TEST 2B

Question Answers Explanation

1. For a man who ____ so much power,
he is surprisingly unassuming to talk
to.
A wield influence, power, etc: to have a lot of
A. wields influence or power over other people
B. practices
C. operates
D. administers
2. Mrs Lewis ____ planning a bid for
the leadership of the party.
- grammar
A. Is thought to be A
B. They think is
C. It is thought is
D. People think is

3. You’ve been wrong all long. You just

haven’t got __ to admit it.
A. the guts - have the guts to V: have the courage to V
B. the gut A
C. enough gut
D. gut enough

4. – Do tourists come here? - meaning and grammar

– Yes, but ____ buy things or
contribute to the local economy. C
A. quite a few of them
B. a good few of them
C. hardly any of them
D. some of them hardly
5. What is the reason for this - play at: to do something
extraordinary behavior? What on for enjoyment or interest, or without
earth do you think you’re _? C much care and effort, rather than in
A. displaying at a serious way or as a job
B. gaming at - what on earth do you think you’re
C. playing at doing?: cậu nghĩ mình đang làm cái quái
D. up at gì vậy chứ?
6. Look at her putting on airs and ____. - put on airs and graces: ra vẻ thanh lịch,
What makes her think she’s better sang trọng để gây ấn tượng với người khác
than us? rằng mình là socialite
A. manners B
B. decorums
C. graces
D. etiquettes
7. I was looking for ____ more
expensive book than this. It’s for a
present, you see.
A. a fairly C
B. Rather a bit
C. A somewhat
D. A quite
8. As he was caught in ____ of a - Possession: sự sở hữu
dangerous weapon, he was
immediately placed under arrest. C
A. Ownership
B. Power
C. Possession
D. Control
9. Vast areas of arable ground have, - As it were: in a way
____ been sacrificed to ethanol
production.
A. As it may be D
B. So to talk
C. As it might
D. As it were
10. Alan’s big brother is always ____
him down even though Alan is far
cleverer than him. - run sb down: nói xấu, sỉ nhục ai đó
A. Picking B
B. Running
C. plucking
D. chopping
11. After the team’s latest disastrous
defeat, the future of the manager
hangs in the ____.
A. scales B - hang in the balance: it is uncertain
B. balance
C. yarn
D. thread
12. The match was delayed by the rain. - Be worth + Ving: đáng để làm gì đó
Even so, it was well worth ____. - Wait for: chờ đợi
A. To be waited for
B. Waiting for A
C. To be waited on
D. Waiting on
13. The answer is no. That’s all ____.
A. There is at it
B. There it is C - that’s all there is to it: it’s simple and easy
 C. There is to it
D. How it is
14. Farmers want ____ in the - grammar
mountainous areas of the country.
A. New dams to be built
B. Building new dams
C. New dams being built A
D. New dams be built
15. Many lectures are quite incapable of
putting their ideas ____. put sth across:
A. Forward express your ideas and opinions clearly so
B. Out C that people understand them easily
C. Across
D. around

16. Research suggests that the death

penalty is useless as a ____ to
potential criminals. C - deterrent: a thing that discouraages or is
A. Safeguard intended to discourage someone from doing sth
B. Distraction else
C. deterrent
D. dissuasiveness
17. He often arrives in the office like a
____ with a sore head.
A. sloth -like a bear with a sore head: cáu kỉnh
B. bear B
C. bat
D. hippo
18. At the end of the day, they returned
the tools they had been provided
____.
A. for
B. of B - be provided with sth: được cung cấp ...
C. with
D. whom
19. As often happens at the Kennedy
Center, ____ of the audience drifted
in late.
A. some D
B. many
C. few
D. much
20. When I pointed out that there was a -flaw: sai lầm
small ____ in one of the glasses, the
shop gave me a 10% reduction on
the set. A
A. Smudge
 B. Flaw
C. Blot
D. Smear
21. Why have Miriam and Lucy ____?
They used to get on so well -fall out: không còn thân
togetherAs soon as he had D
A. Dropped out
B. Fallen off
C. Dropped down
D. Fallen out
22. He made no ____ about his -make no bones about st: không bày tỏ cảm xúc
dissatifaction with the level of
service in the hotel. It was not
merely disgraceful, it was
scandalous, he declared. C
A. mince
B. blood
C. bones
D. skin
23. What irked her particularly was that -without so much as ...: without even: thậm chí
he had borrowed her car without không...
____ a by-your-leave.
A. Too much for B
B. So much as
C. So much of
D. As far as
24. ____ clever his deals and high-flying
his style, he never really reached his
full potential.
A. Regardless
B. For all
C. However B However + adj ... = No matter how + adj ...
D. Whatever
25. I hate ____ formal examinations. I -sit an examination = take an exam
find it so difficult to organize my
thoughts in a limited time.
A. Making B
B. Passing
C. Writing
D. Sitting
26. Before deciding on a project of this B Run it by: hỏi ý kiến ai
importance, I want to ____ legal advisor
first.
A. Push it past
B. Run it by
C. Drive it through
D. Let it past

