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C. Các câu hỏi tổng hợp khác

Question 1: Sofia is a wonderful nurse. She'll always go the _______ mile for her patients.

A. bonus B. further C. extra D. added

- go the extra mile: sẵn sàng làm việc hơn trách nhiệm được giao

Question 2: Our team was doing well for a while, but they got tired and then the _______ fell

off.

A. spirits B. moods C. attitudes D. wheels

- the wheels fall off: mọi việc xảy ra không theo ý muốn

Question 3: The school refused to take any of the parents' criticisms on ________.

A. board B. top C. peak D. height

- take sth on board: to listen to and accept a suggestion, idea etc

Question 4: This new project will take us into ________ territory.

A. unknown B. undiscovered C. untapped D. uncharted

- uncharted waters/territory/area etc: a situation or activity that you have never

experienced or tried before

Question 5: Does this mean our holiday plans will have to go by the _______?

A. storm B. board C. name D. air

- go by the board: to be forgotten or not used

Question 6: I had no idea how to do it - I was just flying by the _______ of my pants.

A. side B. part C. seat D. border

- fly by the seat of your pants: to do something difficult without the necessary skill or

experience

Question 7: You're ________ a dead horse trying to persuade Kim to move house again.

A. directing B. demanding C. inciting D. flogging

- flog a dead horse: wasting time trying to do something that won't succeed (usually used

in continuous tenses)

Question 8: Everyone thought the test was a _______.

A. air B. current C. breeze D. gust

- be a breeze: to be extremely easy

Question 9: Come on, let's get this _______ on the road or we'll be late.

A. performance B. display C. show D. appearance

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- get the/this show on the road: bắt đầu một việc gì đó đã lên kế hoạch

Question 10: I've met her, but I'm not on a first-name _______ with her.

A. phrases B. terms C. languages D. bases

- to be on first name terms/basis: có mối quan hệ thân thiết (đến mức chúng ta có thể gọi

người đó bằng tên ~ first name)

Question 11: My grandfather said he would pay for me to go to college, and he made _______

on that promise.

A. good B. perfect C. useful D. true

- make good on something: thực hiện đúng như những gì bạn nói sẽ làm

Question 12: I had very little information about the company, so writing to them was a

_______ in the dark.

A. jump B. bound C. dash D. leap

- a leap in the dark: hành động mù quáng, không suy nghĩ

Question 13: I think the senator will be licking his _______ for a while after that disastrous

debate performance.

A. bruises B. wounds C. pains D. injuries

- lick your wounds: dành thời gian lấy lại sự tự tin, khả năng, sức mạnh

Question 14: The kids need to be able to explore the world around them—don't _______

their wings.

A. shave B. trim C. prune D. clip

- to clip someone's wings: to restrict one's freedom

Question 15: A: "Would you like more?" B: "Oh, no thank you. Enough is as good as a _______."

A. feast B. banquet C. spread D. party

- Enough is as good as a feast: You shouldn't have more of something than you need or

want

Question 16: Your grandmother arrives tomorrow and the house is still a mess—I need all

hands on _______ to help me clean!

A. board B. table C. deck D. port

- all hands on deck: used for saying that everyone must help because there is an

emergency
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Question 17: I tend to give the city centre a _______ berth on Saturdays because it's so

busy.

A. narrow B. large C. limit D. wide

- give sth/sb a wide berth: to avoid a person or place:

Question 18: You can't just _______ and run when your friends are in trouble.

A. cut B. hid C. disguised D. beat

- cut and run: to get out of a situation when it becomes too difficult or unpleasant

Question 19: "We could just lend her the money." "No, don't even _______there - we're not

lending her anything."

A. fly B. move C. go D. run

- don't even go there: do not even talk or think about that subject

Question 20: He keeps saying it will be all right on the _______, but he hasn't done any

studying for this exam yet!

A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. night

- it’ll be all right on the night: used to say that something will be successful, even though

there have been lots of problems

Question 21: Our rival company managed to steal a _______ on us by bringing out their

software ahead of ours.

A. march B. line C. shine D. kindle

- steal a march on sb: get an advantage over sb by acting before they do

Question 22: Sometimes it's a real _______ of wills between me and my dog - he wants to go

one way across the park and I want to go another!

A. dispute B. fight C. battle D. quarrel

- a battle of wills: a situation in which two people disagree, and each refuses to change

their ideas or what they want

Question 23: He gave an awful speech. He made lots of jokes but nobody laughed. It made my

_______ curl.

A. skin B. fingers C. hair D. toes

- make one's toes curl: made sb feel extremely embarrassed or ashamed for someone

else ~ cảm thấy xấu hổ thay ai

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Question 24: The coach didn't _______ any punches when he told the team how badly they

had played.

A. push B. drag C. pull D. haul

- not pull any punches: to speak in an honest way without trying to be kind: nói thẳng,

không cần giữ ý tứ

Question 25: My coach always said, "Basketball is not ________ science. It's about putting

the ball in the basket.".

A. spaceship B. torpedo C. submarine D. rocket

- it's not rocket science: used to say that you do not think that something is very

difficult to do or to understand ~ không phải chuyện gì quá ghê gớm

Question 26: The funding for the project was withdrawn so that really threw a _______ in

the works.

