BT Tết - 1

The police were baffled by the attack as there seemed to be no apparent _________

• design

• principle

• motive

• plot

Answer explanation

apparent motive: động cơ rõ ràng

If you want to be sure of receiving a copy of the magazine, I suggest you ____________ an annual subscription.

• put down

• take out

• write off

• send up

Answer explanation

take out = obtain/ acquire sth => take out an annual subscription = sign up for it

After feeling off ___________ for days, Tom finally went to see his doctor.

• food

• color

• fitness

• balance

Answer explanation

off color = under the weather

___________ the phone rang later that night did Anna remember the appointment.

• No sooner

• Only

• Not until

• Just before

There was ___________ evidence to bring charges against the man.

• insubstantial

• inferior

• ineffective

• insufficient

Answer explanation

Insubstantial (adj) không vững chắc, không có thật

Inferior (adj) thấp kém hơn

Ineffective (adj) không hiệu quả

Insufficient (adj) không đủ, thiếu

The runner got a huge blister on his heel where his new shoes ____________

• scratched

• rubbeds

• scraped

• gripped

Answer explanation

rub (v) cọ xát

scratch (v) cào xước

scrap (v) đập vụn ra

grip (v) kẹp chặt

The size of the pop-star's personal fortune was the subject of much ___________in the press

• doubt

• guessing

• speculation

• wonderment

Answer explanation

doubt (n) sự nghi ngờ

guessing (n) sự phỏng đoán

speculation (n) sự suy đoán

wonderment (n) sự kinh ngạc

The thick fog ____________ out any possibility of our plane taking off before morning.

• ruled

• struck

• stamped

• crossed

Answer explanation

rule out (v) bác bỏ, loại trừ

strike out (v) xoá bỏ, gạch bỏ, nghĩ ra (kế hoạch)
stamp out (v) dập tắt, dẹp bỏ

cross out (v) gạch bỏ

Jeremy's friends were fond of him ____________ because of his generosity.

• at least

• still less

• even less

• not least

Answer explanation

not least (idiom) đặc biệt là, nhất là ...

Looking down at the coral reef, we saw ____________ of tiny, multi-colored fish.

• swarms

• flocks

• teams

• shoals

Answer explanation

swarm of bees/ ants: đàn, bầy (côn trùng: ong, kiến)

flocks of birds/ ducks: đàn (gia cầm: chim, vịt)

teams: đội nhóm (người)
shoals of fish: đàn cá