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.
Đáp án D
Từ trái nghĩa – kiến thức về từ vựng
Tạm dịch: Lời biện hộ của cậu học sinh đó không đáng tin chút nào. Không ai trong lớp tin lời câu chuyện khó tin mà cậu kể
=> credible /ˈkredəbl/ (a): đáng tin, tin được
Xét các đáp án:
A. reliable /rɪˈlaɪəbl/ (a): chắc chắn, đáng tin cậy
B. predictable /prɪˈdɪktəbl/ (a): có thể dự đoán, dự báo
C. knowledgeable /ˈnɒlɪdʒəbl/ (a): am hiểu
D. unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/ (a): khó tin, lạ lùng, làm kinh ngạc, không thể tin được
=> credible >< unbelievable => Đáp án là D
Cấu trúc khác cần lưu ý:
far-fetched: khó tinIf Tom ____________ a bit more ambitious, he would have found himself a better job years ago.
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.
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.
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.
My friend told me, "If I were you, I would not ask him for help."