Bộ ôn tập Từ cùng trường nghĩa môn Tiếng anh có đáp án (Part 8)

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

She has taken an ardent/avid interest in the project.

She did not seem particularly enthusiastic/avid about her job.

He was a(n) greedy/intense young man who was very determined to do well in school.

They had a passionate/avid courtship and a long, loving marriage.

He has never played rugby but is a(n) ardent/greedy fan and a supporter of the game.

Joe is keen/passionate about baseball.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

Pat had a lifelong interest in model railways and was a(n) ______ reader on the topic. He read as much as he could and whenever he could.

You can be ______ and serious in personal relationships while a light and playful attitude would be happier and healthier.

As they got to know each other better, their love grew deeper and more ______

It sounded like a pipe dream, but he was so ______ that it was hard not to get excited for him.

I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother’s ______ gaze.

Football ran through his veins, and he was very ______ about it.

As a keen writer and ______ newspaper reader, Jenny has always wanted to be a journalist.

He took a keen interest in football and was a(n) ______ supporter of Christian Ronaldo.

At first the kiss was simple and slow, but soon it became more ______, full of love and promise.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

Our boss needs to speak/talk to us about this conference next week.

When they get together, all they speak/talk about is football.

He said/told, ‘I'm not paying £50 for that.'

David said/told me how he had got the job by lying about his age.

I can talk/speak German and Spanish really well.

‘There's nothing wrong with him,’ she said/told airily.

I had the opportunity to speak/say with the president alone.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

Grandpa often ______ wonderful stories about the old days.

He always looks down when he is ______.

I was ______ to Richard Moss the other day about the golf club.

The committee ______ yes, so we can go ahead.

They ______ us to come back the next day.

I phoned your office and ______ to your assistant.

She started ______ loudly to her friends about the film they'd just seen.

A legendary football coach once ______, ‘Winning is everything.’

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

These men are armed and dangerous/risky and should not be approached.

Rock climbing is a risky/high-risk sport that requires special equipment and training.

Lead is one of the most risky/hazardous substances known, causing cancer and nerve damage.

Strong winds and heavy rains are making driving conditions treacherous/threatening in some areas.

Caitlin was born with a risky/life-threatening heart abnormality. That causes her heart to be unable to pump blood at times and death will occur within minutes, if left untreated.

Walking home at night was perilous/threatening, for there were no lights, the silence pierced by yells, laughter, and occasional gunfire.

Using humour in a job interview is a dangerous/perilous thing - you never know how the interviewer will react.

It's risky/life-threatening to assume that we know what voters will be thinking in a year's time.

Before the attack, I had received several risky/threatening phone calls.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

Sometimes she thought about swimming the river, but the Blackwater Rush was wide and deep, and everyone agreed that its currents were wicked and ______

Peter’s friend Jack, jealous of Peter’s popularity in the game, accepted a ______ challenge of walking between two buildings on a ladder.

We need better regulations regarding the transportation of ______ waste along public roads.

Even a brief exposure to radiation is very ______.

Miners are a ______ group for certain types of gastric cancer.

These are ______ chemicals that can cause death if inhaled.

Experiments that are too ______ to do in a classroom can be conducted in a virtual setting online.

Moving patients between wards is bad practice, particularly with ______ patients.

The man was taken to hospital with ______ injuries - a deep wound to his side had punctured a lung.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

Are we to place confidence/assurance in a man who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?

Her friend's kindness has restored her assurance/faith in human nature.

Our relationship is founded on mutual love and trust/belief.

People often lose belief/confidence in themselves when they are criticized.

I think the rights and wrongs of eating meat are a matter of personal belief/trust.

We place so much assurance/trust in computers that it gets a little scary.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

I’m afraid I can't let you see the letter, so you'll just have to take what I’m saying on ______.

His lies and deception shattered my ______ in him.

She is an outstanding woman with quiet ______ - she’s always willing to share her opinions and is prepared to accept that sometimes she's wrong and she doesn’t need to seek external validation as she has a strong belief in her selfworth.

Before the match, the captain of the football team said he had every ______ in his men. That might have contributed to the victory of the team on that day.

When the drugs failed to cure her, she put her ______ in herbal medicine.

Receiving compliments from my work colleagues has boosted my ______ to start the project.

They have a shared ______ in the power of education.

Winning the award has given me much more ______ in my writing.

She has no ______ in the security of online banking.

Our ______ in the government has been badly shaken by the recent scandals.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

The longer the food remains in storage, the greater the danger of pollution/contamination is.

Solar panels on the roof can help minimize the hotel's carbon footprint/contamination.

Dr. Poitevint's report brought up a significant problem about the contamination/pollution of milk.

Car exhaust is the main reason for the city's carbon footprint/pollution.

