Your answers

1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. T

Your answers
10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. D 15. B

16. river 17. 3 pairs 18. Estimate 19. Farming 20. eggs
21. storms 22. Guard 23. Fence 24. Wild 25. media

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36. A 37. B 38. C 39. B 40. D 41. A 42. B
43. A 44. B 45. B 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. A
50. D 51. A 52. D 53. C 54. A 55. D

36. Not in the least: hoàn toàn không

37. as such: đúng nghĩa là
41. deport: trục xuất
42. pile of rubble: đống đổ nát
43. the well-heeled: người giàu có
44. a riot of colour: tập hợp đa màu sắc
45. confirmed bachelor: người thích độc thân
46. be a bundle of nerves: hồi hộp, lo lắng
47. heavy heart: nỗi buồn miên man
49. throw in the sponge: bỏ cuộc
50.cut sb dead: ignore sb’s presence
51. gloom and doom: bi quan
53. horse around: fool around
54. scrape by: vừa đủ sống
55. cough up: buộc phải trả tiền

76. appearance 77. Far 78. Back 79. Themselves 80. different
81. as 82. Against 83. Physical 84. Remained 10. forces

86. A. backdrop B. curtain C. scene D. screen

backdrop: the general conditions in which an event takes place
scene: the place where something happens, especially something unpleasant
87. A flying B. gliding C. floating D. swimming
float: to move slowly on water or in the air
glide: to fly using air currents, without the birds moving their wings or the aircraft using the engine
88. A. pretend B. act C. dissemble D. produce
to claim to be, do or have something, especially when this is not true
89. A. backwater B. stream C. tributary D. watershed
backwater: ) a place that is away from the places where most things happen, and is therefore not affected by
events, progress, new ideas, etc.
90. A. froth B. cream C. fat D. caviar
the cream of something: the best people or things in a particular group
91. A. pavilion B. dressing room C. wings D. foyer
in the wings: ready to take over a particular job or be used in a particular situation when needed
92. A. flourish B. open C. spread D. float
93. A. package B. section C. province D. parcel
94. A. level-headed B. hot-headed C. hot-blooded D. kind-hearted
level-headed: calm and sensible.
95. A. step B. position C. elevation D. ascent

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96. E 97. B 98. D 99.F 100.E 101. C 102. A

Your answers
103. B,E,G (IN ANY ORDER) 104. B,E,G (IN ANY ORDER) 105. B,E,G (IN ANY ORDER)

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106. A, D, F (IN ANY ORDER) 107. A, D, F (IN ANY ORDER) 108. A, D, F (IN ANY ORDER)

Your answers
109. B 110. C 111. D 112. B 113. A

114. D 115. C 116. C 117. B 118. A

Your answers
119. H 120. F 121. D 122. C 123.G 124.E 125. A

Part 1. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given.

126. Claire offered to fill in the form for me.
127. Typewriters aren’t much in demand nowadays.
128. Alice and I had a difference of opinion about the party.
129. Don’t worry you will be in good hands at the hospital.
130. Whether he meant it or not is immaterial. The fact is, he said it.