Thanh Vân

Choose the best answers:

calamitous futile laborious conscientious destitute facetious feasible grave juvenile staggering tricky
comprehensive awkward solitary superficial void
1.The bank went burst , with calamitous consequences for global markets.
2.Are you sure you want to join in? The task that we are going to carry out will be very laborious.
3.I don't envy Mr Carter in the least. Living such a solitary life as he does must certainly be very painful
4.I'll give up calling the agency if my next attempt is futile.
5.What's the point of storing all these void containers? Do you think they may prove useful?
6.The silence that followed after the president's statement was a bit awkward, but nobody dared to comment on
it
7.Sheryl was complimented on her comprehensive knowledge of the subject and given the best mark
8.To be honest with you, I have to say I have no experience in handling such tricky matters
9.In the assistant’s opinion the scheme is feasible
10.Inhabitants of the rural area have lived in destitute conditions ever since the political conflicts destroyed the
economy of this region.
11.You are being facetious, Ted. You won't convince me you have had an encounter with an extraterrestrial
civilization
12.Hadn't the passengers of the capsized ferry been equipped with life jackets, the consequences of the
catastrophic would have been grave.
13.This brand new stereo set produces sounds of staggering quality.
14.We have to tolerate his juvenile acting as he is only nine.

Fill in each blank with ONE word:

1.She prided herself on wanting more than was expected of women at that time.
2. Kevin was under no legal obligation whatsoever to reveal to Ramon the contents of the paper in his hand.
3. Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
4. Such a speech should never have been made , least of all by a so-called responsible politician.
 showing statement applies especially to someone or something.
5. Every one of us can help to protect and sustain our environment by changing our consumption habits.
6. The man loves to do his work,be it cleaning the yard, testing toys, or singing.
7. The profits, although/if a little lower than last year, are still high.
8. I would have gone with him, but I had to study.
9. It’s easy to look like a primitive hunter as you hack away at (To cut away at something and remove pieces of
it, often with clumsy strokes) your food with a knife and fork.(a chair and umbrella- danh từ sau không dùng
mạo từ)
10. There were a couple of bags of old records, magazines ,and what have you (and other similar things).
Correct word forms:
1.He tried to (simple) simplify the story for the younger audience.
2. His wife was the chief (benefit)beneficiary of his will.
3.(Coward) Cowardice prevented me from doing what I knew I should do.
4.The judge reminded the jury that (circumstance) circumstantial evidence is information that maybe important
but is not proof of guilt.
= relating to the circumstances in which something happened, but not to the thing itself
5. The police said his car had been weaving all over the road , so they pulled him over and gave him a (sober)
sobriety test.
= the state of being sober
6. In the past , the majority of women were consigned to a lifetime of (serve) servitude and poverty.
= the state of being under the control of someone else and of having no freedom
7. To the adults of the town, he was (correct) incorrigible (hopeless).
8. The two companies have put old (rival) rivalry aside to combine their broad-coast.
9. He has years of experience as a senior (practice) practitioner in the financial services industry.
10.Her (rule) unruly behaviour caused chaos in class.
= used to describe people who are unable to control their emotions
Lexical text:
Peoples'personalities…………..(1) considerably from one another as there are no two alike. Our ingrained
characteristics which………………(2) the patterns of our behaviour, our reactions and temperaments are
unparalleled on……………….(3) of the diversified processes that……………….(4) our personality in the
earliest………………………..(5) of human development.
Some ……………………….. (6) of character may to some…………………….. (7) be hereditary simulating
the attributes that ………………(8) our parents. Others may……………………..(9) from the conditions
experienced during pregnancy and infancy in this way reflecting the parents' approach towards (10)….their
offspring. Consequently, the environmental factor…………………………….(11) a crucial role in
strengthening or eliminating certain behavioral systems making an individual more prone to
……………………………(12) to the patterns that ……………………….(13) a prize.
Undoubtedly, human personality ……………………….. (14) the most profound and irreversible formation
during the first period of its development, yet, certain characteristics may still be ……………………. (15) to
considerable changes conditioned by different circumstances and situations.
1. a) distinguish b) converge c) vary d) differentiate
2. a) denote b) resolve c) inflict d) determine
3. a) account b) means c) token d) event
4. a) mould b) design c) conceive d) fabricate
5. a) states b) instants c) stages d) terms
6. a) factors b) traits c) items d) breeds
7. a) scope b) area c) extent d) length
8. a) pertain (+to) b) recognize c) associate d) identify

