Vocab Review #17

8/31/2022 3:45:10 PM

Ôn tập các từ vựng đã gặp trong các bài đọc sau:

Text Words to learn Intensive phrases/idioms
65. The mountain lion magnificent, grace, foothill, mesa, canyon, brushy, approach breed like rabbits, build up, run wild, back away
66. How Do Hearing-Impaired People Talk? hearing-impaired, interpret, technical, sign come into one's own, mind one's language, in kind, sing a different tune
67. Saturn ring, moon, unmanned, reveal, intricate, dense be on another planet, once in a blue moon, bite the dust, float on air
68. Why Do We Stop at Red Lights When No One’s There? legitimate, obvious, respect, claim, rule, divine get rid of sb, two wrongs don't make a right, keep up appearances, be in with a chance (of doing sth)

She moves with the natural _____ of a ballerina.

  • hope
  • rumor
  • flavour
  • grace

I have been putting $50 aside every month in an attempt to _____ my savings.

  • build onto
  • build up
  • build around
  • build in

She attended a school for people who are partly or completely deaf. She is _____.  

  • weak-kneed
  • sight-impaired
  • time-poor
  • hearing-impaired

Take-away dinners _____ when you're too exhausted to be bothered about cooking.

  • come to nothing
  • come into their own
  • come and go
  • come easily to you

A series of flashbacks _____ the details of the tragedy.

  • invest
  • promote
  • apply
  • reveal

Complete the second sentence using the word given so that it has the same meaning to the first.

The ivy grows freely without any control in this part of the garden. (WILD)

=> The ivy is left to _____.

Look and match the words.

Picture Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

We've been trying to mind our language around the kids. They're at the age now where they'll start repeating everything we say!

  • keep our mouth shut
  • bite our lips
  • cut our teeth
  • watch our tongue

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

It was a beautiful ornament, antique brass with a complex design.

  • intricate
  • inexplicable
  • unimportant
  • strange

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word in a bracket. You must use between THREE and FIVE words, including the word given. Do not change the word given.

My clients are very poor and often pay me by goods, with a basket of eggs, or whatever they have. (KIND)

=> My clients are very poor so they often , with a basket of eggs or whatever they have.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

Their marriage was over, but they wanted to keep up appearance for the children.

  • Their marriage
  • over
  • wanted to
  • appearance

Jill: I'd really like to get back at Fred after he made fun of me in front of everyone.

Jane: Don’t be stupid! _____, you know. 

  • Speak of the devil
  • Your guess is as good as mine
  • Two wrongs don't make a right
  • Haste makes waste

Hamilton was _____ for his encyclopedic knowledge of the baseball's history.

  • respected
  • insulted
  • disguised
  • converted

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

According to state law, smoking is illegal in all public buildings.

  • sophisticated
  • relevant
  • legitimate
  • unlawful

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

A: "Do you ever eat pork?" 

B: "Only once in a blue moon. I prefer beef."

  • once in a while
  • all at once
  • now and again
  • time after time

Match each word to its expression. 

  • brushy
  • unmanned
  • obvious
  • divine

Rearrange the words in a correct order to make a complete sentence (kéo từng từ/cụm từ về vị trí đúng để tạo thành câu hoàn chỉnh).

Drag one right word(s) for each blank.

1. She learnt to to help her deaf child.

2. No one in our tour group spoke Spanish so we had to ask the guide to .

3. African tribal societies were traditionally by a council of elders.

4. The company had confidently that its products were biodegradable.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

He never used to support that political candidate, but he made a different tune all of a sudden.

  • never
  • candidate
  • made
  • a sudden

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

I have no idea what the professor said during today's lecture because I was from another planet the whole time.

  • no idea
  • today's lecture
  • from another planet
  • whole time

A stranger _____ and asked to have her picture taken with him.

  • preserved
  • outweighed
  • approached
  • expended

Supply the appropriate form of the word in the bracket.

New Orleans is famous for its old oak trees. (MAGNIFICENCE)

Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals.

The article is full of terms so I can hardly understand it. (TECHNIQUE)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word in brackets. You must use between TWO and FIVE words, including the word given. Do NOT change the word given.

Schools can find it difficult to discard unqualified teachers. (GET)

=> It can be difficult for schools to .

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word in a bracket. You must use between THREE and FIVE words, including the word given. Do not change the word given.

Thousands of small businesses end in failure every year. (DUST)

=> Thousands of small businesses every year.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

She saw that he had a gun and backed away.

  • threaten
  • approach
  • hide
  • evaluate

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word in a bracket. You must use between THREE and FIVE words, including the word given. Do not change the word given.

Most couples feel extremely happy on their wedding day. (AIR)

=> Most couples feel they are on their wedding day.