Thẻ ghi nhớ: TEST 1 | Quizlet

1. The government needs to ______ businesses that have been trying to evade the tax.

A. put the screws on

B. get into gear

C. put one over on

D. wipe off the map

A. put/tighten the screws on sb: gây áp lực lên ai để làm gì

2. Being a _______ entrepreneur, you will have to make a special effort for people to take you seriously.

A. successful

B. budding

C. blossoming

D. flowering

C: budding: đang phát triển

3. My mother decided to ________ early yesterday while I stayed up to watch Korean movies.

A. doze off

B. let up

C. get off

D. turn in

D. turn in: đi ngủ

4. What I like about this amusement park is that there is _______ parking space right outside it.

A. copious

B. ample

C. expanded

D. manifold

B. ample space/tine: ... thừa, rộng

5. Last weekend, _______ nothing to watch on TV, we played chest together.

A. there being

B. there having

C. having had

D. being

A. there being

6. The major political party is ________ the campaign for tighter gun controls in the wake of last month's shooting.

A. procuring

B. solidifying

C. spearheading

D. fulfilling

C. spearhead a campaign: bắt đầu một chiến dịch

7. Scientists warn that global warming will soon go beyond _______.

A. the U-turn

B. the firing line

C. the red line

D. the point of no return

D. beyond the point of no return

the stage at which it is no longer possible to stop what you are doing and when its effects cannot now be avoided or prevented:

Russia, he said, had reached the point of no return on the road to reform and had to go forward.

Scientists fear that global warming has gone beyond the point of no return.

8. The prime minister tried to ______ the country's deep-seated problem for fear of being criticized.

A. blot out

B. stow away

C. paper over

D. salt away

C. paper over: giấu một tình huống xấu để mọi người cho rằng nó không nghiêm trọng

to try to hide a problem in a way that is temporary and not likely to be successful

The government is trying to paper over the cracks in the cabinet.

We can't just paper over the problem.

Stow away: to hide in a ship, plane, etc. in order to travel secretly

At the age of 13 he had stowed away on a ship bound for Rio.

Blot out

blot something out

​to cover or hide something completely

Clouds blotted out the sun.

to deliberately try to forget an unpleasant memory or thought

He tried to blot out the image of Helen's sad face.

She just wanted to sleep and blot out the terrifying events of the day.

Salt away

bí mật dành dụm cái gì đó

to save something for the future, secretly and usually dishonestly

She salted away the profits in foreign bank accounts.

9. On 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, killing thousands of citizens and almost _______ the city.

A. overthrowing

B. annulling

C. eradicating

D. annihilating

D. annihilate (v): xóa sổ, phá hủy (bằng bom, vũ khí,...)

10. After living one month in New York, I finally _____

A. get into the swing of things

B. get in on the ground floor

C. get a grip on myself

D. get ahead of myself

A. get into the swing of things: dần quen với lối sống

to get used to an activity or a situation and become fully involved in it

I've only been here a week so I haven't got into the swing of things yet.

be/get in on the ground floor

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to become involved in a plan, project, etc. at the beginning

to get ahead of someone

to make progress (further than others have done)

She wants to get ahead in her career.

He soon got ahead of the others in his class.

get/take a grip (on yourself)

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to improve your behaviour or control your emotions after being afraid, upset or angry

I have to take a grip on myself, he told himself firmly.

(informal) Get a grip! (= make an effort to control your emotions)

11. The students, __________ are graduating this year, are as thick as thieves.

A. of whom five

B. five of whom

C. whose five

D. A and B are correct

D. A and B are correct

12. The community should take the doctor's advice into consideration since he's in ________ earnest about the epidemic.

A. mortally

B. fatally

C. deadly

D. gravely

C. deadly

in deadly earnest

vô cùng nghiêm trọng

13. His fight to ________ four black men of the rape of a seventeen year old white girl two years ago partially inspired the group to protest.

A. exculpate

B. exonerate

C. bereave

D. misappropriate

B. exonerate sb from/of sth: giải oan

exculpate

exculpate somebody to prove or state officially that somebody is not guilty of something

The defendant was able to exculpate himself from liability.

14. When the cost was ________ the advantages, the scheme looked perfect.

A. set against

B. pit against

C. counted against

D. weighed up against

D. weigh up: so sánh đưa ra lựa chọn

15. Lionel Messi was ________ over his team's victory against Brazil.

A. delighted

B. ecstatic

C. jubilant

D. blissful

D. jubilant at/over/about sth: rất vui hú

16. That old building hasn't been used for nearly four decades, hence it looks so _______

A. decrepit

B. battered

C. glitchy

D. derelict

D. derelict: xuống cấp

17. When the long holiday ends, we will go ___________

A. back on our feet

B. back to square one

C. back to the salt mines

D. on the back burner

C. back to the salt mines: trở lại công việc thường ngày

18. After getting a 7.5 score in IELTS, Ha hardly makes significant progress but she is ______ nicely.

A. propping up

B. ticking over

C. wading through

D. forging ahead

B. tick over: có tiến bộ nhưng không đáng kể

1. Like his famous _____, young Washington had a brave, adventurous spirit. (NAME)

NAMESAKE (n): người/vật trùng tên

2. She has a softly ___________voice that would melt anyone listening to her singing. (FLUENT)

MELLIFLUOUS (adj): ngọt ngào

+ softly/singing

3. The history of the territory is _____ illustrated in the book. (PICTURE)

PICTORIALLY (adv): dùng tranh/ảnh

4. Don't you think she is _____? She always looks good in her photographs. (PHOTO)

PHOTOGENIC (adj): ăn ảnh

5. Hardly a day goes by without Tim being _____ of eating sweets. (DESIRE)

DESIROUS of sth (adj): khao khát