Đề đề xuất DHBB 11 2022 Chuyên Tuyên Quang

26. 26. Many people are feeling the ______ now that there is an economic recession.

• strain

• prod

• pinch

• pain

Answer explanation

feel the pinch (v) = under financial pressure

27. The fact that his alibi didn’t check out was ______ evidence.

• discriminating

• incriminating

• invigorating

• undulating

Answer explanation

crime (n) --> incriminating (adj): mang tính buộc tội

28. Although the company seems very successful and popular, it has ______ actual money. Everything is built off loans and debts.

• less or no

• little or no

• many or not

• not any or little

Answer explanation

little or no (adj): rất ít

29. The man accused of robbery asked that he ______ on bail until the court hearing.

• will be released

• is to released

• be released

• was releasing himself

30. The government’s environmental policy has ______ criticism.

• led up to

• come in for

• clung on to

• gone on for

31. The city of Shanghai is a ______ of modern-day China.

• microclimate

• microcopy

• microcosm

• microscope

Answer explanation

microcosm (n): phiên bản nhỏ

32. “Did you attend the economic planning lecture?”

“Yes, and unfortunately it wasn’t ______ I’d expected”.

• as nearly boring as

• nearly as boring as

• nearly boring as

• so boring as

33. It was ______ that Henry would fail his final exams because he hadn’t even opened up his books all semester.

• indelible

• inevitable

• inconceivable

• incomprehensible

34. Sandra must be very ______ to be able to ignore all of her colleagues’s rude remarks.

• single-minded

• two-faced

• short-sighted

• thick-skinned

Answer explanation

thick-skinned (adj): mặt dày

35. We've made some great improvements over the past three months, but we're still not out of the ______.

• jungle

• bush

• dark

• woods

Answer explanation

out of the woods = over the worst