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PASSAGE 1: I (1)________ an old friend by accident the other day. I was going to (2)________ my son from school when suddenly my car broke (3)________. I called (4)________ my husband on my cell phone. While I was waiting for him to (5)________, a truck crashed into my car. The driver (6)________ the truck to check (7)________ the damage. It was my friend Patrick. I hadnt seen him since I (8)________ college. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. We (9)________ and it was nice to (10)________ the information about other friends while we were waiting for my husband and the tow truck. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. A. ran into A. pick on A. down A. up A. turn up A. got away with A. up A. gave up A. chatted away A. take back B. came across B. pick up B. off B. in B. show up B. got out of B. in B. dropped off B. talked into B. deal with C. ran across C. drop in on C. up C. away C. come into C. went out C. out C. dropped by C. spoke up C. catch up on D. A, B, C are correct D. take out D. away D. on D. Both A and B are correct D. Both A and B are correct D. out of D. gave off D. fell for D. carry out

PASSAGE 2: The Terrys were sitting calmly having afternoon tea in their lounge when the van (1)______ up outside. The words Reliable Removals you can (2)______ us were printed on the side of the van in large blue capitals. Soon afterwards, an enormous man covered in tattoos appeared on the doorstep. Tim opened the door. Sorry were late, guv, sail the tattoo man, we hadnt (3)______ all the traffic on the motorway, otherwise wed have been here sooner. Isnt that right, Lester? His companion, an unshaven man roughly half his size, joined in: We didnt budge for a good half hour, and we (4)______ up coming off the motorway and going through the villages. I did try and phone, but I couldnt get (5)______. Anyway, were here now, so lets (6)______ some serious work. Tim said, Erm, I think theres been some sort of misunderstanding, gentlemen. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A. drew A. ask after A. got up to A. brought A. down A. do away with B. followed B. bear out B. faced up to B. ended B. across B. fall out with C. cropped C. count on C. bargained for C. broke C. over C. get down to D. called D. draw up D. added up D. came D. through D. come up against

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PASSAGE 3: When the war (1)______ I must have been (2)______ 18 years of age, and like most boys of my age, I received the news with a kind of nave enthusiasm, born out of youthful ignorance and inexperience. When I was (3)______, I still had a romantic vision of marching quickly to victory and being home in time for tea. I have an old picture of myself standing proudly in my new uniform a young man about to (4)______ his responsibilities in life. I look like a boy pretending to be a man and not quite managing to (5)______ it off. Little did I realize just what I had (6)______. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A. came B. bore A. getting on for C. getting round to A. counted on B. broken up A. draw up B. face up to A. call B. break A. come in for C. come down to C. broke D. carried B. falling back on D. feeling up to C. called up D. asked after C. do away with D. bring about D. carry C. get B. come up against D. come up with

PASSAGE 4: The small resort of Panama (1)______ out rather in the 1990s, as the tourists flocked to the more obvious attractions of the nearby resorts of Calapo and del Mare. But now, thanks to a major new hotel development plan, business is (2)______, and Panama is more than (3)______ its poor past showing and unfashionable image. The kindest thing one can say about Panama is that it (4)______ you if youve been staying there for long enough. It is being (5)______ up as a shining example of the latest retro-style of modern hotel architecture, but as far as this observer is concerned, it only occasionally (6)______ its billing. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A. held A. picking up A. putting in for A. grows on A. played A. lives up to B. missed B. making out B. hanging on to B. hold with B. put B. holds out C. made C. paying back C. hitting it off C. puts up with C. held C. makes for D. gave D. giving over D. making up for D. pushes on D. made D. puts across

PASSAGE 5: Phil West test drives the Mondo XJS Youd be hard-pushed to find a more comfortable drive the superb suspension system makes (1)______ an easy drive over bumpy roads, although the performance is somewhat let (2)______ by the handling round corners. Maybe I just drove this monster too fast! The construction manual (3)______ that the XJS can hit a top speed of 240 kph: 200 would be nearer the mark still not a figure to be sniffed at. The dashboard controls are an absolute picture and easy to operate, although some of the electronics were a bit temperamental on my trial run at one point, alarmingly, the windscreen wipers decided to (4)______. Also I did not (5)______ with the gearbox, and only found third gear with difficulty. But hey, Im the worlds most demanding critic this thing is a beast! Dont be (6)______ by the price, a cool 85,000.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

A. out A. up A. puts up A. give away A. hit it off A. missed out

B. off with B. down B. pulls off B. miss out B. pull it off B. owned up

C. for C. in C. makes out C. put off C. have it out C. put off

D. up D. for D. holds up D. pack up D. live it down D. hit upon

PASSAGE 6: Telesales have become the bane of my life. Recently I have been so inundated with them that I now refuse to answer the phone between 6 and 9 in the evenings. Friends and relatives understand, and dont bother calling at these times. Last week I was almost (1)______ accepting a years subscription to a video company, before the red mist descended just in time, and I slammed the phone down. If its not advisors promising to (2)______ out your finances for you, or persuading you to (3)______ life insurance, it will usually be home improvement companies. My advice is, dont be taken (4)______ by the friendly chat at the beginning of the conversation. You can (5)______ all their charming chit chat with ease all they really want is your custom and your money. So (6)______ them, and, preferably politely, just say no. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A. set in A. try A. run into A. in A. turn out A. stick up for B. stuck up for B. set B. take out B. over B. take to B. tie in with C. worn off C. sort C. set about C. up C. tell off C. stand up to D. talked into D. run D. stand by D. off D. see through D. run up against

PASSAGE 7: Meetings with (1)______ too much of managers time are being blamed for inefficiency and lost revenue, according to a report from the Institute of Managerial Affairs. The report concludes that a lot of meetings which take place in the business world are a waste of time: the decisions made in them could be arrived at by other means, or the managers presence delegated, with a capable deputy standing (2)______ the manager. But it seems this message has not (3)______ in yet, for the number of hours devoted to meetings continues to increase annually, in most countries of the world. In-house meetings are bad enough, but some companies insist on lavish affairs in hotels or restaurants, (4)______ huge bills in the process. With delicious irony, one leading finance company has (5)______ a committee to investigate the new scourge of unnecessary meetings. The number of weekly meetings for the committee has just been (6)______ up from two or three! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A. run over A. by A. sunk A. taking on A. run into A. sent B. set in B. in for B. set B. sending up B. sorted out B. stepped C. turn out C. up to C. taken C. working out C. taken out C. run D. take up D. for D. turned D. running up D. set up D. taken

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PASSAGE 8: Joe (1)______ the building work his team was doing on the new companies offices because he had heard that the company was going to bankrupt. He knew the money was going to dry (2)______, so he was not prepared to continue. Most of the team immediately (3)______ up what they were doing but some of them first (4)________ the task they were working on. Joe himself quickly (5)______ the last of his paperwork and then packed (6)______ too. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A. called off A. off A. thought A. finished off A. thought over A. up B. called upon B. up B. called B. wrapped up B. gave up B. off C. puts off C. out C. brought C. got through C. polished off C. out D. A and C are correct D. away D. broke D. A, B and C are correct D. broke down D. away Gio vin: V Th Mai Phng Ngun : Hocmai.vn

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