About 1,000 households reported their water smells like fuel or complained of symptoms related to petroleum contamination/carbon footprint.

Pollution/Contamination from the factory could be contaminating nearby wells.

We must ensure our children against carbon footprint/contamination by bad ideas.

The total carbon footprint/contamination to produce one pound of beef was reduced by 14% since 1977, according to research by Washington State University.

New York City has too much light pollution/contamination.

Wash everything thoroughly to avoid contamination/pollution with bacteria.

Washables can have a lower pollution/carbon footprint, but only if you have an energy-efficient washing machine, use a 60-degree wash cycle, limit yourself to 24 nappies, and don't tumble dry or iron them.

Always keep food covered to prevent pollution/contamination by flies.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

She was in her late eighties, with a sharp mind that seemed decades younger than her frail/unwell body.

My grandmother is very feeble/faint now and needs someone at home full-time to look after her.

Henry was taken frail/ill and had to go to hospital.

When a panic attack strikes, most likely your heart pounds and you may feel sweaty, weak, unhealthy/faint, or dizzy.

I'm sorry I replied to your email late. I was in bed faint/sick for a couple of days.

At the age of 30, he was fat, faint/unhealthy, and smoked two packs of cigarette a day.

It saved his life but left him severely disabled: unable to speak, faint/bedridden, and paralysed for eight months before he died.

Just taking vitamin tablets will not turn a(n) unhealthy/sick diet into a good one.

Just looking at a picture of the sea is guaranteed to make me feel sick/frail and vomit.

She said she was feeling unwell/bedridden and went home.

I'm so bedridden/weak. I can hardly put my shoes on.

Badly cooked shellfish can make you seriously ill/frail.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

Microsurgery and improved chemotherapy have made treatment less risky, and therefore an option for ______ patients.

The animal was severely injured. It was ______ from loss of blood.

Recalling his first trip in the air, Jack said he felt very ______ and even vomited.

She looks so weak and ______ from all her depression, but there's a strength in her now that was never there before.

Finally another man went down to check and found him weak and ______ from exertion and lack of air.

She ran to her bathroom and vomited, relieving the ______ sensation a bit, but not entirely.

Mentally ______ patients have the same rights as anyone else.

The miners worked in very ______ conditions.

She was ______ after breaking her hip, and the only person coming in or out of her apartment was a nurse who stopped by for two hours each day.

He no longer worked the ferryboat; his eyes were becoming ______, also his arms and hands, but unchanged and radiant were the happiness and the serene well-being in his face.

He has such a(n) ______ lifestyle - smoking, drinking, eating too much.

My wife had pneumonia recently, and she is still ______ from it.

He was ______ and immobile, and literally nothing but skin and bone by the end.

She is ______ today, so her class will be taken by another teacher.

His grandfather had a ______ heart.

His skin looked pale and ______.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

The rest of the place looks defaced/devastated by a bombing raid

The crops were ruined/disfigured by the late frost.

His face was demolished/disfigured now, swollen from bites that oozed a dark fluid.

Don't colour your passport photo! Don’t you know it is against the law to deface/spoil a passport?

Smoking can severely damage/demolish your health.

Several houses were defaced/demolished to make way for the new road.

Most of the original houses were destroyed/spoiled in the war.

And you’re clothed, you have a roof over your head, you don't have to work!

That's more than a lot of people have, you spoiled/ruined little brat!"

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

Eventually, their problems with money ______ their marriage.

Some of them reportedly ______ posters of the singer in the lobby, writing comments and tossing drinks on her pictures.

His low test scores ______ his chances of getting into a good school.

Don't ______ your appetite by snacking too much.

They used spray paint to ______ the sign.

His face was ______ by a long red scar.

This part of the old town has been ______ by ugly new buildings.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

His position contrasts/separates him from those who might share his interests.

Josh is incapable of contrasting/discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one.

They look so similar that it's often difficult to distinguish/contrast one from the other.

At this age your baby cannot differentiate/separate one person from another.

He claims he was racially discriminated/distinguished against when he applied for the job.

The styles of the two film makers contrast/separate quite dramatically.

The power of speech contrasts/distinguishes human beings from animals.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

The cultural aspects of the introduction of tea to Europe ______ with those of coffee can cacao.

The software is speed-sensitive, so it can ______ the different conditions in city driving and faster roads or motorways.

Those who ______ against others on the grounds of their sexuality cannot be effective team members nor can they provide a professional service to all their patients.

Jane's friendly nature is one of her most ______ characteristics.

The device can ______ between the cancerous and the normal cells.

Teachers have to learn to ______ between behaviour problems associated with learning difficulties and behaviour problems linked to something else.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

Plans to drill for oil in the Arctic region are fiercely opposed/rejected by conservationists.

