NÂNG CẤP KỸ NĂNG WORD FORM,

REWRITE, MULTIPLE CHOICES

2014-2015
Warm up 1
1. DASH OFF:
(1) to write something quickly, putting
little effort into it.
Ex: She dashed the letter off in
five minutes.
2. BRING OFF: to succeed in doing
something difficult
Ex: Terry brought off
the presentation without a hitch.
Ex (1): The house has all the modern conveniences,
including central heating, hot water, etc., that were
unusual at that ime. (CONVENIENT)
Ex (2): Many people have expressed serious doubts
about the practicability. Of the proposed schedule
for next year. (IMPRACTICAL)
Ex (3): She copies the true artist’s signature as part
of a painting, as do most copyists. (COPY)
Ex (4): There was a serving spoon missing when
Nina put the silverware back in its box. (SILVER)
-in light of: because of
Ex: Theories about the causes of the bird flu have
changed in light ot recent research.
O: Recent research has changed theories about
the causes of the bird flu. (LIGHT)

 Theories_____________________________
_________________________.

WARM UP 2
-PROPENSITY /NOUN/: the fact that someone
is likely to behave in
a particular way, especially a bad way.
Ex:
/1/ He's well-known for
his natural propensity for indiscretion. (su khong
than trong)

/2/ [ + to infi niti ve  ] She's inherited from

her father a propensity to talk too much.
Các từ đồng nghĩa
proclivity formal
tendency
+marginal propensity to consume
-QUIBBLE /VERB/: to argue about, or say
you disapprove of, something that is
not important.
Ex: There's
no point quibbling about/over a couple of dollars.

-BICKER /VERB/: to argue about things that are

not important
Ex: They're always bickering with each
other about/over their personal problems.

-IN THE INTERESTS OF SOMETHING: in order to

get, achieve, increase etc.
Ex: In the interests of safety, you are requested
not to smoke in the auditorium. ( thính phòng )

-ABATE /VERB/: to become less.

Ex: The storm abated and we were able
to continue our journey.

 ABATEMENT /NOUN/
 UNABATED /ADJ/
-LONG-STANDING /ADJ/: having existed for
a long time
Ex: They are on the brink of resolvin their long-
standing dispute over money. (STAND)
Ex (3): The house survives in a largely unaltered
state. (ALTERABLE)
Ex (4): It will ve impossible to recover all the
misapplied charity money. (APPLY)

MOCK TEST 1
-IN PROPORTION TO: in relation to;
in comparison with
Ex: You spend far too much time on
that work in proportion to its importance.

-TRANSPOLAR /ADJ/:
across the Arctic or Antarctic region,
Ex: It was a successul transpolar exploration, the
whole journey across the North Pole took two
months. (POLAR)
-APOLITICAL /ADJ/: not interested in
or connected with politics, or not connected to
any political party
Ex: The organization insists that it is apolitical and
does not identify with any one particular party.
(POLITICS)

-PACIFIST /NOUN/: someone

who believes in pacifism. NGUOI YEU HOA BINH
Ex: The
pacifist movement is gaining increasing support a
mong young people. (PEACE)

-SCAREMONGER /NOUN/:
a person who spreads stories that cause public fea
r.
Ex: The journalist kept spreading ridiculous stories
to make people nervous. Finally, those journalists
were accused of scaremongering yesterday.
(SCARE)

Ex (1): It would be morally indefensible for her to

desert her father now. (DEFEND)
Ex (2): The planning authorities gave the school the
go-ahead for an extension. (GO)
Ex (3): People who had heard the evidence at the
trial were surprised at the outcome. (COME)
Ex (4): I think my last statement encapsulated the
situation very well-at least, I cant think of any
better summary. (CAPSULE)
Ex (5): THE 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and
Korea will feature a totally new type of official
mascot, based upon futuristic computer animation.
(FUTURE)

II. REWRITE:
1. Young as she is, she has 4 noticeable
novels to her credit.
Ex: She’s still young, but she has written four
noticeable novels. (CREDIT)

 Young______________________________
_____________________.
2. The press has poured/heaped scorn on the
handling of the matter.
O: The handling of the matter has been heavily
criticized by the press. (SCORN)
  The
press_______________________________
________________.

