys, I donated them to charity.
A. outlasted B. outdated C. outgrew D. outwore
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outgrow: stop doing sth or lose interest in sth as you become older
48. I was in the ______ of despair before I heard the good news.
A. depths B. profundities C. bottoms D. holes
in the depths of despair: tuyệt vọng
49. When are we going to get rid of all these empty cartons? They've been _________ up the office
for weeks now.
A. buttering B. clutching C. cluttering D. botching
clutter up: làm bừa bộn
50. The luxurious office accentuated the manager's position _________. It enhanced his power and
his sense of his own worth. And it made other people feel small.
A. on the pecking pole B. in the nibbling line
C. at the nipping post D. in the pecking order
the pecking order: Tôn ty, trật tự