The sales manager and project manager still disagree/oppose with each other on pricing and product development.

Local residents disagreed/objected to the proposed development.

I applied for a job as a mechanic in a local garage, but I was opposed/rejected.

The two reports disagree/object on the number of people who will be affected by this change.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

I ______ to paying that much for milk because it's unnecessary.

The court ______ the argument and found the defendant not guilty.

I ______ with you - I think she's done a very good job.

Many locals are strongly ______ to the development.

We ______ on most things, but on this question, we are at one with each other.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

He was nominated for first prize/reward in the essay competition.

She is now reaping the rewards/gifts of all her hard work.

He gave everyone a(n) award/present to extend his gratitude for them.

She had bought and wrapped prizes/gifts for children in the hospital.

The poetry award/reward went to Lisa Mueller for ‘Alive Together.

One of the precious rewards/awards that she is given in this life is the unconditional love of her mother.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

The watch was a very important ______ given by her father on her birthday.

The Academy ______, popularly known as Oscars, have been held since 1929.

The police offered a £100 ______ for any information about the robbery.

Although his leg sustained some injuries, he still won first ______ in the race last year.

On her mother’s birthday, that little girl willingly got a little money from her piggy bank so that she could give her mother a meaningful ______.

The ______ of leading a positive life is that we know how to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

Tuition fees/charges at Stanford have now reached £9,000 a year.

Drivers risk heavy fares/fines for driving without a licence.

The idea of tolls/fares for motorways is an interesting one; it has been discussed a great deal in this country.

We make a small toll/charge for wrapping your gift.

You can opt to pay a flat fine/rate for unlimited internet access.

The airline has introduced a cheap fare/fee to New York.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

They have no option but to cross the bridge and pay the ______.

Many doctors have a standard scale of ______.

We were forced to borrow the money at an extortionately high ______ of interest.

The cheapest ______ at the moment is with Air Portugal from London.

The museum has introduced a £3 admission ______.

They face up to five years in prison and more than $1 million in ______.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

We are prepared to discuss the deal in common/general terms, but the details are confidential.

Jenny is one of the most popular/universal girls in the school.

The proposal has not met with common/universal agreement.

In the past, bear-baiting was a popular/common form of entertainment in Britain.

General/Universal knowledge is information that has been accumulated over time through various mediums, sources.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

The restaurant is deservedly ______ with all who enjoy Mexican food.

She was Swiss and I am from Vietnam, so French was our ______ language.

This is a crucial year for your relationships in ______ and your love life in particular.

The wireless infrastructure provides ______ access to the internet for all residents.

The book makes a valuable contribution to studies of ______ culture in transnational contexts.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

She dresses stylishly/stylistically and lives in a beautifully decorated Victorian house.

Rosenberg's poetry is stylishly/stylistically different from that of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.

Hardly anyone plays this piece of music so stylishly/stylistically.

Stylishly/Stylistically, there is no real distinction made between the two works.

It has been very stylishly/stylistically furnished by Cliff and Barry with great attention to detail.

Computers check whether each text is stylishly/stylistically homogeneous.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

She flipped her mobile shut, walked past us and down the corridor, intentionally neglecting/ignoring Alice and Tony.

She overlooked/tuned out their conversation and paid attention to the food in front of her.

She was all that was holding them together; she neglected/overlooked herself to take care of her family.

In my hurry to finish the exam, I had tuned out/overlooked part of one of the questions.

He neglected/ignored all the "No Smoking” signs and lit up a cigarette.

The mother may not be able to love or care for the child and it will be neglected/tuned out during and after pregnancy.

He’s so friendly that people are prepared to overlook/tune out his faults.

He totally overlooked/disregarded all the advice he was given.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

The army has recently been brought in to resurrect/restore order.

Old theories about the origin of the universe have recently been resurrected/resumed.

Gentle massage will renew/revitalize your skin.

She was hoping that the Mediterranean climate would resurrect/restore her to full health.

The real Erik died more than 1.000 years ago, but he was recently revitalized/resurrected on the big screen by Terry Jones.

He believes the peace talks will be resurrected/renewed soon.

Local people have decided to recover/revive this centuries-old tradition.

Some people are in favour of restoring/revitalizing capital punishment for murderers.

The good harvest helped resume/revive the economic fortunes of the country.

Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.

The story is about a scientist who claimed that he could ______ the dead.

As they smiled at each other, harmony was ______ again.

In trying to save the kid, Eddie dies, but the medallion ______ him with a few curious after-effects - he now has superhuman powers and cannot be killed.

An ambulance was called but efforts made to ______ her proved unsuccessful.

The new cream claims to ______ sun-damaged skin.