Lexical and grammar- test 01

1. It is not definite that the company will accept our offer, but there's a ___________ chance so there is no reason not to try.

• A. sporting                                                

• B. bragging 

• C. pumping

• D. bubbling

Answer explanation

If there is a sporting chance that something good will happen, it is possible that it will happen

2. She was ___________ with excitement, imagining how fun her first vacation abroad would be after years working without resting.

• A. bubbling over              

• B. bristling at       

• C. plodding along      

•   D. fawning over

Answer explanation

to bubble over (with st): to be full of  a particular feeling

3. I had to give up on having a pet dog because whenever it got sick, a trip to the vet would ___________.

• A. clear me out                    

• B. clean me out    

• C. wipe me out       

• D. dry me out

Answer explanation

to clean sb out:  to use all someone’s money

4. Annie and John hid their relationship so well that it took Mary quite a time to ___________ to the fact that they were dating.

• A. come down           

•   B. glom onto              

• C. dawn on                 

• D. cotton on

Answer explanation

cotton on (to st): to begin to understand or realize something without being told

5. By successfully ___________ two seconds off his last best time, our son has not only won the first prize but also set the world record.

• A. cutting                                                   

• B. clipping    

•     C. sizing

• D. gashing

Answer explanation

to clip st off st: to reduce the time that it takes to do something (note: to clip= to cut)

6. Parkour, an activity which used not to be heard of by many people in India, is now______ in this country.

• A. big                        

• B. faddy

• C. rife

• D. conventional

Answer explanation

big (a): popular with the public; successful

7. I like both teaching and researching so the position of a professor in college is a kind of halfway _______ between the two for me.

• A. house                     

• B. line                         

• C. road                       

• D. hunch

Answer explanation

halfway house ¹ : a place where prisoners or pp with mental health problem can stay after they leave prison or hospital and before they start to live on their own.

halfway house ²: st that combines the features of two very different things

8. Living in the commuter ___________ is fine, but I’m planning to move into the city centre.

• A. belt                                           

• B. pane       

• C. line                       

•   D. skirt

Answer explanation

commuter belt (phr): the area surrounding a large city, where many people who work in the city live.

9. 9.Be careful before you sign the contract, remember to read every details including the ___________ print.

                                                        

• A. bold    

• B. hidden   

•   C. fine   

• D. clean

Answer explanation

the fine print (phr):   text in a formal agreement that is printed smaller than the rest of the text

(Note: hàng chữ nhỏ, thường là các quy tắc, điều khoản, điều kiện của thỏa thuận, hợp đồng)

10. The food tour was great, except for the insects, they looked and tasted so horrible that I _____ with disgust.

                                                    

• A. gloated 

• B. grimaced

• C. grinned 

• D. chuckled

Answer explanation

To grimace (at sb/st):  to make an ugly expression with your face to show pain, dislike, etc.