Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 19. I can’t get on well with my boss because of his authoritative manner that at times is almost arrogant.
Đáp án B
Từ đồng nghĩa – kiến thức về cụm động từ
Tạm dịch: Tôi không thể có mối quan hệ tốt với sếp vì thái độ cửa quyền của ông ấy thi thoảng gần như là kiêu ngạo.
=> arrogant /ˈærəɡənt/ (a): kiêu căng; ngạo mạn
Xét các đáp án:
A. struke up: bắt chuyện, cất giọng
B. stuck up: kiêu căng, cao ngạo
C. drunk up: uống cạn
D. sprung up: mọc lên, nảy ra, đột ngột xuất hiện
Cấu trúc khác cần lưu ý:
to get on/along (well) with sb: có mối quan hệ tốt với aiIf Tom ____________ a bit more ambitious, he would have found himself a better job years ago.
We have to work against the clock so as to meet the deadline of the clients tomorrow.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 5. She was not ___________little girl he had known, but she was not yet ________woman either.
Although her boss gives quite obvious a hint of dismissing Nancy for her incompetence, she is still __________ignorant of the fact that she is about to face up to a gloomy scenario of unemployment.
It was reported that three top athletes have been ________from the championship after positive drug tests.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 49. The burglar was trying to break into the shop. He was caught by the night guard when doing so.
He never stops smoking; one cigarette after another. I’m afraid he’s become a __________smoker.
His poor standard of play fully justifies his __________from the team for the next match.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 21. The schoolboy’s excuse wasn’t credible at all. Nobody in the classroom believed in the far-fetched story he told.
Julian dropped out of college after his first year. Now he regrets it.
Claudia is being interviewed by the manager of the company she's applied for
- Manager: “_________”
- Claudia: "I work hard and I enjoy working with other people."
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
He was not at all interested in what was going on around him, but insisted _________back to his country on the first sight.