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Ielts Reading Vocabs Sách 14 15 16
Ielts Reading Vocabs Sách 14 15 16
Ielts Reading Vocabs Sách 14 15 16
● Passage 1
6. lock out of (v) to prevent somebody from I'd locked myself out of the house
entering a place by locking
and had to break a window to get
the door in.
7. troop (a) connected with soldiers, The major powers have said
especially in large groups they will not send in ground
troops (= soldiers who fight on
land).
8. Have a monopoly over to have or take control of the The Dutch had a monopoly over the
largest part of something so nutmeg trade.
that other people are
prevented from sharing it
9. smuggle(v) to take, send or bring goods He managed to smuggle a gun into
or people secretly and the prison.
illegally into or out of a
country, etc.
● Passage 2
1. implementation (n) the act of making something the implementation of the new
that has been officially system
decided start to happen or be
used
2. trial (v) to test the ability, quality or We will trial the new drug in
performance of something to several hospitals.
see if it will be effective or
successful
5. mileage (n) the distance that a vehicle has My annual mileage is about 10 000.
travelled, measured in miles
6. hurdle (n) a problem or difficulty that The next hurdle will be getting her
must be solved or dealt with parents' agreement.
before you can achieve
something (obstacle)
3. venture (v) to go somewhere even though He's never ventured abroad in his
you know that it might be life.
dangerous or unpleasant
4. send out (v) to produce something, such as The sun sends out light and heat.
light, a signal, sound, etc.
(emit)
6. delve into (v) to try hard to find out more She had started to delve into her
information about something father's distant past.
8. slant a way of thinking about Her book looks at his writings from
something, especially one that a feminist slant.
shows support for a particular
opinion or point of view
TEST 2
● Passage 1
2. awning (n) a sheet of strong cloth that We sat under the blue and white
stretches out from above a striped awning of the cafe.
door or window to keep off
the sun or rain
3. counter-intuitive (a) the opposite of what you These results seem counter-intuitive.
would expect or what seems
to be obvious
5. carriageway (n) the part of a road intended for Vehicles should be parked as close as
vehicles, not people walking, possible to the edge of the
etc. carriageway.
6. at full scale that is as complete and careful The police made a full-scale search of
as possible the area.
● Passage 2
1. clone (v) to produce an exact copy of A team from the UK were the first to
an animal or a plant from its successfully clone an animal.
cells
5. pop up (v) to appear or happen, She's one of those movie stars who
especially suddenly or pops up everywhere, on TV, in
unexpectedly: magazines, on Broadway.
6. strand (n) one of the different parts of an We heard every strand of political
idea, a plan, a story, etc. opinion.
● Passage 3
3. ostensible (a) seeming or stated to be real or The ostensible reason for his
true, when this is perhaps not absence was illness.
the case
TEST 3
● Passage 1+2 + 3
1. portable (a) that is easy to carry or to move portable device
4. envision (v) to imagine what a situation If you can envision your goals, you
will be like in the future, can achieve those goals.
especially a situation you
intend to work towards
6. gruesome (a) very unpleasant and filling you gruesome pictures of dead bodies
with horror, usually because it
is connected with death or
injury