50 câu hỏi
He was _______ with murder.
accused
charged
sentenced
convicted
Lawyers often make higher _____ for their work than they should.
charges
prices
costs
rents
The customs officer didn’t bother to _______ our luggage.
control
check
discover
glance
Some of the older villagers prefer to ______ tobacco rather than to smoke it.
munch
crunch
chew
gnaw
The autumn air felt _____ so she went to fetch a coat.
cool
chill
tepid
chilly
I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.
permission
choice
selection
election
Her husband felt it would be silly to ______ the colour of the curtains before they had painted the room.
change
find
choose
lose
The terrified hunter, ______ in the arms of a huge bear, fought desperately to loosen its grip.
clutched
clasped
grasped
clinging
I shall never manage to beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same ______.
set
band
class
order
The teacher _________ the harder parts of the story.
cleared away
cleared out
cleared up
cleared off
The sky looks lighter. I think the weather is ______.
clearing away
clearing
bettering
clearing up
He wrote his name ______ and carefully at the top of the paper.
largely
attentively
obviously
clearly
These trees cannot be grown in such a cold ________ as ours.
weather
climate
season
space
He took a _______ with him to clean the windscreen of his car.
garment
cloth
clothing
towe
As the fat man sat down, the deck chair ______ under him, with a loud noise of tearing canvas.
fell
fainted
sank
collapsed
He always wore a shirt with an open ________.
colour
tie
collar
tail
The presently accepted theory of light _______ some of the ideas of both earlier theories.
designs
composes
reacts
combines
Very few scientists _______ with completely new answers to the world’s problems.
come to
come round
come up
come in
Many organizations have been set up and funds have been raised. (Chọn từ đồng nghĩa)
established
collapsed
delayed
decreased
If you have a _____ to make about the food, I am willing to listen.
dislike
trouble
complaint
discontent
He said he had every _____ in his secretary; she would do the right thing.
belief
dependence
knowledge
confidence
She was afraid that unless the train speeded up sle would lose lose her _____ to Scotland.
ticket
seat
carriage
connection
Tom was a highly ______ teacher who took his duties seriously but he had neither the personality nor ability to achieve much success.
conscientious
efficient
capable
talented
I was not ______ that I had cut myself until I saw the blood all over my hand.
familiar
awake
astonished
conscious
She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $1300 in it.
extraordinary
considerable
valuable
worthwhile
I have always _____ you my best friend.
regarded
considered
trusted
hoped
She opened the packet and emptied the ______ into a saucepan.
fullness
container
refills
contents
The road lay ahead of him, a(n) _____ grey line stretching to the horizon.
continual
constant
eternal
continuous
In the capitalist countries, the rising _______ of living is as hard on country families as on city families.
amount
cost
expense
price
There was a _______ of parchment as the solicitor unrolled the will written on it.
rattle
crackle
creak
clink
They lay almost flat and ______ through the tubelike underground passage.
crouched
crawled
glided
scrambled
You should iron out the ______ in that dress.
creases
pleats
folds
wrinkles
A narrow road ______ the stream to the other side of the park.
joins
crosses
unites
jumps
After a tiring ______ by boat, we reached the island.
course
crossing
sail
motion
Her skirt had been so ______ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.
faded
torn
dirty
crushed
If I take this medicine twice a day, it should ______ my cold.
heal
cure
restore
recover
The new car at the motor-show was a very _______ shape.
curious
formal
large
broad
The headlights of the approaching car were so ________ that the cyclist had to stop riding.
gleaming
dazzling
blazing
glittering
People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.
quantity
deal
amount
degree
When he was questioned about the missing ring, he firmly _____ that he had even seen it.
defied
accused
refused
denied
When the other car hit mine, it made a huge _______ in my rear bumper.
hollow
depression
mark
dent
On Sunday the business centre of the city was usually quite _______.
deserted
unpopular
unattended
alone
Ann is so _______ to succeed that I am sure nothing will stop her.
determined
willing
patient
obvious
The hall seemed _______ lit after the bright sunshine outside.
faintly
vaguely
obscurely
dimly
As one of the four ______ of the company, he often had to attend Board meetings.
managers
directors
headmasters
governors
The rainbow _______ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
dissolved
resigned
retired
disappeared
She felt very ______ when her husband forgot her birthday.
deceived
deserted
disappointed
desperate
High interest rates _______ people in capitalist countries from borrowing money.
discourage
decrease
disgust
disturb
Weeks later he had still not found a job and he began to feel ______ .
disappointed
disengaged
displaced
discouraged
Some useful ideas were suggested while the social committee was _____ the club’s programme for the coming season.
arguing about
discussing
quarrelling
having a debate on
