50 CÂU HỎI
It was the longest film I’ve ever seen; it ______ four hours.
A. ended
B. finished
C. lasted
D. stayed
It is time to ______ the table for dinner.
A. place
B. lay
C. lay out
D. put out
After driving for five hours, the driver pulled into ______ for a rest.
A. a bypass
B. flyover
C. a lay-by
D. a roundabout
The guide is ______ a line of tourists through the uarrow passage with the help of his torch.
A. conducting
B. bringing
C. leading
D. guiding
She tried to ______ out of the window to see the procession more clearly.
A. bend
B. curve
C. bow
D. lean
She came to England for a year in order to ______ the language.
A. know
B. become
C. refresh
D. learn
I’m sorry but what he thinks is not of the _____ importance to me.
A. merest
B. lowest
C. worst
D. least
Are you going to attend Dr Barker’s ______ on “Brain Electronics” tomorrow?
A. conference
B. lecture
C. meeting
D. discussion
If the boy had ______ the dog alone it wouldn’t have bitten him.
A. set
B. left
C. put
D. had
Peter begged his neighbour to ______ him five pounds until the weekend.
A. lend
B. supply
C. provide
D. hivre
He offered to ______ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry.
A. lend
B. show
C. loan
D. borrow
You should have your eyes tested every year in case the _____ of your spectacles need changing.
A. glasses
B. panes
C. lenses
D. prisms
A long line of traffic had to wait at the _____ until the train had passed.
A. drawbridge
B. junction
C. level crossing
D. subway
There is a 20 minute parking _____ here, so we must get back to the car very quickly.
A. freedom
B. limit
C. allowance
D. ability
As he had no friends or relatives in the town, the traveller tried to find a _______ somewhere.
A. lodge
B. landing
C. lodging
D. stay
The police must now ______ escaped convict in the surrounding counties.
A. search
B. look for
C. look after
D. investigate
The children played in the park while their mother _______.
A. looked at
B. looked on
C. looked over
D. looked round
If you want to telephone him you will have to ______ the number in the book.
A. look at
B. look through
C. look up
D. look after
Young children ______ older ones, so older children should be good examples.
A. look down upon
B. look up to
C. look after
D. look for
Will you ______ my essay, please, to find out whether made any mistakes?
A. see through
B. look through
C. look up
D. look into
One of the tigers has got ______ . Warn everyone of the danger!
A. lose
B. loose
C. loosened
D. lost
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always ________ her place.
A. loosing
B. missing
C. losing
D. slipping
The workers went on strike because they thought their wages were too _________.
A. little
B. few/
C. low
D. small/
Things went well for him during his early life but in middle age his ______ seemed to change.
A. chance
B. luck
C. affair
D. event
I bumped my head on the doorpost and now a _____ has come up.
A. knob
B. lump
C. pimple
D. bubble
Excessive smoking is liable to cause ______ cancer.
A. chest
B. lung
C. heart
D. rib
With its expensive furniture and carefully-chosen colour scheme the room looked quite _______ .
A. luxurious
B. luxury
C. convenient
D. homely
If you don’t mind, I should like to ______ a suggestion.
A. make
B. show
C. reach
D. place
He asked an artist to ______ some drawings to illustrate what he had written.
A. show
B. make
C. paint
D. describe
After a lot of difficulty, he _____ to open the door.
A. managed
B. succeeded
C. obtained
D. gained
Her shoes ______ her gloves; they look very well together.
A. suit
B. match
C. fit
D. compare
The next ______ of the committee will take place on Thursday.
A. seating
B. collection
C. meeting
D. gathering
She heated the chocolate until it ______ , then poured it over the cake.
A. changed
B. melted
C. floated
D. flooded
What he described as a ______ detail I thought was the most important part of the plan.
A. common
B. plain
C. mere
D. flat
The workmen made so much ______ that Mr. walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.
A. damage
B. mess
C. nuisance
D. destruction
Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike.
A. met
B. paid
C. permitted
D. replied
Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very _____ winter.
A. plain
B. soft
C. mild
D. calm
Why are you always so ______ ? You never smile or look cheerful.
A. angry
B. sorry
C. unfortunate
D. miserable
As he was ill, he had to ______ the party.
A. miss
B. avoid
C. regret
D. lack
The castle was surrounded by a _______, which nowadays contained only occasional rainwater.
A. hedge
B. fence
C. dyke
D. moat
His _______ of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.
A. pattern
B. design
C. plan
D. mode
The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were so wet and _______.
A. earthy
B. dusty
C. greasy
D. muddy
The boy had a _____ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus.
A. close
B. narrow
C. fine
D. short
Spanish is the ______ language of most Spaniards.
A. mother
B. home
C. native
D. natural
Children _______ good food if they are to be healthy.
A. have
B. receive
C. need
D. desire
His landlady gave him a week’s ______ to leave the flat.
A. threat
B. notice
C. cause
D. dismissa
His friend never spoke ill ______ him.
A. at
B. out
C. of
D. for
Their walking-tour through Lapland never came _______.
A. on
B. off
C. out
D. round
The peoples of the African interior began to ______ gold in exchange for the goods they needed from abroad.
A. afford
B. offer
C. receive
D. accept
This young tree could not have been damaged by accident: I believe it was done __________.
A. in fact
B. on purpose
C. by appointment
D. by understanding