25 CÂU HỎI
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.
Sheila will inherit everything ________ her uncle’s death.
A. on account of
B. in spite of
C. in the event of
D. in place of
His poor handling of the business ________ on negligence.
A. neared
B. edged
C. approached
D. bordered
Down ________ for three days.
A. the rain poured
B. poured the rain
C. did the rain pour
D. do the rain poor
Can I ________ your brains for a moment? I can’t do this crossword by myself.
A. have
B. pick
C. mind
D. use
The job wasn’t giving the ________ of the experience he wanted.
A. width
B. depth
C. length
D. breadth
I suppose I could ________ advertising.
A. catch on
B. get out of
C. go in for
D. work out
The storm ripped our tent to ________.
A. slices
B. shreds
C. strips
D. specks
She travelled the world in ________ of her dreams.
A. pursuit
B. finding
C. chase
D. trail
The agency is ________ and not run for profit.
A. charitable
B. donated
C. voluntary
D. free
Mike, _______, will you switch off that television!
A. once and for all
B. now and then
C. over and above
D. from time to time
When faced (0)________ some new and possible bewildering technology change, most people (1)________ in one of two ways.
A. with
B. to
C. for
D. on
They either recoil (2)________ anything new, claiming that it is unnecessary,
A. react
B. treat
C. solve
D. perform
or too complicated or that it (3)________ makes life less than human.
A. somewhere
B. someplace
C. someway
D. somewhat
Or they learn to adapt to the new invention and (4)________ wonder how they could possibly have existed
A. eventually
B. possibly
C. initially
D. naturally
wonder how they could possibly have existed (5)________ it. Take computers as example.
A. with
B. without
C. on
D. for
For many of us, they still (6)________ a threat to our freedom and give us a frightening
A. show
B. meet
C. face
D. represent
a threat to our freedom and give us a frightening (7)________ of a future in which all decisions will be
A. possibility
B. sense
C. idea
D. prospect
of a future in which all decisions will be (8)________ by machines.
A. invented
B. changed
C. taken
D. done
This may be because they seem (9)________, and difficult to understand.
A. unsteady
B. unsure
C. mysterious
D. obvious
In fact, even those of us who are (10)________ with computer and use them in our daily work, have little idea of how they work.
A. accustomed
B. familiar
C. used
D. commonplace
But it does not take long to learn how to operate a business programme, even if things occasionally go wrong for no apparent (11)________.
A. reason
B. cue
C. excuse
D. cause
What seems to alarm most people is the (12)________ of technology change
A. rate
B. swiftness
C. speed
D. tempo
(13)________ than change itself. And the objections that are made to new technology may
A. more
B. less
C. rather
D. other
And the objections that are made to new technology may (14)________ have a point to them, since change is not always an improvement.
A. badly
B. better
C. worse
D. well
As we discover during power cuts, there is a lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire, and forms of entertainment, such as books or board (15)________, which don’t have to be plugged into work.
A. sports
B. games
C. plays
D. shows