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PART II.

LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Section 1. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence
below. (20 points)
1. My mother _____ when she found out that I’d forgotten to do the washing-up
again.
A. stood her ground B. hit the ceiling: tức giận
C. felt off color D. made my blood boil
2. Only during the early 20th century _____ in the United State.
A. liquor was prohibited then B. that liquor was prohibited

C. was liquor prohibited D. when liquor was prohibited


3. _____ a scholarship, I entered the frightening and unknown territory of private
education. Unfamiliar situation/area
A. to award B. to be awarded
C. having awarded D. having been awarded
4. Jane was full of _____ towards her stepmother.
A. retribution B. resentment: bài xích C. reprisal D.
vengeance
5. I caught the last bus by the skin of my _____.: kịp lúc = in time.
A. teeth B. leg C. neck D. mouth
6. It is the _____ of stupidity to go walking in the mountains in this weather.
A. height B. depth C. source D. matter
7. In my view, the changes to the education system have been to good _____.
A. influence B. outcome C. upshot D. effect
To good effect:
đạt được hiệu
quả tốt
8. Poor management brought the company to the _____ of collapse.
A. brink B. rim C. fringe D. brim
On the brink of
sth: trên bờ vực
To the brink of
sth: đẩy đến bờ
vực....
9. The plumber agreed that he had made a mistake and promised to put it _____ the
next day.
A. correct B. proper C. sound D. right
10. I can’t understand why you have to make such a _____ about something so
unimportant.

A. mess B. stir C. fuss D. bother


Make a fuss:
become angry
about sth

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