Vocab review #18

9/8/2022 11:00:00 PM

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

Text Words to learn Intensive phrases/idioms
69. The muscular system skeleton, cardiac, tighten, heartbeat, involuntary  forgive and forget, be smooth sailing, move mountains, break a leg
70. Zebras judge, distinctive, stallion, dominant, roam, endangered get away from sb/sth, in short supply, up to speed (on sth), earn one's stripes
71. Leopards carrion, lean, opportunistic, adept, torso, nocturnal get up to, jump to conclusions, risk (one's) neck, a dark horse
72. Deer Cave, Malaysia massive, devour, echolocation, pile, dusk, dung hold good, fall by the wayside, fly/go out (of) the window, do sth off one's own bat

 

Choose the word that is different from the rest.

  • anger
  • contempt
  • disgust
  • torso

The fans might have a hard time _____ such a betrayal.

  • giving and taking
  • puffing and panting
  • forgiving and forgetting
  • cutting and running

These orang-utans are critically _____ due to habitat loss.

  • endangered
  • cooperative
  • desirable
  • rebellious

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

So why does one company survive a recession while its competitors fall by the wayside?

  • dominate
  • withdraw
  • expand
  • manufacture

We’re a very _____ company, continually looking to strengthen ourselves strategically in individual market segments.

  • academic
  • immature
  • opportunistic
  • sophisticated

The bank robbers _____ the police in a stolen car.

  • got across
  • got around to
  • got away from
  • got about

We _____ the part in the movie where the main character crash lands in Antarctica.

  • got away with
  • got back at
  • got up to
  • got down to

Look and match the words.

Picture Name
1.
2.
3.
5.

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

A: "Tonight’s the first night of the play. I feel a little bit nervous."

B: "Is it? Well, break a leg!’ 

  • don't give up
  • calm down
  • never mind
  • good luck

Match each word to its expression. 

  • carrion
  • dung
  • stallion

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

Electricity and basic foodstuffs are in short supply on the island.

  • abundant
  • scarce
  • complicated
  • inevitable

Whatever she did, she did off her own _____. It was nothing to do with me.

  • squirrel
  • hare
  • bat
  • eagle

Drag one right word(s) for each blank.

1. The rope holding the boat suddenly and broke.

2. After the bars close, gangs of youths the city streets. 

3. The lion cubs hungrily the deer.

4. He that the risk was too great.

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

With a good team around you, you can succeed in completing tasks that are challenging and requires much effort. (MOVE)

=> If you get ...............

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.

After many years of performing in small-town shows, she finally got a Broadway part. (STRIPES)

=> She finally in Broadway theater after years of performing in small-town shows.

Supply the appropriate form of the word in the bracket.

The females breed with males that establish and defend territories. (DOMINANCE)

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.

The law must remain valid for every person in society, not just those who earn the most money. (HOLD)

=> The law must in society, not just those who earn the most money.

Supply the appropriate form of the word in the bracket.

The number of part-timers - people who couldn't get more hours or find a full-time job - is increasing. (VOLUNTEER)

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

Today, we pay our respects to the soldiers who risked their necks to keep our country safe.

  • cravenly hid
  • fought bravely
  • gladly sacrificed
  • ran slowly

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.

As soon as people get drunk, their sense will not exist any more. (WINDOW)

=> As soon as people get drunk, their sense will .

Drag and drop to complete sentence.

1. The patient had a history of disease.

2. Like most athletes, she was and muscular.

3. They are creatures, which helps them avoid predators such as hawks and owls.

4. Good diagrams are the book's most feature.

5. She is equally in the pop and classical fields.

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).

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

Organizing the event was really stressful, but luckily, it was sailing smoothly on the day.

  • Organizing
  • really stressful
  • luckily
  • was sailing smoothly

Supply the appropriate form of the word in the bracket.

is a physiological process that certain animals use to locate objects in areas of low visibility. (ECHO)

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).