50 CÂU HỎI
- Look _______ ! There is a car coming.
- The driver should slow _______ when he is coming round the bend.
A. up / in
B. out / down
C. for / on
D. into / off
Could you please turn _______ the stereo? The music is interesting.
A. up
B. off
C. round
D. to
How can you put _______ with your brother? He is talkative and unreliable.
A. on
B. up
C. off
D. at
I think I should take _______ golf this year. I will try my best to go _______ with my plan.
A. of / to
B. from / for
C. up / ahead
D. on / off
She had to hang _______ because someone else wanted to use the phone.
A. off
B. in
C. for
D. up
I must go _______ a diet. I put _______ a lot of weight while I was on vacation.
A. through / off
B. round / away
C. for / with
D. on / on
What do the initials USA stand _______?
A. up
B. on
C. for
D. with
Livy’s getting _______ very well in Russian. She takes _______ practicing the language every day.
A. up / off
B. on / to
C. through / in
D. in / up
The airhostess asked the passengers to do _______ the seat-belt before the plane took _______.
A. up / off
B. on / away
C. over / in
D. for / up
The fireworks went _______ in all their colors and lit _______ the sky.
A. off / up
B. upon / beyond
C. among / in
D. up / of
So many people were absent that we had to call _______ the meeting.
A. on
B. with
C. off
D. in
He came _______ some of his old love letters in his wife’s drawer.
A. forward
B. along
C. across
D. up
I had to stand _______ for the boss while she went _______
A. of / round
B. up / over
C. in / away
D. on / ahead
Don’t worry, the pain should wear _______ fairly soon. You will get _______ your illness.
A. on / through
B. off / over
C. for / with
D. in / for
I have to send _______ a tow truck because my car broke _______
A. for / down
B. under / of
C. up / into
D. in / off
I do not remember where I _______ her number down; it is on a little piece of paper somewhere.
A. got
B. wrote
C. kept
D. sat
The boy _______ off his jacket and _______ it away.
A. sent / took
B. hung / handed
C. got / showed
D. took / put
I managed to _______ to the diet and _______ off sweet foods.
A I do not remember where I _______ her number down; it is on a little piece of paper somewhere.
A. take / eat
B. write / call
C. go / look
D. stick / keep
Whenever I lit a cigarette, my wife said, “_______ it out! You cannot smoke in the house.”
A. Put
B. Turn
C. Light
D. Hand
My mother often complains, “You’re so messy. I always have to _______ up after you.”
A. put
B. go
C. clean
D. keep
_______ rid of those old shoes. They are _______ out.
A. Take / turning
B. Call / putting
C. Get / wearing
D. Go / taking
If you _______ down something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important.
A. play
B. go
C. cut
D. call
Did you have to _______ through an entrance examination?
A. hope
B. get
C. take
D. hold
He _______ upon himself the responsibility for protecting her.
A. looked
B. took
C. cleaned
D. handed
I was late for work because my alarm clock did not _______ off.
A. turn
B. put
C. send
D. go
The stain will _______ out if you wash it.
A. come
B. keep
C. shake
D. turn
You made me disappointed. I would like you did not _______ me down any more.
A. hold
B. slow
C. let
D. go
I don’t know why their marriage is _______ up. They end in divorce.
A. approving
B. going
C. breaking
D. putting
After two hours of hard work, we decided to _______ off for a little cup of coffee.
A. get
B. look
C. put
D. break
When Mary sees blood, she _______ out, so she cannot _______ up medicine.
A. keeps / get
B. passes / take
C. holds / show
D. walks / turn
Choose a, b, c, or d that has the closest meaning to the underlined part.
Let’s put off that meeting to next Monday.
A. postpone
B. arrange
C. start
D. decide
They turned down my suggestion, which made me upset.
A. refused
B. agreed
C. accepted
D. supposed
I ran into my cousin, Peter, when I was on the way to school yesterday.
A. phoned
B. met
C. called
D. waved
Peter went through the test paper and crossed out two wrong answers.
A. handed / chose
B. dropped / discovered
C. finished / wrote
D. read carefully / deleted
The party kicks off at 8 o’clock.
A. prepares
B. cancels
C. ends
D. starts
What time will the train get in?
A. brake
B. run
C. arrive
D. leave
I sometimes drop off on the sofa.
A. sleep
B. drink
C. eat
D. buy
Professor Pike promised to talk over the exam after he returned the results.
A. discuss
B. omit
C. end
D. begin
My family was able to get by on very little money when I was young.
A. survive
B. depend
C. spend
D. earn
Mr. Pike was very good at making up stories for his children,
A. telling
B. reading
C. inventing
D. remembering
I can put you up at my flat if you like.
A. give you a lift to home
B. give you somewhere to sleep
C. give you a meal
D. give you some work to do
My boss is always picking on me these days.
A. asking me to do things
B. helping me
C. criticizing me
D. playing games with me
None of these countries has found a way to get around the problem of inflation.
A. create
B. invent
C. cause
D. overcome
I have been snowed under at work recently.
A. The weather has been very bad
B. I have been very busy with my work
C. It has been very cold in the office
D. My boss has been causing problems
When he came to, his wallet and bike were nowhere to be found.
A. arrived home
B. climbed the stairs
C. went to work
D. recover consciousness
Carlos hung up on his sister because he was so tired of listening to her whining on the phone.
A. visited
B. ended a phone call
C. came to see
D. reprimanded
The company has been taking on new staff, including part-time workers.
A. sacking
B. limiting
C. employing
D. dismissing
Terri was able to catch on to the most complex problems in calculus before anyone else,
A. realize
B. change
C. invent
D. submit
Let me explain to you how the things came about.
A. ended
B. happened
C. blew
D. are solved
We are becoming older and older as years goby.
A. stop
B. change
C. come
D. pass