115 CÂU HỎI
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence
The tasks were not academically ______ enough for me, so I got bored.
A. troublesome
B. challenging
C. easy
D. problematic
The last part of a piece of music is often more technically ______ than the rest.
A. problematic
B. troublesome
C. demanding
D. annoying
One of the most controversial and ______ aspects of globalization is the homogenization that tends to accompany it.
A. demanding
B. problematic
C. hard
D. demanding
He needed surgery to cure a ______ back injury.
A. troublesome
B. challenging
C. demanding
D. hard
The examination was so ______ that only 5% of all applicants passed.
A. troublesome
B. problematic
C. hard
D. irritating
Gels are a more comfortable option in hot and humid conditions where sweating is ______.
A. demanding
B. hard
C. challenging
D. troublesome
The game is so quick that it is very ______ for players to see everything and to get every decision right.
A. difficult
B. troublesome
C. problematic
D. easy
Childbirth is physically and emotionally very ______ and can leave you feeling shocked and drained.
A. challenging
B. easy
C. uninspiring
D. demanding
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
I can see ______ useful purpose in continuing this conversation.
A. nope
B. none
C. no
D. not
The driver was killed, but ______ of the passengers was hurt.
A. no
B. nope
C. not
D. none
She’s ______ one of my close circle of friends.
A. not
B. none
C. no
D. nope
A: 'Is she supposed to work today?' - B: ' ______, tomorrow.'
A. None
B. Nope
C. Not
D. No
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The business is still in ______ but it has survived the worst of the recession.
A. calamity
B. downturn
C. crisis
D. depression
Some analysts think a serious economic ______ will probably be averted because many people have been vaccinated.
A. downturn
B. upturn
C. calamity
D. stagnation
Whenever any ______, disaster or accident occurs, their team arrives there as volunteers for relief work.
A. crisis
B. calamity
C. recession
D. upturn
The ______ in student numbers between the two world wars was true of most British universities.
A. recession
B. depression
C. stagnation
D. crisis
The global auto industry suffered a severe ______ in sales during the recession in 2019.
A. crisis
B. calamity
C. depression
D. downturn
He's passed the ______ - the fever's started to go down.
A. crisis
B. downturn
C. depression
D. stagnation
In a second wave of ______ in the Northeast, fires broke out in swamped homes and businesses, many inaccessible to firefighters because of floodwaters.
A. stagnation
B. depression
C. recession
D. calamity
The party was suffering a ______ of confidence among its supporters. They did not trust it any longer.
A. depression
B. downturn
C. crisis
D. recession
Economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic ______
A. calamity
B. stagnation
C. crisis
D. downturn
A series of ______ ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.
A. downturns
B. recessions
C. calamities
D. crises
Their marriage went through a ______ which almost ended in divorce.
A. crisis
B. downturn
C. recession
D. depression
The nation was suffering from a period of deep ______ following a boom which had peaked six or seven years before.
A. upturn
B. depression
C. calamity
D. boost
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
I had a(n) ______ feeling that I was being watched while I was walking home alone. I was scared out of my wits!
A. eerie
B. surreal
C. enigmatic
D. strange
Sarah tried to pretend she was on a(n) ______ playground, where the kids waded in milk instead of sand and slid down thick, meaty poles.
A. odd-sounding
B. enigmatic
C. surreal
D. odd-looking
Contact lenses are a bit ______: you can’t really feel them but you’re aware that they’re there.
A. weird
B. surreal
C. enigmatic
D. mysterious
I kept getting ______ phone calls where the caller would hang up as soon as I answered.
A. surreal
B. enigmatic
C. mysterious
D. safe
One of the waitresses arrived with a very ______ -looking dish.
A. surreal
B. mysterious
C. odd
D. weird
There is nothing to rival the ______ and wonderful things that come out on the Rio streets at carnival time. That can be dancers appearing in very strange outfits.
A. mysterious
B. weird
C. surreal
D. odd
That ______ room which is always locked up half behind the school on the left is still there.
A. odd
B. surreal
C. mysterious
D. weird
For some ______ reason, I slept like a baby despite the noise.
A. strange
B. odd-looking
C. enigmatic
D. eerie
I don't wear lenses normally, so it was a bit ______ putting something in my eye and leaving it there.
A. surreal
B. mysterious
C. weird
D. enigmatic
I found the silence underwater really ______; it felt like a nightmare.
A. strange
B. enigmatic
C. surreal
D. eerie
If we took longer than five minutes in the bathroom, we had to explain why to our manager. It was ______!
A. surreal
B. bizarre
C. mysterious
D. enigmatic
There was something ______ about him, and she wanted to ask him a lot of questions. She was very curious about him.
