50 câu hỏi
If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.
get off
come across
come over
get over
It is not _____ for you to eat too much.
kind
good
well
useful
You should be very _____ to your teachers for their help.
thankful
grateful
considerate
gracious
The peasants’ many ______ resulting from ill-treat-ment by their landlords led finally to rebellion.
griefs
grumbles
grievances
complaints
They have a _____ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope.
grim
pessimistic
fierce
violent
The old man got into the ______ of storing money under the bed.
tradition
manner
harvest
habit
Most things are now mass-produced rather than ______.
hand-made/
by hand
single
selected
Be careful how you _____ that jug; It will break very easily.
pour
operate
handle
employ
The ______ of the clock showed that it was time for dinner.
hands
numbers
fingers
figures
We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run ______ to catch it.
hardly
awkwardly
hard
strongly
There’s no need to be frightened of the dog; he’s quite ______.
eager
weak
cheerful
harmless
This year the farmers were just able to gather the _____ before the fine weather came to an end.
collection
flowers
palnt
harvest
It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.
healed
sank
improved
repaired
When you are riding a bicycle you should _____ the handlebars firmly.
handle
hold
hand
control
You are not allowed to use the ______ after eleven o’clock at night, as it makes too much noise.
signal
horn
bell
alarm
Wolves were _______ mournfully in the nearby forest.
barking
snarling
howling
growling
The lorry driver was badly ______ when his lorry crashed into a wall.
pained
hurt
hit
damaged
All the students were excited at the _______ of a weekend sports competition.
intention
prize
idea
view
You can _______ my surprise when I heard the news.
suppose
think
imagine
believe
Many of the earliest _____ into the United States established large plantations.
exiles
immigrants
emigrants
entrants
The judge said that he was ______ by the high standards of performance by the riders.
excited
impressed
interested
imposed
We paid the shopkeeper _____ cash.
in
on
by
with
The crowd stared at the giant and the dwarf as if they were _______ monsters.
credulous
incredible
incredulous
creditable
Tell your brother to come _____ because it’s going rain in a minute or two.
indoors
outdoors
within
homewards
I cut my finger on a rusty tin and it became badly _______.
infected
affectad
effected
diseased
Violent programmes on television may have a bad _____ on children.
affection
pressure
influence
control
He has always gone _____ strange hobbies like collecting bottle-tops and inventing secret codes.
into
by
in for
through
The local tourist bureau will send you _____ about hotels in the area.
knowledge
information
news
notice
The businessman proved to be an apparently well-behaved ______ middle-aged man.
offensive
unoffending
inoffensive
innocent
The us eof plastics for shoes _____ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business.
although
as well
instead
outside
Where do you ______ going for your holidays this year?
intend
expect
pretend
guess
Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _____ on his post office savings account.
income
wages
salary
interest
Be quiet! It’s rude to ______ people when they are speaking.
interfere
interrupt
prevent
introduce
During the _____ the audience strolled and chatted in the foyer.
gap
pause
space
interval
She looked every where for her book but ______ had to return home without it.
lastly
at the end
in the end
at the last
Sally married _____ the Kennedy family.
with
to
into
among
The boy’s allergy to dust caused his skin to _______.
itch
rub
blemish
flush
I’m sorry I’m late, I was held up in a traffic _______.
block
crush
jam
group
He hit the other boxer so hard that he broke his lower ______.
chin
wrist
shoulder
jaw
Her mother had asked her to do several ______ before she went out.
labours
works
travels
jobs
When he makes a _____ by car, he takes his family with him.
course
passage
voyage
journey
I can’t advise you what to do: you must use your own _______.
guesswork
justice
judgement
ideal
Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have ______ in the last six months.
added
jumped
amounted
gathered
You couldn’t ______ any secrets even for an hour in that little town.
keep
get
learn
hear
The police had to _____ the crow ______.
keep … to
keep … under
keep … back
keep … on
I should like to ______ touch with old friends but I have so little time.
be out of
be in
keep in
lose
Shut the window and _____ the cold _______.
keep … in
keep … out
keep … down
keep … behind
You can _____ your shorthand ability by taking notes in shorthand during lectures.
keep on
keep in
keep up
keep back
I cannot undo the _____ in this piece of string.
bunch
lock
knot
tie
______ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year.
Limit
Freeze
Emptiness
Lack