A. spanner B. crew C. bolt D. wrench

- put/throw a spanner in the works ~ to do something that prevents a plan or activity

from succeeding

● spanner: cờ lê

Question 27: That suggestion of yours might just become a reality—I do have the _______ of

the CEO, you know.

A. hand B. eye C. ear D. mind

- have the ear of sb: if you have the ear of an important person, your ideas are listened

to and considered important by that person.

Question 28: Steve is a man of many _______ —he's a good student, a talented musician, and

a great football player.

A. fields B. parts C. sides D. pieces

- a man/woman of many parts: a man/woman who is capable of doing many things.

Question 29: He's a real _______ for punishment, taking on all that extra work without

getting paid for it.

A. glutton B. gourmet C. connoisseur D. hunger

- a glutton for punishment: someone who is willing to do something even though it is

difficult or unpleasant
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Question 30: The hotel does exactly what it says on the _______ and offers customers a

relaxing break.

A. bag B. box C. tin D. packet

- does exactly what it says on the tin: does exactly what it claims to do: ~ đúng như trên

quảng cáo, như những gì đã cam kết

Question 31: Since we know each other already, I think we can _____ with the usual

formalities.

A. dispense B. dispatch C. discharge D.dispose

- dispense with: get rid of sth

Question 32: I found her story rather hard to swallow.

A. difficult to read B. difficult to understand C. difficult to believe D. difficult to sell

- hard to swallow: difficult to believe

Question 33: That's a _______ time to ask your father to hang out after his preparing a

square meal for you.

A. suitable B. reasonable C. right D. fine

- fine (adj): bad or not convenient

Question 34: We won the match, but the results were rather too close for _______.

A. comfort B. enjoyment C. pleasure D. relaxation

- be too close for comfort: to be so close to you that you feel worried or frightened ~

còn quá sớm để vui mừng

Question 35: Two weeks before launching products, it's always panic _______ as we realize

how much we still have to prepare.

A. terminals B. stations C. pit stops D. depots

- panic stations: a situation in which people feel worried and nervous because things need

to be done quickly ~ tình huống rất khẩn trương

Question 36: To be honest, you're better off leaving well ______ at this point. She's so angry

that anything you say will just make things worse.

A. lonely B. solely C. only D. alone

- leave well alone: để cái gì yên như thế, vì nếu làm thêm có thể sẽ gây rắc rối
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Question 37: The peace of the public library was ______ by the sound of transistor radio.

A. smashed B. fractured C. demolished D. shattered

- shatter the peace/silence: to suddenly make a lot of noise in a place that has been very

quiet

Question 38: A: I don't think we should react to their insults.

B: I agree. Let's just turn the other _______.

A. mouth B. nose C. cheek D. tongue

- turn the other cheek: to not do anything to hurt someone who has hurt you

Question 39: I get to work from home and spend a lot of time with my kids, so it's certainly a

cushy _______.

A. amount B. bulk C. number D.volume

- cushy number: an easy job

Question 40: Thanks to this event, I had an opportunity to rub _______ with some of today's

greatest American poets.

A. hands B. shoulders C. noses D. faces

- rub shoulders with sb: to spend time with famous people

Question 41: You did it by chance. Don‘t lose any _______ over a small mistake.

A. money B. time C. health D. sleep

- not lose sleep over: to not let something worry or upset you

Question 42: The latest opinion polls suggest that his days as leader are ________.

A. counted B. numbered C. limited D. lessened

- sb's/sth's days are numbered: ngày tàn của ai/cái gì sắp đến

Question 43: "I didn't know he wrote poetry."

"Yes - he also does painting. There's more to him than _______ the eye."

A. met B. meet C. meets D. meeting

- be more to this than meets the eye: còn nhiều điều về cái gì mà bạn chưa biết

Question 44: The latest economic news has given investors ________ for thought.

A. pause B. interval C. lapse D. spell

- give sb pause (for thought): to make someone think carefully about something
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Question 45: She may still have a few fans in the world, but she is definitely

past her _________.

A. fame B. abilities C. prime D. fortune

- past one’s prime: qua tuổi thanh xuân, thời hoàng kim

Question 46: Her sales figures are climbing; she should ask for a pay rise while she's still on a

________.

A. run B. roll C. rush D. roam

- on a roll: đang trên đà thành công

Question 47: It's _________ clear that television is taking us down roads that no one in their

right mind would wish for the medium. (abundantly clear: vô cùng rõ ràng)

A. abundantly B. out-and-out C. outright D. plain

Question 48: We all feel that his jokes about immigrants were in very poor ________.

A. form B. view C. feeling D. taste

- in poor taste: inappropriate or offensive

Question 49: I find books quite ______ going.

A. light B. easy C. heavy D. difficult

- heavy going: khó đọc, khó hiểu

Question 50: I wish the band played more of their new material and didn't just play to the

_______ with their greatest hits the whole night.

A. gallery B. museum C. cinema D. theatre

- play to the gallery: to behave in a way intended to make people admire or support you

Bảng đáp án:

1C 2D 3A 4D 5B 6C 7D 8.C 9C 10B

11A 12D 13B 14D 15A 16C 17D 18A 19C 20D

21A 22C 23D 24C 25B 26A 27C 28B 29A 30C

31A 32C 33D 34A 35B 36D 37D 38C 39C 40B

41D 42B 43C 44A 45C 46B 47A 48D 49C 50A