THPT Lê Hồng Phong - TPHCM

I feel I’m in a _____ in my job right now – I need a change.

• ridge

• rut

• ditch

• tunnel

The skater lost her balance and fell, her arms _____.

• hauling

• flailing

• swinging

• grasping

_____ checks were carried out at customs.

• Sudden

• Rare

• Spot

• Swoop

His encounter with the tarantula hawk – _____ named because it flies around tarantulas stalking and stinging them – has been watched over 13m times.

• aptly

• eerily

• despicably

• wantonly

He had a unique stage presence, at once _____ and intense, projecting an almost papal serenity.

• frank

• boisterous

• subdued

• languid

In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the _____ of no return.

• peak

• point

• apex

• tip

Schoolteachers rarely have _____ to teach the way they want.

• scope

• leeway

• scale

• albatross

Failing to submit the proposal on time was _____ for Tom.

• a nail in the coffin

• a real kick in the pants

• a leap in the dark

• an open and shut case

Once the kids have all _____ the nest we might sell this house and move somewhere smaller.

• fled

• kicked

• rushed

• flown

Being out of work these days is no _____ matter.

• trolling

• spitting

• laughing

• gossiping