LEXICO - WORD FORM - OPEN CLOZE TEST with answers (48 pages) Mã A407135

PRACTICE TEST 4

1. The money was taken out of the bank in small amounts so as not to ______suspicion.

A. awake B. arouse gợi sự nghingow C. instigate D. incite

2. Hopes of a peaceful settlement have been ______

A. torn B. tarnished C. dashed làm mất hy vọng D. smashed

3. The motor industry is ______at the cut in car tax.

A. cheering B. relishing C. rejoicing vui mừng D. enjoying

4. He's very understanding: if I'm ______by the middle of the week he'll always let me have a few groceries on tick till Friday.

A. hard up túng thiếu B. pricey C. indebted D. bankrupt

5. The sales assistants were so rude to me, I decided to take my ______elsewhere.

A. income B. custom mua hàng ở nơi khác C. capital D. fortune

6. The police are going to ______down on illegal stock exchange activities in the streets.

A. dragging B. kicking C. dumbing D. clamping kiểm sotas chắt chẽ

7. She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the ______.

A. grade B. term C. mark đạt tiêu chuẩn D. degree

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8. The sexual scandal will ______from the president's fame.

A. ruin B. detract làm giảm C. spoil D. impair

9. There isn't a ______of truth in those rumours.

A. pinch B. grain một tí sự thật C. trace D. speck

10. Every ______of emotion seemed to have drained from his face.

A. pinch B. grain C. trace 1 chucts biẻu cảm

D. speck

11. Here I sit ______ - no food, no money, no anything

A. high and dry bơ vơ B. thick and thin

C. huff and puff D. wear and tear

12. The media regarded Gorbachev as the ______favorite to dethrone the old champ

A. last-minute B. odds-on chắc chắn C. so-called D. well – earned

13. The research has ______implications for medicine as a whole.

A. far-fetched có tác động sâi rộng B. far-reaching

C. long-winded D. nerve-wrecking

14. Jacques launched into a ______explanation that left us just as confused as before

A. far-fetched B. far-reaching

C. long-winded dài dòng D. nerve-wrecking

15. We ______ deny that we have ever cheated or tampered illegally with any match ball in any game during our careers.

A. Categorically dứt khoát B. fully C. distinctly D. highly

16. All personal details are treated as ______confidential and remain on computer file.

A. severely B. strictly bảo mật nghiêm ngặt C. sharply D. harshly

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17. The people in that company always talk ______, even on the weekends.

A. dirty B. shop bàn việc làm ăn C. turkey D. money

18. It took me ages to ______up the courage to ask for a promotion

A. pick B. hurl C. yield D. pluck lấy hết canđảm

19. They still ______enormous influence in politics.

A. possess B. utilize C. brandish D. wield có ảnh hưởng

20. I don't know where he is but I could ______a guess.

A. Hazard đoán B. conjecture C. expose D. imperil

21. Don't ______a hard bargain over such a little thing .

A. make B. push C. drive thương lượng D. bring

22. His patience began to wear ______ during the long wait.

A. thin tàn lụi dần B. rusty C. empty D. perished

23. And undoubtedly, their mysterious, indefinable quality is the source of their ______ power.

A. Disconcerting làm bối rối B. disembodied

C. dismissive D. discordant

24. The depths of this understanding - which I had not at all expected - put me in a ______.

A. doubt B. quandary tromg tình huống khó xử C. hitch D. complexity

25. He walked out after a ______row with his wife.

A. Blazing cuộcn tranh cải dữ dội B. heated C. stormy D. smouldering

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