Trnh C - Bi 1

1. Food prices have been ________ steadily for at least twenty years.

(A) rising
(B) raising
(C) lifting
(D) growing
2. I'll have to study very hard, ________ I can pass the exam.

(A) in order
(B) so that
(C) therefore
(D) such
3. You ________ to eat if you don't feel like it.

(A) needn't
(B) mustn't
(C) don't have
(D) haven't
4. We'll play tennis and ________ we'll have lunch.

(A) then
(B) straight away
(C) immediately
(D) so
5. He has to go to Canada for the next ________ of his training.

(A) step
(B) stand
(C) point
(D) stage
6. When the meeting had finished, they went ________ the plan once again.
C

(A) up
(B) on

(C) over
(D) down
7. We locked the animals in the cage to ________ them from getting away.
D

(A) avoid
(B) hinder
(C) object
(D) prevent
8. You're ________ your time trying to persuade him; he'll never help you.
A

(A) wasting
(B) spending
(C) losing
(D) missing
9. Their last cook was better than their ________ one.

(A) current
(B) former
(C) latter
(D) instant
10. I am grateful to you for being so patient ________ him.

(A) with
(B) at
(C) for
(D) ot
11. Do you mean to say you exchanged that lovely car ________ this?
(A) with
(B) by
(C) on
(D) for
12. The weather was ________ the exceptionally poor harvest.
(A) blamed for

(B) condemned for

(C) accused of
(D) found fault with for
13. She is teaching two classes and is examining at a literature exam tomorrow.
________, she is chairing a meeting at the Pen Club.

(A) on the top of it

(B) on top of it
(C) at the top of it
(D) at top
14. I don't see any ________ in arriving early at the theatre if the show doesn't start
until 9 o'clock.

(A) cause
(B) aim
(C) point
(D) reason
15. His application for a visa was turned ________ by the consulate.

(A) aside
(B) down
(C) out
(D) over
16. Shopping malls account for 60 percent of the retail business done in the United
States because they are controlled environments which ________ concerns about the
weather.

(A) eliminate
(B) necessitate
(C) foster
(D) justify
17. It is ________ impossible to tell the twins apart.
(A) virtually
(B) realistically
(C) closely
(D) extremely

18. The man known as Bonnie Prince Charlie claimed that he was the ________ heir
to the throne.

(A) due
(B) correct
(C) authentic
(D) rightful
19. The rather humid climate in no way ________ from the beauty of the place.
D

(A) protracts
(B) subtracts
(C) attracts
(D) detracts
20. ________ no need to buy traveller's cheques since most countries take credit
cards.

(A) It's
(B) There's
(C) You're
(D) It has

Trnh C - Bi 2
1. 1. Is there ________ bread for all the sandwiches we have to make?

(A) correct
(B) enough
(C) plenty
(D) equal
2. Teaching is not a(n) ________ which pays very well.

(A) post
(B) work
(C) employment
(D) occupation
3. No, the letter didn't come through the post. It was delivered personally, ________
hand.

(A) with
(B) from
(C) in
(D) by
4. I ________ do that if I were you.

(A) won't
(B) wouldn't
(C) shan't
(D) don't
5. There was nothing to ________ him with the burglary until the police found a gold
ring in his car.

(A) link
(B) fix
(C) place
(D) join
6. The manufacturers are advertising a new ________ of soap powder.

(A) mark
(B) brand
(C) pack
(D) box
7. ________ my stay in hospital, I lost twelve kilos.

(A) In
(B) On
(C) While
(D) During
8. I'm sorry to hear that Peter and Dick have ________. They were such a good
friends.

(A) fallen out

(B) fallen against
(C) dropped out
(D) dropped against
9. Shall I use this ________ to fry the eggs?

(A) pan
(B) kettle
(C) dish
(D) tin
10. He ________ being given a receipt for the bill he had paid.

(A) asked to
(B) demanded
(C) insisted on
(D) required
11. These cars originally had two doors but the latest ________ has four.

(A) brand
(B) mark
(C) model
(D) pattern
12. That boy is far ahead ________ everyone else in the class.

(A) from
(B) for
(C) of
(D) with
13. He is also interested ________ art.

(A) in
(B) with
(C) about
(D) for
14. It is impossible to prevent them from quarreling ________ each other.
(A) for
(B) to
(C) with
(D) by
15. I'm thinking ________ looking for a new job.
(A) on

(B) at
(C) to
(D) of
16. Dick prefers football ________ tennis.

(A) than
(B) over
(C) from
(D) to
17. The internship in a psychiatric ward ________ for the rest of his life.

(A) had an influence on him

(B) had influence on him
(C) had influence over him
(D) had an influence at him
18. If I had known the way to his house, I ________ him last Friday afternoon.
B

(A) would visit

(B) would have visited
(C) have been visiting
(D) had been visiting
19. He ________ that he had been involved in the decision not to attack the enemy
position.

(A) declined
(B) refused
(C) rejected
(D) denied
20. As brown as ________ = having a tanned skin after sunbathing.
(A) dust
(B) chocolate
(C) a berry
(D) a beetle

Trnh C - Bi 3

1. 1. It's an awful ________ your wife couldn't come. I was looking forward to meeting
her.

(A) harm
(B) sorrow
(C) shame
(D) shock
2. There is a fault at out TV station. Please do not ________ your set.
(A) change
(B) adjust
(C) repair
(D) switch
3. Don't touch the cat, he may ________ you.

(A) kick
(B) tear
(C) scream
(D) scratch
C

4. The managers agreed to ________ the question of payment.

(A) balance
(B) control
(C) discuss
(D) increase
5. Owing to the bad weather, the garden party was ________.

(A) called off

(B) shouted off
(C) spoken against
(D) cried down
6. I am sorry I opened your handbag but I ________ it for mine.
(A) mistook
(B) confused
(C) recognized
(D) imagined

7. The ________ of these volunteers for hard work is amazing.

(A) ability
(B) capacity
(C) capability
(D) efficiency
8. I like England, but I wish it ________ rain quite so much.

(A) didn't
(B) won't
(C) hadn't
(D) hasn't
9. He was so tired that he ________ asleep in the chair.

(A) dropped
(B) fell
(C) went
(D) became
10. He has just taken an examination ________ chemistry.

(A) on
(B) about
(C) for
(D) in
11. They shouldn't have ________ the accident. It wasn't my fault.

(A) accused me of
(B) accused me with
(C) blamed me for
(D) blamed me
12. The bank won't lend you the money without some ________ that you will pay it
back.

(A) profit
(B) interest
(C) charge
(D) guarantee

13. When you come tomorrow why not ________ your brother with you?

(A) fetch
(B) take
(C) bring
(D) carry
14. After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ________.
C

(A) hardly
(B) in difficulties
(C) with difficulty
(D) hard
15. Who does this book belong ________?

(A) to
(B) for
(C) with
(D) at
16. All my handbags ________ of leather.

(A) had been made

(B) will have been made
(C) are made
(D) being made
17. He's the perfect person to take on this difficult job. He's a really hard- ________
person and won't stand for any nonsense.

(A) ship
(B) nosed
(C) handshake
(D) bargain
18. a sabbatical year = ________.

(A) a year in which one is released from one's normal duties

(B) a miserable year
(C) a year in which previously made plans are bound to
(D) a year that has brought happiness and good fortune

19. It always ________ me as odd that he should go off to work so late in the day.
A

(A) struck
(B) hit
(C) knocked
(D) smacked
20. I walked away as calmly as I could ________ they thought I was the thief.
D

(A) or else
(B) to avoid
(C) owing to
(D) incase