-be on the level: to be acting or speaking honestly:

It seems too good to be true. Are you sure this
guy's on the level?
-get in:
/1/ If a train or other vehicle gets in at
a particular time, that is when it arrives:
What time is the plane expected to get in?
/2/ to send something so that it arrives by
a particular time:
I have to get my application in by Thursday.
/3/ to succeed in saying something, although it
is difficult to do this because
other people are talking too:
He couldn't get a word in because she
was talking so much.
/4/ to manage to find time to do something
or deal with someone:
I want to get a little bit more work in before
I leave the office.
/5/ to buy a supply of something,
usually food or drink, so that you will have
enough of what you need:
We'll have to get some food in for the weekend if
we're having visitors.
/6/ to be elected to a political position:
If Archer gets in as mayor,
he’s likely to raise taxes.
/7/ to ask a trained person to come
to your home to do some paid work:
We'll have to get a plumber in to look at
that water tank.

-turn the other cheek; to not do anything

to hurt someone who has hurt you.
Ex: Neither nation is renowned for turning the
other cheek.

-put your best foot forward: to try as hard as you

can

-push your luck (push it): to try too hard to get

a particular result and risk losing what you
have achieved.
Ex: She's agreed to help on Saturday, but
I think I'd be pushing my luck if I asked her to be
here the whole weekend.

MULTIPLE CHOICE
-CARRY IT TOO FAR/TO EXTREMES/EXCESS: go off
the limit.
-BE PAR FOR THE COURSE: If
a type of behaviour, event, or situation is par for
the course, it is not good but it is normal or as you
would expect.
Ex: The school budget is going to be cut again
this year, but then that's par for the course.
-CUT SOMEONE TO THE QUICK:
to hurt someone's feelings a lot.
Ex: Her thoughtless remark cut him to the quick.
-SCOURGE /NOUN/: something or someone
that causes great suffering or a lot of trouble
Ex:
/1/ the scourge of war/poverty/drugs
>the bane of something:
a cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness
Ex: That cat is the bane of my life!
-DEMAMOGOGUE /NOUN/:
a person, especially a political leader,
who wins support by exciting the emotions of ordi
nary people rather than by having good
or morally right ideas

-ENNUI /NOUN/: a feeling of

being bored and mentally tired caused by having
nothing interesting or exciting to do
Ex: The whole country seems to be affected by the
ennui of winter.
Các từ đồng nghĩa
boredom
tedium

-CAVEAT /NOUN/:
a warning to consider something before taking
any more action, or a statement that limits a
more general statement.
Ex: He agreed to the interview, with the caveat
that he could approve the final article.
Từ đồng nghĩa
proviso

-WEIGHTY /ADJ/:
(1) heavy.
Ex: I don't want to carry this bag around
all afternoon - it's pretty weighty.
(2) important and serious
Ex: He took time to from his weighty duties to
personally attend to someone really important.
(WEIGHT)

-HIGHBROW /NOUN/: (of books, plays,

etc.) involving serious and complicated or artistic i
deas, or
(of people) interested in serious and complicated 
subjects.
Ex: Italian television could never be accused of
being highbrow, but now it’s now apparently
become so tacky that most Italians would rather
watch commercials, according to a new survey.
(HIGH)

-APPORTION /VERB/: to give or share out

something, especially blame or money, among
several people or things.
Ex: (1) How dare they apportion blame without
knowing all the facts first. (PORTION)
 (2) When we know how much is profit,
then we can apportion
the money among/between us.
(3) The investigation into
the air crash would inevitably apportio
n blame to certain members of
the crew.

 APPORTIONMENT /NOUN/
=ALLOCATE (allocate something for
something, allocate something to
somebody)

-INCAPACITATE /VERB/: to make

someone unable to work or do things normally,
or unable to do what they intended to do
Ex: I want to make sure akk my dependants will
be financially secure if I’m incapacitated in any
way. (CAPACITY)

-OBJECTIONABLE /ADJ/: used

to describe people or things that
you dislike or oppose because they are
so unpleasant or wrong
Ex: I found it most objectionable when they insist
on taking religion with you as if you were a
common person. (OBJECT)
Các từ đồng nghĩa
exceptionable formal
obnoxious disapproving (When she's in
a bad mood she's obnoxious to everyone.)

