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LEXICO AND GRAMMAR 1
1. Because of the dominance of retail chain-stores, most shopping centers show the same
bland _______ and no imagination. A. similarity B. likeness C. equality D. uniformity Equality: usually used in some kind of “gender equality’’, bình đẳng Similarity: sự tương tự Likeness: sự giống nhau Uniformity: tính giống nhau, đồng nhất 2. She wears the most _______ color combinations you could ever imagine.
A. hiding B. hideout C. hidebound D. hideous Hideous: extremely ugly or bad Hiding: (n) a total defeat; the situation of being in a place where you cannot be found Hideout: a place where sb goes when they do not want to be found Hidebound: (adj) having old-fashioned ideas, rather than accepting to new ways of thinking, to be preservative 3. It would help _______ me, if you could go to the Post Office for me.
A. totally B. absolutely C. enormously D. largely Enormously help: (col) <- enormously helpful 4. The plastic surgery must have cost the ________, but there’s no denying she looks younger.
A. world B. planet C. universe D. earth Cost the earth: (idm) cost a lot of money 5. A few of the older campers were sent home after a week as they were ________.
A. lenient B. erratic C. unruly D. indulgent Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules Lenient: hiền từ nhân hậu Indulgent: allowing someone to have or do what they want, especially when this is not good for them; chiều chuộng thái quá Erractic: bất ổn; moving or behaving in a way that is not regular, certain, or expected 6. When they advertised the job, they were ________ with application.
A. dense B. filled C. plentiful D. inundated Inundate: to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all 7. I suppose he could _______ have reached the summit on his own, but I doubt it.
A. conceivably B. credibly C. imaginatively D. believably Conceivably: có thể hình dung được, có thể tin được Credibly: tin được, đáng tin cậy (lời nói, hành động nghe có vẻ thuyết phục) không có Imaginably, chỉ có Unimaginably không có Believably, chỉ có Unbelievably 8. Be _______ as it may, I am afraid any kind of financial compensation is out of the question.
A. it B. that C. this D. which Be that as it may (phrase): used to introduce a statement that is somehow different from what has just been said 9. In time-honoured _______, the chairman offered a toast to the shop-floor workers.
A. protocol B. way C. fashion D. procedure
A time-honored tradition, practice, or method is respected because it has been done or used in the same way for many years. In time-honoured fashion/way: (sarcastic) 10. I had to get through a lot of _______ tape, but I finally got the documents I needed.
A. red B. blue C. black D. yellow Red tape: thủ tục rườm rà; tệ nạn quan liêu = bureaucracy, formality 11. His new play is not only interesting but also unique. It is really off the beaten ________.
A. track B. road C. path D. route Off the beaten track: out of the ordinary 12. He tends to act ________ impulse, especially when he is together with his best friends.
A. at B. on C. by D. with On impulse: because you suddenly want to, although you haven't planned to = on spur of the moment 13. The river is ________ with increasing load of household rubbish.
A. soaked B. burdened C. saturated D. choked Be burdened with: have to suffer troubles 14. The dispute was eventually resolved by a(n) ________ decision of the arbitrator.
A. interested B. uninterested C. disinterested D. uninteresting Disinterested: not partial 15. Being ________ out of $20,000 by his best friend, he swears not to put trust in anybody.
A. done B. made C. cheated D. tricked Trick out of: use a trick to get sth form sb 16. The project manager ______ animatedly as he spoke about his experiences in the jungle.
A. advanced B. looked C. noticed D. gestured Gesture animatedly: behaving in a way that shows a lot of interest and energy 17. He seemed very quiet, but it would be a …
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