Đề thi số 707

Preparation for university entrance exam 2 (Vocabulary)

(Môn: Anh, Thời gian làm bài: 65 Phút)
Bài 1 In the end, I just lost my ________ and started gabbling incoherently
A. head B. mind C. brain D. intelligence
Bài 2
He has been ________ for gross misconduct.
A. impressed B. impounded C. impeached D. impelled
Bài 3
I parked in a restricted area and the police _________ my car.
A. imprisoned B. impounded C. impaled D. interned
Bài 4 In the event, we found your advice absolutely ___________ .
A. unworthy B. valuable C. invaluable D. impecunious
Bài 5 Even the best medicines are not __________ .
A. infallible B. unfailing C. fail-proof D. falsified
Bài 6 Ann played a _______ role in the planning of the millenium exhibition.
A. consultation B. consulting C. consultative D. consulted
Bài 7 Eventually the list of candidates for the job was ________ down to three.
A. narrowed B. lowered C. wound D. dropped
Bài 8 Simon _________ in me on the understanding that I wouldn't tell anyone else.
A. intimated B. confessed C. confided D. disclosed
Bài 9 I was told yesterday that the car had been fixed but it's broken down __________ again!
A. even B. still C. yet D. right
Bài 10 It __________ during our conversation that Anita was extremely unhappy.
A. emanated B. revealed C. divulged D. emerged
Bài 11 I often miss the bus because my watch is ___________ .
A. overdue B. late C. slow D. behind
Bài 12 Come and see me when you ________ your report.
A. finish B. will finish C. had finished D. having finished
Bài 13 He will only pass the examination if there is a(n) _________ in his class work.
A. progress B. increase C. rise D. improvement
Bài 14 You shouldn't have criticised him in front of his friends. It was extremely ________ of you.
A. unfortunate B. insensitive C. insensible D. unconscious

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Bài 15 Please leave this space ________ on the enrolment form.
A. absent B. blank C. missing D. undone
Bài 16 ___________ is a complete mystery how they ever got there in that car.
A. There B. That C. It D. This
Bài 17 It's too early in the ________ to expect many visitors to the town.
A. term B. season C. time D. calendar
Bài 18 I don't feel well but I don't know what's the matter _________ me.
A. of B. for C. to D. with
Bài 19 Can you tell me the ________ of these shoes?
A. charge B. price C. amount D. expense
Bài 20 My attempts to solve the problem only __________ to make it worse.
A. contributed B. functioned C. served D. attained
Bài 21 I was reluctant to ________ the subject because I thought he wouldn't want to discuss it.
A. raise B. originate C. advance D. provoke
Bài 22 We might have to change our plans for the weekend and, ________ , we'll let you know
ASAP.
A. in case B. if so C. providing D. supposing
Bài 23 She had made a firm decision and wasn't ___________ by anything I said against it.
A. detracted B. prevailed C. induced D. swayed
Bài 24 Of all the paintings in the gallery, it was this one that really ________ my eye.
A. grasped B. snatched C. caught D. seized
Bài 25 The actor was so nervous that he could only remember small ________ of dialogue.
A. shreds B. pieces C. patches D. snatches
Bài 26 Cut flowers may ________ through lack of water.
A. faint B. collapse
C. wilt D. drop
Bài 27 More and more people are having satellite dishes ________ on their roofs.
A. installed B. introduced C. implanted D. inserted
Bài 28 The girl's large, heavy earrings had __________ her earlobes permanently.
A. displaced B. dismayed C. disfigured D. diseased
Bài 29 Her hands were swollen and wrinkle, but she still had her nails ___________ regularly.
A. manufactured B. manicured C. maintained D. managed

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Bài 30 You must pay import ________ on certain goods brought into this country.
A. fees B. surcharges C. supplement D. duties
Bài 31 I'm afraid I'm rather _________ about the existence of ghosts.
A. sceptical B. partial C. adaptable D. incapable
Bài 32 There was a ________ of brakes as the car took the corner too quickly.
A. squawk B. squelch C. screech D. scream
Bài 33 My husband's continual ________ keeps me awake at night.
A. sneering B. snoozing C. snarling D. snoring
Bài 34 There is no doubt about the outcome of the trial. The man is a ________ criminal.
A. self-conscious B. self-contained C. self-confessed D. self-centred
Bài 35 _________ to the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn.
A. Akin B. Prior C. In addition D. With reference
Bài 36 Of course he can lift that! He's as _________ as a horse.
A. tough B. big C. heavy D. strong
Bài 37 The _________ of two houses prove such a financial burden that they were forced to sell one.
A. upkeep B. upshot C. upsurge D. uproar
Bài 38 What he did was the height of bad ___________ .
A. manner B. conduct C. actions D. behaviour
Bài 39 The truant was __________ from school for unbecoming behaviour.
A. dispelled B. repelled C. expelled D. compelled
Bài 40 You will have to give ________ to the manager for your actions.
A. report B. account C. narrative D. explanation
Bài 41 When Mr. Spendthrift ran out of money, he ________ his mother for help.
A. fell in with B. fell upon C. fell behind D. fell back on
Bài 42 As she is so heavily overworked, there is a __________ possibility that she will have a nervous
breakdown.
A. distinctive B. distinct C. little D. manifest
Bài 43 The strikers agreed to stick _________ a substantial pay rise.
A. up for B. out for C. together D. up to
Bài 44 Why don't the police take __________ measures against crime?
A. affective B. ineffective C. effective D. efficient
Bài 45 Although it was ________ jewellery, it looked real enough.

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 A. untrue B. imitative C. imitation D. invented

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