A. mysterious
B. eerie
C. surreal
D. odd-sounding
She had to find out what it was, and she had the ______ idea that he would help her.
A. mysterious
B. enigmatic
C. strange
D. odd-looking
Doesn't that seem rather ______ that none of her colleagues would defend her?
A. eerie
B. odd
C. enigmatic
D. surreal
Choose the option A, B, c, or D that best fits the sentence
The business is ______ by the owner's daughter.
A. dominated
B. governed
C. reigned
D. managed
He has just been appointed to ______ the corporate-finance department.
A. govern
B. head
C. dominate
D. influence
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the formal name of the sovereign state ______ by Parliament in London.
A. reigned
B. governed
C. headed
D. dominated
The small boy could not ______ the big dog.
A. control
B. rule
C. head
D. govern
Robert II ______ for 19 years and died in Dundonald Castle on May 13th, 1390.
A. controlled
B. managed
C. reigned
D. influenced
Most modern kings and queens ______ only in a formal way, without real power.
A. dominate
B. head
C. manage
D. rule
He now ______ the largest retail development empire in southern California.
A. dominates
B. controls
C. governs
D. rules
He was chosen to ______ the team that investigated the allegations of abuse.
A. head
B. influence
C. govern
D. dominate
We will be studying the forces that ______ the Earth's climate.
A. reign
B. manage
C. dominate
D. govern
Men still tend to ______ the world of law - hardly any top judges are women.
A. rule
B. manage
C. govern
D. dominate
Mounted police have been called to ______ the crowds.
A. control
B. govern
C. manage
D. rule
The government has altered the rules ______ the eligibility for unemployment benefit.
A. reigning
B. governing
C. dominating
D. managing
He ______ a team of internationally recognized experts in bone disease and drug development.
A. influences
B. dominates
C. heads
D. governs
They work as a group - no one is allowed to ______.
A. dominate
B. govern
C. rule
D. reign
The lights on the stage are ______ by this computer.
A. ruled
B. dominated
C. headed
D. controlled
When she ______ the department, we never missed a deadline.
A. managed
B. governed
C. influenced
D. ruled
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
He was a pioneer in various ______ including satire, literary criticism, and drama.
A. forms
B. varieties
C. sorts
D. genres
He was the old-fashioned ______, well-mannered and always in a suit and tie.
A. form
B. category
C. type
D. genre
The market sold a bewildering ______ of cheeses.
A. variety
B. type
C. kind
D. genre
There were five ______ in the competition, which was open to both mainstream and special schools.
A. kinds
B. sorts
C. genres
D. categories
This ______ of heather grows better in a drier habitat.
A. type
B. category
C. genre
D. form
Faculty evaluation of students takes two basic ______: course grades and letters of recommendation.
A. types
B. varieties
C. forms
D. genres
Emma Thompson won an Oscar in the Best Actress ______.
A. form
B. category
C. variety
D. type
Human behaviour is especially difficult to study because it can be influenced by a wide ______ of factors.
A. type
B. genre
C. category
D. variety
The two peoples spoke a different language and practiced different ______ of religious worship.
A. genres
B. forms
C. categories
D. varieties
I like all ______ of food - I’m not fussy.
A. categories
B. genres
C. varieties
D. sorts
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The real ______ of the problem lies in the poor construction of the bridge.
A. excuse
B. cause
C. pretext
D. reason
His main ______ for quitting was personal, as he wanted to spend more time with his wife and two children.
A. pretext
B. excuse
C. reason
D. cause
As a(n) ______ to get out of the house, Emma went to post a letter.
A. excuse
B. cause
C. explanation
D. reason
The simplest ______ for his achievements lies in his greater ability and superiority over his contemporaries at college.
A. cause
B. explanation
C. pretext
D. excuse
Sean came home very late at night, stinking of cheap whisky. He told Mary that his car had broken down. She glared at him with a look that conveyed that she didn’t buy his ______ for a second.
A. reason
B. pretext
C. excuse
D. cause
Vandalism and criminal damage caused by airguns is an increasing problem which is giving ______ for concern according to police.
A. pretext
B. explanation
C. excuse
D. cause
Under the ______ of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.
A. explanation
B. reason
C. cause
D. pretext
The weather is rainy and windy today. That's a good ______ to be lazy.
A. excuse
B. pretext
C. explanation
D. reason
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
He ______ a short white-haired figure heading for the back gate.
A. gazed
B. glanced
C. glimpsed
D. stared
They ______ in wonder at the mighty peaks.
A. glimpsed
B. glared
C. glanced
D. gazed
He ______ open-eyed at all the food on the table.
A. glanced
B. stared
C. gazed
D. glimpsed
______ down, she noticed her shoe was untied.
A. Staring
B. Glaring
C. Glancing
D. Gazing
I looked at her and she ______ angrily back.
