Mini Test

I used to live in a city _____ in history.

• imbued

• chock-a-block

• steeped

• brimful

Answer explanation

be steeped in sth: to be filled with it or to know a lot about it

imbue sth/sb with sth: fill something or someone with a particular feeling, quality, or idea

brimful of sth: full of sth good

If a place is chock-a-block, it is very full of people or things:

My uncle who used to be a former soldier's more of a dab hand at shooting than _____.

• did my father

• my father does

• my father was

• is my father

She _____ the overturned car with only a few scrapes and bruises.

• emerged from

• alighted from

• snuck from

• crept from

Answer explanation

emerge from: appear by coming out of sth

alight from: get out of a vehicle, especially a train or bus

sneak -> snuck

creep -> crept

There were _____ circumstances and the defendant did not receive a death sentence.

• soothing

• extenuating

• relieving

• alleviating

Answer explanation

extenuating circumstances: tình tiết giảm nhẹ, xem xét giảm nhẹ hình phạt (không có lý do cụ thể), tình tiết giảm khinh hoặc trường hợp đặc biệt.

They stayed up talking until well _____ the night.

• at

• into

• in

• during

Answer explanation

well into the night: cho đến 1 thời điểm rất muộn trong đêm

The council has a(n) _____ record on education.

• abysmal

• inclement

• calamitous

• devastating

Answer explanation

abysmal: very bad

inclement (weather): unpleasant

calamitous -> calamity: gây thiệt hại lớn

The party turned out to be _____ a pleasure.

• more an endurance test than

• more of an endurance test than

• an endurance test more than

• an endurance test of more than

Her life hitherto had been _____ of adventure

• deficient

• missing

• devoid

• lacking

A new system has been _____ to control traffic in the city.

• concocted

• coined

• conjured

• devised

Answer explanation

devise: invent something, esp. with intelligence or imagination

concoct: invent an excuse, explanation, or story in order to deceive someone

conjure: làm xuất hiện bằng ảo thuật, hoặc như ảo thuật

He was _____ that all firms wanted him.

• such a manager proficiency

• such proficiency a manage

• so proficient a manager

• so a manager proficient