9. a) stem b) relate c) rise d) formulate

10. a) breeding b) rearing c) growing d) yielding
11. a) makes b) does c) finds d) plays
b) pledge c) acquiesce
12. a) conform  formal promise to accept d) obey
13. a) yearn b) deserve c) wish d) necessitate
14. a) underacts b) undertakes c) undergoes d) underlies
15. a) practicable b) feasible c) subject d) potential
Cloze text:
1. that
2. Only
3. How
4. Other
5. should
6. From
7. Such
8. With
9. Not
10. Regard
11. None
12. Far
13. However
14. May
15. as
Sentence transformation:
1.He is so keen on basketball that he spends almost all his free time playing it.
-> His keenness on basketball is such that he spends almost all his free time playing it.
2.If the government urged you to join the army, would you accept it?
Were you to be urged to join the army by the government, would you accept it?
3.lt seems that nobody believes his story.
Hardly anybody believes his story.
4.The harvest workers think that they were maltreated. (CLAIM)
The harvest workers claim to have been maltreated.
5.After years of arguing about who would be the first heir, all the members of the family agreed to forget their
differences.
Who would be the first heir has been settled among all members of the family by burying the hatchet.
6.He has made no effort to conceal his dislike for me ever since I was promoted over him (GRU DG E)
He has bear a grudge against me ever since I was promoted over him
7.He seems to be more active because he has won a scholarship to study overseas. (LEASE)
That he has won a scholarship to study overseas gives him a new lease of life.
8.Sometimes I have got a bad memory, so most importantly I need regular practice. (SIEVE)
First and foremost I need regular practice because I have got a mind like a sieve.
9.Maldivies attracts hordes of tourists to its beach resorts and 24-hour bustling nightlife. (CLOCK)
It is Maldivies' beach resorts and round-the-clock nightlife that tourists are attracted to.
10. No one listened to what the politician was saying last night. (EARS)
What the politician was saying fell on deaf ears last night.
11.Most of the people in the computing department of Curry’s PC World were teenagers.(MAJORITY)
There were many people in the computing department of Curry’s PC World, the majority of whom were
teenagers.
12.Nicholas speaks Swedish fluently.(COMMAND)
Nicholas has a great command of Swedish.
Fill the gaps in the phrases with the appropriate adjectives

bumpy foregone long odd stony cold foreign loose rough vested
dab inside mint soft wishful

1. Don't worry. I will ask Mike to fix your mincer. He is a/n dab hand at repairing home appliances.
2. My uncle's collection of the ancient artifacts is in mint condition. He spends a lot of time making them look
like new.
3. Considering Danny's determination to arrange a long-term loan for the company, he must have a/an vested
interest in keeping the business alive.
4. It's no use asking these people to pay the rent. They are squatters and certainly stony broke.
5. The police suspected that the theft was a/an inside job because only the store workers knew the code
deactivating the alarm.
a crime, especially stealing, committed by someone in the place where they work
6. Susan may not be as intelligent as her sister, but without doubt, she's the most kind-hearted person you could
ever meet. She is a real rough diamond.
7. Soon before the major action, a few of the young agents got cold feet as they hadn't been informed that the
thrilling task was only a part of their training.
8. Mr Cox has held the position of Attorney General for five years in succession and it's a/an foregone
conclusion that he will stay for another term of office.
9. The Browns have not yet paid us a penny of what they owe us, not by a long chalk.(/shot)
10. During the weekend, I typically do the odd jobs around the house, like fixing or cleaning something.
11. The minister says he can reduce the rate of unemployment by half. But to most people in the country it
sounds like wishful thinking only.
12. This rising rate of inflation is giving us a/an bumpy ride. There's less and less money left in our pockets.
13. 'Are you very busy tonight, Danny?' 'No. I'm at a loose end, in fact.'
14. What people usually say to me is just soft soap. They only do it as they hope to get some money out of me.
persuasive flattery
15. Tony's had that terrible pain in his eye since morning. I'm afraid some foreign body must have got inside it
and is bringing him
Match the phrasal verbs 1-10 with the definitions a-i.
1 waltz through D a be a success (for a business/trend/etc}
b manage to succeed, but only justư
2 pan out I
3 go up against F c (of a plan/project/etc) fail, not be a success
4 take off A d succeed in passing a test/exam/etc without any effort
begin to work hard/try harder (after a period of not working
5 knuckle down E e hard/trying]
6 pull (sth) off G f face a very difficult obstacle/opponent/situation
7 fall through C g succeed in achieving sth difficult (a project/plan)
8 scrape through B h stop giving attention to sth/sb you are sure will fail
9 write (sth/sb) off H i go the way you had planned

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs from exercise A.
1.I’ll never win a prize for my abilities in maths, but I can just about scrape through an exam.
2.Up until now you’ve done very little revision or preparation for your exams and if you don’t knuckle down,
you’ll find yourself kicked out of college at the end of this term.
3.Georgia is the best chess player on our team, but she’ll be going up against some of the top players in the
country, so I don’t know if she’ll manage to win the tournament.
4.We were planning to buy new sports equipment for the school gym, but our plans fell through when the local
council refused to give US the funds.
5.The Hatton Garden thieves thought they had pulled off the perfect burglary, but images on CCTV in the local
area allowed the police to identify them.
6.Why are you so worried about your history exam? It’s your best subject - you’ll waltz through it!
7.Jenna’s small clothes design business really took after a Hollywood actress wore one of her dresses on the red
carpet.
8.Their plan to televise a well-known novel didn’t pan out when the author refused to sell them the rights to his
book.
9.Suzie was upset because she felt her teachers were only interested in the best students and that they had
written her off long ago.
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35. B line3/ pa2- However, transmission…
36. A line 5/pa3-last- But Big…
37. C 4 last lines-pa4
38. A line 4/pa5- last: As…
39. D 4 last lines/pa6: Harmonizing..
40. C Line 2- what is left out here…