Multiple choice 9

Tome said st disgusting, from which and a heated argument________, the result of which was that they broke up

A. ensued

B. eventuated

C. supervened

D. transpired

We_______and hawed for weeks before deciding to buy the house

A. blared

B. dined

C. hummed
D. thudded

She expects the political experience gained in this election will stand her in good__________in her future career, which, she suggests, could include another campaign 

A. footing 

B. grounding 

C. precedent 
D. stead 

D. stead

stead sb in good stead = có lợi cho ai đó trong tương lai

If we form an alliance with the US, who has a political__________to grind against China, we’ll sabotage its workings and maximize our problems in the Pacific Ocean 

A. axe 

B. hammer 

C. organ 
D. stone 

A. axe 

After about an hour or two’s earful of the plain tiffs accusations, without being ale to get a word in_________, the defendant started talking over him

A. ascendancies 

B. circumferences 

C. edgeways

D. peri

Unofficial paths and access ways are now closed off to walkers, cyclists and horse riders, forcing them to run the__________of anti-nuclear protesters on the roads to reach the dwindling recreation areas. 
A drumsticks 

B. garter 

C. gauntlet 

D. ramrods 

The modification has been the___________on the cake for both of us, for a lot of hardwork has gone into the design and development of the course 

A. chiling 

B. cooling 

C. freezing 
D. icing 

Toxic__________disfigure black neighborhoods, degrade property vales, and discourage investment 
A. eyesores 

B. gatecrashers 
C. keystones 

D. watersheds 

You shouldn’t have been___________to your elders by raising those matters. 

A. ill-mannered 

B. immaterial 
C. impertinent 
D. inapposite 

Should you fail, the sacrifies made by your family would be meaningless and reside________

A. on your conscience 
B. at your wits’ end 
C. off your own boat 
D. under your thumb 

Most academic articles bounce around from topic to topic, really without______, but are informative 

A. common or garden 

B. hell or high water 

C. let or hindrance 

D. rhyme or reason 

When the ship docked at Hamburg, they found a________in the hold

A. gate-crasher 

B. stowaway 

C. interloper 
D. trepasser 

He was arrested for trying to pass______notes at the bank

A. camouflages 

B. fake 

C.counterfeit
D. fraudulent 

We all make mistakes, no-one is_____
A. fallible 

B. infallible 

C. mistaken 
D. unmistakable 

The hooligan________the money out of my hand and ran away

A, snatched

B. gripped 
C. clutched 
D. withdrew 

The smeel of the burnt cabbage was so________that it spread to every room

A. pervasive 
B. effusive 
C. extensive 
D. diffuse

I couldn’t open the wine as I didn’t have a_________

A. corkdriver

B. lever
C. screwdriver

D. corkscrew

Everytime the government meets their demands, the union leaders move the__________

A. lamp-posts 
B. goalposts 
C. bus stops 
D. roadblocks 

He managed to_______the flow of blood by tightly bandaging the wound

A. restrain 
B. check 

C. curb 
D. inhibit 

The art teacher gave the children a free______in their creative compositions 

A. offer 

B. gift 
C. kick 
D. hand 

It was only when he had been unemployed for six months that Neil’s situation hit_______

A. base

B. head 

C, home 
D, back 

We had a terrible row a few years ago and we still haven’t made it_______

A. out 

B. up

C. for 

D. of 

The computer has________a long way over the last thirty years

A. taken 
B. come 

C. broken 
D. put 

Tom’s absorption_______his studies means he has no social life

A. on 

B. in 
C. about 
D. with 

The factory owner is not in the habit of fraternizing ________his workers
A. with
B. to
C. for 
D. into 

My sister is always_____me about my clothes

A. putting in 
B. giving in 

C. holding on 
D. getting at 

The law limiting the mount of foreign exchange should have been__________years ago
A. drawn up off 

B. done away with 

C. cut back on 
D. given away with

He__________all his savings on that venture which fortunately succeeded
A. went on 

B put on 

C. laid out = spend money (large amount)
D. took on = be responsible

C. laid out 

He preferred to_________any profits he made back into the business
A. sow
B. plant 

C. plough 
D. dig 

C. plough

plough back (business) = tái đầu tư

Thanks to generous support from parents, the threat of the college being closed down has now________

A. retreated ~ relax
B. revised 
C. retired 
D. receded = suy giảm, rút lui

D. receded