VOCABULARY & COLLOCATION EXERCISES

Sưu tầm và biên tập: Đạt Phạm

Question 1: There was a huge ______ of applause when the star of the show appeared.
A. stint B. round C. spate D. bout
Question 2: Afterwards, when I ______ on the events of that day, I could hardly believe what had
happened.
A. contemplated B. reviewed C. reflected D. weighed
Question 3: By the ______ of it, the economy will improve over the next few months.
A. face B. impression C. evidence D. look
Question 4: The thieves took ______ when they heard a police car approaching.
A. retreat B. flight C. escape D. getaway
Question 5: I think going to the gym every day is ______ - twice a week is enough.
A. excessive B. supportive C. instructive D. exorbitant
Question 6: When you are in the desert, you have to keep your eyes ______ for snakes that may be
hidden in the sand.
A. unblinking B. wide C. peeled D. sharp
Question 7: In my ______ as a stock broker, I was making millions of dollars each year, but when the
economy crashed, I lost nearly everything.
A. heyday B. peak C. pinnacle D. summit
Question 8: In this day and age, it is almost impossible to keep ______ of the developments in
computing.
A. afloat B. afresh C. abreast D. afield
Question 9: Being out in the ______ sun all morning made us feel quite weak.
A. grilling B. flaming C. blazing D. frying
Question 10: Our team was losing but we managed to ______ the score.
A. get B. notice C. even D. have
Question 11: The schoolboy’s excuse wasn’t ______ at all. Nobody in the classroom believed in the
far-fetched story he told.
A. credential B. credible C. creditable D. credulous
Question 12: Ford’s new range of cars is being kept firmly under ______ until the Geneva auto show.
A. wraps B. noses C. doors D. belts
Question 13: The researchers left no stone ______ in their search for the original documents.
A. unmoved B. unturned C. uncontrolled D. undoubted
Question 14: His friends and family left him in the ______ when he went bankrupt.
A. lurch B. church C. street D. end
Question 15: My fear of wasps ______ from the fact that I was severely stung as a child.
A. stems B. begets C. generates D. commences
Question 16: It will be overstepping the ______ if you address the managing director by his first name.
A. line B. grade C. mark D. limit
Question 17: The federal government has declared a state of ______ over COVID-19 pandemic.
A. crisis B. emergency C. urgency D. danger
Question 18: I have to leave in a minute so can you cut to the ______? What exactly do you want me
to do?
A. point B. chase C. mark D. trace
Question 19: Oil spills will take their ______ on even the healthiest of marine ecosystem.
A. impact B. havoc C. record D. toll
Question 20: Success does not ______ in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a
second time.
A. persist B. grade C. determine D. consist