Tets 17

None of his relatives really understood the full ____________ of his difficulty or his desperation.

• degree

• dimension

• extent

• width

It's quite unreasonable to ask me to organize the conference at such short ______.

• notice

• warning

• time

• advance.

Revenge at last! I always said I would my own back on Steve, and I have done it now.

• do

• take

• get

• make

I think everyone should be _______ with the way office machinery works.

• conversant

• mindful

• answerable

• attuned

Answer explanation

Be conversant with sth: thông thạo về

Be mindful of: lưu tâm

Be awarable of: chịu trách nhiệm

Be attuned to: điều chỉnh sao cho phù hợp

1. He crept in _______ his parents should wake up

• otherwise

• lest

• whereby

• unless

Answer explanation

lest= for fear of

They threatened to cancel the whole project ______.

• on the whole.

• thick and fast

• at a stroke

• of set purpose

Answer explanation

I wish you would stop sitting on the ___and decide whose side you're on.

• wall

• crossroads

• fence

• middle

Answer explanation

sit on the fence = do dự, ba phải, không nghiếng về phía nào trong các cuộc tranh luận

The whole holiday turned out to be a __________ disaster

• unmatched

• unmitigated

• undiluted

• unmindful

Answer explanation

unmitigated = hoàn toàn, tuyệt đối

unmindful (+ of somebody/something)

= Không chú ý, không để ý, không lưu tâm đến

undiluted = không bị loãng

unmatched

= Không thể sánh kịp, không có gì bằng, vô song, vô địch

There were one or two ______voices, although the majority were in favor of the proposal.

• acclaiming

• clamoring.

• refuting

• dissenting

Answer explanation

dissenting = showing different opinions

refuting = bác bỏ, phủ nhận

acclaiming= hoan nghênh

I am determined to finish the house, come rain or _____________

• sunny

• sun

• shine

• dry

Answer explanation

come rain or shine = whatever happens