(Luyenthichuyen) VOCABULARY PRACTICE with key and explanation (18 pages) Mã A519956

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VOCABULARY PRACTICE Question 1: At this college, we take young people full of ____________ and dreams and show them how to turn them into reality. a. aspirations b. dedications c. preparations d. indications Question 2: The teams were very closely matched, and it all ____________ the last five minutes of the game. a. came down to b. brought about c. picked up from d. kept up with Question 3: We’re willing to help you but, by the same, ____________ you must do something for us. a. respect b. placement c. token d. coupon Question 4: These results prove ____________ that this mammal did walk the Earth at the same time as the dinosaurs. a. overtly b. impulsively c. excessively d. conclusively Question 5: We left the hotel immediately – our room was ____________ with cockroaches. a. wriggling b. crawling c. creeping d. burrowing Question 6: Warren has some ____________ thinking to do about his future. a. grave b. broad c. wide d. deep Question 7: The producers must give the director some ____________ of autonomy or he’s not going to make the film for them. a. lever b. degree c. unit d. grade Question 8: My brother’s son Philip has become very ____________ in class, and the teacher keeps having to send him out so she can get on with the lesson. a. disordered b. disloyal c. disruptive d. disrespectful Question 9: It took me a few days of wandering around Manhattan before I found my ____________. a. course b. positioning c. compass d. bearings Question 10: The state governor has blamed the rise in unemployment on the large numbers of young people entering the labor____________, though most economists disagree. a. lake b. force c. ranks d. ring Question 11: There wasn’t time for more, so I just threw the cape on the model ____________ and sent her out on the catwalk. a. whatever b. however c. anyhow d. anytime Question 12: Did you ____________ a good impression of the candidate through the course of the interview? a. shape b. form c. draw d. make Question 13: Our government doesn’t talk to theirs officially, but the president keeps some back ____________ of communication open. a. avenues b. gateways c. channels d. rooms Question 14: The businessman was charged with ____________ setting up companies in his employees’ names

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for purposes of tax evasion. a. fraudulently b. contemptuously c. selflessly d. brutally Question 15: You’re going to have to be ____________ with your daughter if you want her behavior to improve. a. firmer b. heftier c. earthier d. tardier Question 16: He’s ruthlessly ambitious, and will ____________ any opportunity to advance himself. a. wrench b. grip c. grapple d. grasp Question 17: I found out about the post by word of ____________, rather than from the newspaper. a. tongue b. talk c. street d. mouth Question 18: June found it hard to ____________ her emotions on seeing her sister after so many years apart. a. condemn b. confine c. constrain d. contain Question 19: Race is a ____________ that has been particularly difficult to overcome in American society. a. boundary b. border c. barrier d. limit Question 20: If you carry out robberies with a loaded firearm, the law will deal with you ____________ when it catches up with you. a. harshly b. malignantly c. hardly d. atrociously Question 21: If what you’re ____________ is that I owe you some kind of debt of gratitude, then you are deeply mistaken. a. implying b. impelling c. implanting d. imploring Question 22: The company is planning a ____________ on staff misuse of office supplies. a. crackdown b. go-between c. takeover d. comeback Question 23: The salespeople have ____________ account they can use while they are on the road, but they must provide receipts. a. an expenditure b. an expense c. a purchase d. a deficit Question 24: “Luckily, my daughter didn’t ____________ my nose,” laughed Mr. Hargreaves. a. inherit b. bequeath c. take d. gain Question 25: The cause of the crash was eventually determined to be ____________ wiring sparking off a …