SERIES 13

• 1. Dairy products may ____ allergic reactions in some people.

  2. It was a vicious-looking dog and I didn't want to ____ it.

• trigger

• provoke

• confront

• abrupt

Answer explanation

Provoke: /prəˈvəʊk/

1. to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect (usually negative)

2. to make or try to make a person or an animal angry

• - A quiet room is a more ____ atmosphere for studying.

• - The noise was hardly ____ to a good night’s sleep.

• • conducive

• chaotic
• circumvent

• negligible

Answer explanation

Conducive: /kənˈdjuːsɪv/

providing the right (thích hợp) conditions for something good to happen or exist

= making it easy, possible or likely for something to happen

• In business, the ____ approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.

• theoretical
• hypothetical
• imaginary
• pragmatic

Answer explanation

Pragmatic: /præɡˈmætɪk/

= realistic

• - Eric, as ____ as ever, was nowhere to be found.

• - Success, however, remained for ____ her.

• evasive
• transparent
• obscure
• elusive

Answer explanation

Elusive: /ɪˈluːsɪv/

difficult to find, remember or achieve

- Our conversation came to an ____ end when George burst into the room.

- There was an ____ change in her attitude towards me when she heard that I was Alan's girlfriend

• abrupt
• smooth
• unexpected
• gradual

Answer explanation

Abrupt: /əˈbrʌpt/

(đột ngột) sudden and unexpected, often in an unpleasant (khó chịu) way

• Our efforts to persuade her proved ____.

  All diplomatic attempts at a peaceful solution to the crisis have been ____.

• legitimate

• impenetrable

• • fruitless

• easy

Answer explanation

Fruitless:/ˈfruːt.ləs/

producing no useful results (vô ích)

• We were able to see a ____ improvement.

• She inherited a ____ fortune from her grandmother.

• moderate
• minimal
• substantial

• negligible

Answer explanation

Substantial: /səbˈstænʃl/

• - large in size, value or importance (ĐÁNG KỂ)

• The picture has too much ____ detail.

• In the sentence "She is a single unmarried woman", the word "unmarried" is ____.

• insufficient
• adequate
• appropriate
• • redundant

Answer explanation

Redundant: /rɪˈdʌndənt/

unnecessary because it is more than is needed (dư thừa, thừa thải)

• The merger proved to be very ____ for both companies.

• A ____ business

• lucrative

• disparate

• detrimental
• disadvantageous

Answer explanation

Lucrative: /ˈluːkrətɪv/

making a large profit

• A ___ hold on life

• The police have only found a ___ connection between the two robberies.

• obtrusive

• tenuous
• solid
• latent

Answer explanation

Tenuous: /ˈtenjuəs/

so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists (mong manh)