27. Numbers at the evening class have ____ C Dwindled: giảm đi, co lại
rather badly. In fact, if attendance gets any
worse, we may have to cancel the course
together.
A. Deteriorated
B. Crumbled
C. Dwindled
D. Lessened

28. Before your children start spending most D Curb it in the shoot: Stop sth before
of their free time in front of the televison or
computer, ____. Encourage them to read!
A. Check it in the sprout
B. Clip it in the bloom
C. Nip it in the bud
D. Curb it in the shoot

29. Europe’s economy surged with the help b

of immigrants, by employing ____ the war
had displaced or left in misery.
A. Those which
B. Those whom
C. These which
D. These whom
30. The show’s producers are sure it will be
a hit. ____ of the fifty 26-minute episodes
have already been made.
c Hơn một nửa
A. More than a 50% of
B. Over half of
C. More than a half of
D. Over the half of
31. As the rain didn’t ____, the cricket c Let up: giảm bớt, dịu đi
match had to be postponed.
A. Give over
B. Give up
C. Let up
D. Let over

32. ____ scheme could never succeed. c Lý tưởng

A. Such utopian a
B. A so utopian
C. So utopian a
D. A such utopian

33. As a ____ prime minister, her views are a

generally treated with respect.
A. Former
B. Late
C. Prior
D. Previous

34. He’s a dead ____ for Charlie Chaplin. b A dead ringer for: rất giống ai
A. Image
B. Ringer
C. Spittal
D. Double

35. German workers take more ____ than c Time off: Giờ giải lao
their peers in the rest of the EU.
A. Down time
B. Time out
C. Time off
D. Times out

36. On no account ____ drive without a b

licence. Understood?
A. You mustn’t
B. Are you to
C. You are to
D. You must

37. ____ foreign businesses feel reluctant d No wonder: Không lạ gì

about investing in Eastern Europe.
A. Not wondering
B. Not a wonder
C. Without wondering
D. No wonder

38. You have my unqualified support. I’ll c Đồng ý

____ whatever you decide.
A. Get through with
B. Get along with
C. Go along with
D. Go through with

39. What’s done is done. It’s ____ d

wondering if you could have prevented it.
A. Helpless
B. Vain
C. Valueless
D. Pointless

40. Our proposal has been rejected. So it’s b Drawing board: trở về vạch xuất phát
back to the drawing ____, I’m afraid. Maybe
we can come up with something better.
A. Table
B. Board
C. Desk
D. Square
41. We ____ flown there but, due to the air d Were to have v2: giả định một tình huống có thể
controllers’ strike, we had to drive. xảy ra nhưng ko phải điều chắc chắn
A. Might have been
B. Had to have
C. Must have
D. Were to have

42. Her wages were so low that she had to C - Make ends meet: kiếm đủ để trang trải
take a second job just to __. cuộc sống

A. tie up loose ends

B. meet her match
C. make ends meet
D. be on the loose

43. I don’t know if he was drunk or on drugs b

or what, but I couldn’t ____ a word he was
saying.
A. Get by
B. Make out
C. Sense in
D. Take up

44. After the journey, I had a good night’s a Feel as fresh as a daisy: Tươi tắn và đầy sức sống
sleep and woke up the next day feeling as
fresh as a ____.
A. Daisy
B. Pansy
C. Buttercup
D. Bluebell

45. It’s an option that certainly can’t be D Rule out: lược bỏ

ruled ____.
A. Out
B. Away
C. Off
D. Down
46. – why don’t we go for a picnic this A Great minds think alike: lý tưởng lớn gặp nhau
weekend?
– that’s what i just about to suggest. Great
minds ____.
A. Think alike
B. Meet likewise
C. Meet each other
D. Think the same

47. The boy’s hopes of becoming a lawyer c Tan vỡ

____ when he failed his A-levels.
A. Smashed
B. Cracked
C. Crumbled
D. Crashed

48. Hey, you! This is private property. ____ a Clear off: rời đi
off or I’ll call the police!
A. Clear
B. Set
C. Slip
D. Head

49. We had to wait two and a half hours for C While away the time: giết thời gian
the next train so we went for a walk to ____
the time.
A. Patch off
B. Stretch off
C. While away
D. Phase out
50. You look incredibly like someone I knew
years ago. It’s quite ____! b Kì lạ
A. Unspeakable
B. Uncanny
C. Unnatural
D. Unlikely