Vocab Review #19

9/19/2022 12:16:53 AM

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

Text	Words to learn	Intensive phrases/idioms
73. Heavy backpacks	alignment, recommendation, strap, accommodate, apparently, strain	take/get a rise out of sb, be bent on sth/doing sth, by the book, turn one's back on sb/sth
74. Louis Braille	combination, grab, infected, bump, slash, dull, achievement	look for, on the dot, read between the lines, be not worth the paper it is written/printed on
75. The Grand Canyon	wonder, extend, expose, specimen, prehistoric, existence, dot	wear away, beat about/around the bush, on the rocks, leave no stone unturned
76. Dangerous African Mammals	ambush, provoke, mob, stalk, aggressive	tip over, have a quick/short temper, a head start on/over sb/sth, bite one's tongue, lock horns (with sb) (over sth)

Rutherford was knighted in recognition of his scientific _____.

failures
suspicions
achievements
combinations

We are _____ a partner in a new business venture.

looking back
looking ahead
looking in
looking for

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

Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon.

instances
samples
additives
examples

The steps had been _____ by the feet of thousands of pilgrims.

taken away
gone away
worn away
cut away

20 million Americans became _____ with the influenza and more than 500,000 died.

infect
infected
infection
infectious

After becoming a successful writer, Jim _____ on all the people he used to know back home.

covered his back
got off his back
turned his back
put his back up

Iceland is full hot springs, beautifully coloured rocks, and other natural _____.

arrangements
cuisines
constructions
wonders

A: Would you please stop _____? Are you leaving the company or not?

B: I am still considering!

biting the bullet
beating about the bush
getting out of hand
hitting the sack

Painting originated in _____ times with murals drawn on cave walls.

prehistoric
abstract
traditional
chronic

Steve always manages to ______ me with his racist jokes.

cut no ice with
knock some sense into
get a rise out of
make the most of

Seals have been known to exhibit _____ behaviour towards swimmers.

aggression
aggressive
aggressor
aggressively

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

The truck was overloaded and looked so heavy that I thought it would tip off.

The truck
overloaded
so heavy
off

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

He fought so fiercely that his sword became dull.

long
cheap
blunt
sharp

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

She has a quick temper and a jealous streak and as time goes by, these tendencies became more and more apparent.

get bored very quickly
get upset very quickly
get nervous very quickly
get irritated very quickly

His resignation was _____ for personal rather than professional reasons.

importantly
evilly
apparently
sincerely

Due to the recent hyperinflation, the nation's currency is now not worth the paper _____.

it's made from
it's printed on
it's cited in
it's issued with

Look and match the words.

Picture	Name
	1. 17.1
	2. 17.2
	3. 17.3

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.

He was very determined to quit his job even though he was making a lot of money. (BENT)

=> Although he was making a lot of money, he was .

If we don't leave the house exactly at 6 o'clock, we'll miss our flight. (DOT)

=> If we don't leave the house at 6 o'clock , we'll miss our flight.

Drag one right word(s) for each blank.

1. He 20.1 his child's arm to stop her from running into the road.

2. The lawyer claimed his client was 20.2 into acts of violence by the defendant.

3. There are lots of Italian restaurants 20.3 around London.

4. The poor creature was being 20.4 by rooks.

5. The melting snow 20.5 the spring flowers.

Cuomo has often got into an argument with Trump, criticizing his delayed response to the pandemic. (HORNS)

=> Cuomo with Trump, criticizing his delayed response to the pandemic.

Police vowed to do everything they could to track down the fugitive. (STONE)

=> Police vowed to to track down the fugitive.

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.

The company is on the rock these days following the disastrous release of their latest product.

The company
rock
following
latest product

Supply the appropriate form of the word in the bracket.

We will implement policies in with our fiscal goals. (ALIGN)

Drag and drop to complete the sentences.

1. The council will follow the 27.1 made by the fire investigators.

2. The ground here cannot take the 27.2 of a large building.

3. His treatment was a 27.3 of surgery, radiation and drugs.

4. This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in 27.4.

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 and drop to complete the following sentences.

1. Her eyes took a while to 29.1 to the darkness.

2. There are plans to 29.2 the road network in the north of the country.

3. Five soldiers died after their bus was 29.3 on a country road.

4. He had 29.4 her for several months before he was arrested.

I wanted to tell him he looked ridiculous, but I _____.

get my tongue around
bit my tongue
found my tongue
loosened my tongue