A. glared
B. glanced
C. stared
D. gazed
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The effects of exposure to atomic radiation at Hiroshima have been passed on to ______ generations.
A. successive
B. sequential
C. succeeding
D. consecutive
Jackson became the first batter since Babe Ruth to hit three ______ home runs in a single game.
A. continuous
B. successive
C. preceding
D. succeeding
My computer makes a ______ low buzzing noise, which is annoying.
A. continuous
B. successive
C. succeeding
D. sequential
We sat in the airport for five ______ hours.
A. straight
B. sequential
C. preceding
D. succeeding
You need to have been in ______ employment for at least two years. In the field of education, a break of a whole summer can be considered as unemployment.
A. succeeding
B. continuous
C. preceding
D. sequential
They had won twelve ______ games before they lost.
A. succeeding
B. continuous
C. sequential
D. straight
Progress in learning a language is ______ but uneven.
A. successive
B. consecutive
C. continuous
D. succeeding
After six ______ defeats, the team was almost ready to give up.
A. sequential
B. consecutive
C. succeeding
D. preceding
The government started to borrow money in 1961, and the national debt has steadily increased with each ______ year.
A. succeeding
B. continuous
C. successive
D. consecutive
The food shortage is a result of three years of ______ floods.
A. sequential
B. preceding
C. succeeding
D. successive
The batteries provide enough power for up to five hours of ______ use.
A. sequential
B. successive
C. succeeding
D. continuous
For the second ______ year, she won the most individual gold medals at the world’s major championship.
A. continuous
B. straight
C. succeeding
D. sequential
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
All the English teams were ______ in the early stages of the competition.
A. removed
B. eliminated
C. eradicated
D. gotten rid of
I ______ your last email by mistake—could you send it again?
A. eradicated
B. erased
C. deleted
D. eliminated
I used weedkiller to ______ the weeds in the garden.
A. eliminate
B. remove
C. delete
D. get rid of
I kept changing my mind and ______ my answers on the test.
A. erasing
B. eradicating
C. removing
D. eliminating
Officials who were involved in the scandal were ______ from office.
A. deleted
B. eliminated
C. removed
D. gotten rid of
Effective action is needed to ______ terrorism, drug-trafficking, and corruption.
A. remove
B. eradicate
C. erase
D. get rid of
The police have ______ two suspects from their investigation.
A. eliminated
B. eradicated
C. gotten rid of
D. removed
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
It’s his own stupid ______ his car was stolen - he should have kept it locked.
A. defect
B. flaw
C. fault
D. error
If you draw or write in pencil, you can always rub out your ______ with an eraser.
A. mistakes
B. faults
C. defects
D. flaws
All the cars are tested for ______ before they leave the factory.
A. mistakes
B. defects
C. errors
D. slips
No payments were made last week because of a computer ______.
A. error
B. flaw
C. fault
D. defect
I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend’s name - it was just a(n) ______ of the tongue.
A. error
B. fault
C. defect
D. slip
It was a ______ for us to come here tonight.
A. fault
B. defect
C. flaw
D. mistake
Some engineers detected serious design ______ that would cause the engine to explode.
A. flaws
B. slips
C. mistakes
D. errors
He had committed a grave ______ in letting them see the document.
A. defect
B. error
C. slip
D. flaw
Molly knew she could not afford to make a single ______.
A. fault
B. flaw
C. defect
D. slip
I have an apology to make to you - I’m afraid I opened your letter by ______
A. error
B. mistake
C. flaw
D. defect
The ______ was with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people.
A. fault
B. error
C. mistake
D. flaw
Laura was born with a rare heart ______.
A. error
B. defect
C. slip
D. mistake
For all the ______ in our education system, it is still better than that in many other countries.
A. errors
B. mistakes
C. faults
D. slips
I sometimes use vintage fabrics, and these tend to have ______: small marks, fading, tiny pinholes are all typical of vintage fabric.
A. flaws
B. errors
C. slips
D. mistakes
Choose the option A, B, c, or D that best fits the sentence.
The athlete ______ and through his dishonesty he won a gold medal and earned a considerable amount of money.
A. cheated
B. deceived
C. duped
D. mislead
All through the winter in Spain, Mary ______ her husband while she was seeing another man.
A. misled
B. cheated
C. deceived
D. duped
He used his charm to _____ the old lady out of everything he could get from her.
A. fool
B. cheat
C. dupe
D. deceive
The electricity is out. Some idiot has been ______ around with the electricity supply.
A. cheating
B. deceiving
C. fooling
D. misleading
He managed to ______ his way past the security guards.
A. mislead
B. trick
C. fool
D. deceive