-UNACCOUNTED FOR /ADJ/: lost or unpaid,

without explanation.
Ex: Much of
the cost of environmental degradation goes
unaccounted for. (ACCOUNT)
>BE UNACCOUNTABLE TO SOMETHING: to not
be expected to explain or provide a reason to
a particular person or organization for your action
s
Ex: The military and CIA hire contractors who
are completely unaccountable to Congress.
(1) For some unaccountable reason,
he keeps his wallet in
his underwear drawer.( not able to
be explained or understood)
-EMPOWERMENT /NOUN/:
the process of gaining freedom and power to do
what you want or to control what happens to you
Ex: “I think we’ve seen a remendous
empowerment of African-Americans in the last 38
years. The last horror is statewide office.”
(POWER)

-LANDLOCKED /ADJ/: surrounded by the land of

other countries and having no coast
Ex: Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, so much of
its trade depend on having access to ports in
Moxambique. (LAND)

Ex: Under the guidance of dialectial materialism

and historical one, and on the basis of the
constantly developing situation of reality, China
has formulated curricula for various schools at
different levels. (MATERIAL)

-UNSUBSTANTIATED /ADJ/: not supported by facts

Ex: Simple assertion, unsubstantiated by relevant
evidence, cannot can be considered sufficient to
meet the requirements of this paragraph.
(SUBSTANCE)
-INCONTROVERTIBLE /ADJ/:
impossible to doubt because of
being obviously true
Ex: The British Jewish leaders finnaly got to
Churchchill and Eden with some incontrovertible
evidence. (CONTROVERSIAL)
Từ đồng nghĩa
irrefutable formal

EX (2): The referee who will be officiating at this

year’s FA Club Final is one of my relatives.
(OFFICIAL)

-DECAFFEINATED /ADJ/:
Decaffeinated coffee or tea from has had
the caffeine (= a chemical substance) removed.
Ex: She bought some decaffeinated coffee as she
cannot stand caffeine. (CAFFEINE)

-UNINHABITABLE /ADJ/:
not habitable (= suitable to live in)
Ex: An exterminator said he had a method that
involved the use of cyanide and would render the
house uninhabitable for two years. (HABIT)

-UNTHINKABLE /ADJ/: so shocking that it cannot

be imagined as possible
Ex: Could they do the unthinkable and acutally win
the game? (THINK)
>THE UNTHINKABLE /ADJ/:
an unthinkable event or situation

-UNDERSTAFFED /ADJ/ (UNDERMANNED): If

a shop, business, or organization is understaffed,
it does not have enough employees
Ex: I’m afraid that the hospital is desperately
understaffed at the moment. (STAFF)
Các từ đồng nghĩa
short-handed
short-staffed UK

-SENSUOUSNESS /NOUN/:
/1/ the quality of affecting or relating to
the physical senses, rather than pleasing the mind 
or the intelligence
Ex: Regretting the lack of spontaneity and real
sensuousness in other contemporary poets, he
deplores in Tennyson. (SENSE)
/2/
the expression or suggestion of physical, especiall
y sexual, pleasure or satisfaction
Ex: He secretly led a life of happy sensuousness
with his first love.

-SELF-KNOWLEDGE /NOUN/: an understanding of

yourself and your abilities
Ex: The years in isolation and adversity have
deepened his self-knowledge. (KNOW)

REWRITE
2014-2015
-GET SOMETHING OUT OF YOUR WAY: to
finish something.
Ex: I just need to get this work out of my
way and then I’ll call you.
O: I just need to finish this work and then I’ll
call you. (WAY)
  I just need
to__________________________________
_________________________________.

Ex (1): There are reported to have been a number

of arrests since the robbery.
O: Reports say that police have arrested a number
of people since the robbery. REPORTED
=>There
are_______________________________________
___________________________.

EXERCISE
22.3.16
-BIRDS AND BEES: the basic facts about sex and
how babies are produced
Ex: She's only six, but she already knows about
the birds and the bees.

-BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER: said

about people who
have similar characters or interests, especially one
s of which you disapprove, and who
often spend time with each other
Ex:

She spent most of her time abroad with other

native speakers, which I suppose is natural. Birds of
a flock together, after all.

-BE THE BEE’S KNEES: to be excellent or of

an extremely high standard
Ex: Have you tried this ice cream? It's the
bee's knees, it really is.

-A BAT OUT OF HELL: thật nhanh, ba chân bốn cẳng

Ex: If there were a fire, I’d be off like a bat out of
hell!

PEOPLE

a band of soldiers

a circle of friends

a crew of sailors

a crowd of people

a gang of thieves

a group of people

a horde of children
a mass of people

a mob of hooligans

a panel of experts

a party of visitors

an army of soldiers

a bevy of beauties

a band of musicians

a band of robbers

a board of directors

a body of men

a bunch of crooks

a caravan of gypsies

a choir of singers

a class of pupils

a class of students

a company of actors

a company of soldiers

a congregation of worshippers

a crew of sailors
a crowd of spectators

a crowd of people

a dynasty of kings

a galaxy of film stars

a gang of crooks

a gang of labourers

a gang of prisoners

a gang of robbers

a gang of thieves

a horde of savages

a host of angels

a line of kings/rulers

a mob of rioters

a group of dancers

a group of singers

a pack of rascals

a pack of thieves

a party of friends

a patrol of policemen
a posse of policemen

a regiment of soldiers

a staff of employees

a staff of servants

a staff of teachers

a team of players

a tribe of natives

a troop of scouts

a troupe of artistes

a troupe of dancers

a troupe of performers

a party of friends

ANIMALS

a colony of ants

a drove of cattle

a plague of locusts

a school of fish

a herd of cattle

a hive of bees
an army of ants

a bevy of quail

a brood of chickens

a catch of fish

a cloud of flies

a cloud of insects

a cloud of locusts

a colony of gulls

a drove of cattle

a drove of horses

a flight of birds

a flight of doves

a flight of locusts

a flight of swallows

a flock of birds

a flock of geese

a flock of sheep

a gaggle of geese

a haul of fish
a herd of buffaloes

a herd of cattle

a herd of deer

a herd of elephants

a herd of goats

a herd of swine

a hive of bees

a host of sparrows

a kindle of kittens

a litter of cubs

a litter of piglets

a litter of kittens

a litter of puppies

a menagerie of wild animals

a muster of peacocks

a nest of ants

a nest of mice

a nest of rabbits

a pack of hounds
a pack of wolves

a plague of insects

a plague of locusts

a pride of lions

a school of herrings

a school of porpoises

a school of whales

a shoal of fish

a skein of wild geese in flight

a string of horses

a stud of horses

a swarm of ants

a swarm of bees

a swarm of insects

a swarm of locusts

a team of horses

a team of oxen

a train of camels

a tribe of goats
a troop of lions

a troop of monkeys

a zoo of wild animals

THINGS

a bouquet of flowers

a bunch of grapes

a clump of trees

a collection of coins

a deck of cards

a set of teeth

a shelf of books

a string of pearls

a pack of cards

a fleet of ships

an album of photographs

an album of stamps

an anthology of poems

an archipelago of islands

a bale of cotton
a basket of fruit

a batch of bread

a battery of guns

a block of flats

a book of exercises

a book of notes

a bouquet of flowers

a bowl of rice

a bunch of bananas

a bunch of flowers

a bunch of grapes

a bunch of keys

a bundle of rags

a bundle of firewood

a bundle of hay

a catalogue of goods

a chain of mountains

a chest of drawers

a cluster of coconuts
a cluster of grapes

a cloud of dust

a clump of bushes

a clump of trees

a collection of coins

a collection of curiosities

a collection of stamps

a column of smoke

a comb of bananas

a compendium of games

a constellation of stars

a cluster of diamonds

a cluster of stars

a clutch of eggs

a crate of fruit

a crop of apples

a fall of rain

