COLLOCATION PART 3

The other children were always _______ fun of him because he was fat and wore glasses.

•    A. taking

• B. making

• C. having

• D. getting

Answer explanation

make fun of (co) đùa cợt, chế giễu, chế nhạo, cười nhạo

Right then and there, I _______ up my mind that I would become a police officer when I grew up.

• A. took

• B. faced 

• C. made   

•   D. put

Answer explanation

make up one's mind (co) đưa ra quyết định

= make a decision

She was worried that they would not _______ the deadline and that penalties would be imposed.

• A. reach 

• B. meet

• C. rush

• D. lose

Answer explanation

meet a deadline (co) hoàn thành đúng hạn

You're not the star player on the team, but you always _______ your best, which encourages the rest of us to do the same.

• A. take  

• B. do  

• C. put  

• D. keep

Answer explanation

do one's best (co) cố hết sức, làm hết khả năng của bản thân

She _______ a few half-hearted attempts to join in their conversation.

• A. created 

• B. did  

• C. took

• D. made

Answer explanation

make an attempt to do sth (co) cố gắng, nỗ lực làm gì

Globally, the results show that a large proportion of people in the surveys _______ a positive attitude towards the idea of having intelligent service robots as small 'domestic machines'.

•   A. form  

• B. have

• C. keep 

•   D. show

Answer explanation

have a positive attitude (co) có thái độ tích cực

The university has _______ a campus-wide campaign to reduce use of fossil fuel

• A. launched 

• B. published  

• C. made

• D. invented

Answer explanation

launch a campaign (co) phát động một chiến dịch

The campaign has certainly succeeded in _______ public awareness of the issue.

• A. launching

• B. creating 

• C. reaching

• D. raising

Answer explanation

raise awareness of (co) nâng cao nhận thức

A recent survey found that private investors are two and a half times more likely to _______ advice in a newspaper column than from a financial adviser.

• A. chase  

• B. pursue  

•    C. follow  

•    D. abide

Answer explanation

follow advice (co) nghe theo lời khuyên

I'd like to _______ a small donation in my mother's name.

• A. devote  

• B. dedicate 

• C. make

• D. create

Answer explanation

make a donation (co) tặng, hiến, quyên góp