Đề đề xuất DHBB 11 2024 Chuyên Thái Bình

26. 26. The figures available for ______ - often considered to be one of the most difficult categories of crime both to detect and to clear - are also impressive when seen in a comparative context.

• leniency

• lechery

• larceny

• laity

Answer explanation

larceny (n) = robbery

26. 27. However, complaints have arisen because of a lack of ______ regarding the plans.

• conjecture

• contention

• controversy

• consultation

Answer explanation

consult (v): tham khảo --> consultation (n)

28. 28. I would like to say at once how ______ we welcome the broad statement which he has made.

• cordially

• diligently

• disdainfully

• intermittenly

Answer explanation

cordial (adj) = friendly

29. 29. Both of the jobs I’ve been offered are fantastic opportunities – I’m in such ______!

• a constituency

• a quandary

• an arrhythmia

• a deviation

Answer explanation

in a quandary = between a rock and a hard place

30. 30. The President has gotten used to being ______ by his opponents whenever a new policy is proposed.

• blasted off

• ripped off

• zonked out

• sniped at

Answer explanation

snipe at (v) = counteract

31. When she was young, she used to experience a(n) _______ of domestic violence and negligence.

• chapter

• orgy

• sequel

• epilogue

Answer explanation

orgy (n) = bad period

32. Try as he might, he only has a _____ of beating the big guy in my school.

• narrow squeak

• fat chance

• sticky end

• cleft stick

33. My boss is ever so sweet and nice when it suits her, but if you cross her, she soon gets on her ______.

• tall order

• dirty dog

• high horse

• low ebb

Answer explanation

get on one's high horse (idiom): kiêu ngạo

34. Our guests are from a _____ of society and so should reflect most points of view.

• cross-section

• cross-fire

• cross-purpose

• cross-reference

Answer explanation

cross-section (n): đại diện

35. The gulf of difference between them, with her holding unrealistic opinions, as opposed to his pragmatism, is due to her growing up in a(n) ______ world of private schools and luxurious mansions.

• rarefied

• exclusive

• privileged

• unique

Answer explanation

rarefied (adj): thuộc về thượng lưu