a fall of snow

a fleet of motor-cars
a fleet of ships

a flight of aeroplanes

a flight of steps

a forest of trees

a galaxy of stars

a garland of flowers

a glossary of difficult words

a group of islands

a grove of trees

a hail of bullets

a harvest of wheat

a heap of rubbish

a heap of ruins

a hedge of bushes

a heap of stones

a layer of soil

a library of books

a line of cars

a list of names
a mass of ruins

a necklace of pearls

an outfit of clothes

an orchard of fruit trees

a pack of cards

a pack of lies

a packet of cigarettes

a packet of letters

a pair of shoes

a pencil of rays

a quiver of arrows

a range of hills

a range of mountains

a ream of paper

a reel of thread

a roll of film

a rope of pearls

a row of houses

a series of events
a set of china

a set of clubs

a set of tools

a sheaf of arrows

a sheaf of corn

a sheaf of grain

a sheaf of papers

a sheaf of wheat

a shower of blows

a shower of rain

a stack of arms

a stack of corn

a stack of hay

a stack of timber

a stack of wood

a stock of wood

a string of beads

a string of pearls

a suit of clothes
a suite of furniture

a suite of rooms

a tuft of grass

a tuft of hair

a wad of currency

a wreath of flowers

WORKTEST HUMAN BODY

1. ARMISTICE /NOUN/:
a formal agreement between
two countries or groups at war to stop 
fighting for
a particular time, especially to talk abo
ut possible peace
Ex: Through the armistice was in effect, how
did the Allies still wage war on Germany.
(ARM)

2. HEARTTHROB /NOUN/: a famous man,

often a singer or an actor, who
is attractive to many women
Ex: They had just release the list of all-time
favorite on-screen Hollywood heartthrob.
(HEART)
  pull, tug, etc. at the heartstrings: It's
the story of
 a lost child - guaranteed to tug at the
heartstrings.
(to cause strong feelings of love or sym
pathy)

3. HEART-STOPPING /ADJ/: giving you

a sudden very strong feeling of fear.
Ex: This is the heart-stopping moment a
bikder flipped over his handlebars after a
driver slammed on his brakes at high-speed.
(HEART)

4. LEVEL-HEADED/COOL-HEADED (ADJ):
having
the ability to stay calm and think clearl
y in difficult situations
=NERVELESS /ADJ/
Ex: This company requires a
level-headed/cool-headed person with high
experience in sensibly managing business
risk. (HEAD)

5. PIGHEADED /ADJ/:
showing unreasonable support for
an opinion or plan of action and refusin
g to change or listen to
different opinions
Ex: She is a pigheaded child. She would
never listen to her parents. (HEAD)

6. HEADLONG /ADJ/:
 /1/ with great speed or without thinking
Ex:
(1) The car skidded and plunged headlong
over the cliff.
(2) In the headlong rush to buy houses,
many people got into debt.
(3) Journalists are criticizing the country’s
headlong dash to capitalism. (HEAD)

7. HANDHELD /ADJ/: A
handheld object has been designed so
that it can be held and used easily with
one or two hands
Ex: Amazon has just released the latest
handheld dictionary, which is suitable
for our daily use. (HAND)

8. Just ignore it! It ws no more than an

elaborate leg-pulling. (LEG)
 PULL RANK: to use
the power that your position gives you
over someone in order to make them
do what you want:
He doesn't have the authority to pull rank on me.
 9. HEAD-ON /ADJ/: A head-on accident is
one in which the fronts of
two vehicles hit each other
Ex: The car crashed head-on by the struck.
(HEAD)

10. The football player recived a red card

when forcefully stiff-arm the referee.
(ARM)

II. REWRITE:
1. HAVE AN EYE ON SOMETHING: to
have seen something that
you want and intend to get:
Ex: She's had her eye on a bike for
some time.

2. HAVE A WORD IN SOMEBODY’S EAR: to give

someone
a piece of advice or information secretly
Ex: Don’t worry, I will have a word in your
ear about the matter later.
O: Don’t worry, I will speak privately to you
about the matter later. (EAR)
  Don’t
worry,___________________________
___________________.

3. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR/KEEP YOUR EYES

OPENED/PEELED FOR SOMETHING:
Ex: Residents have been asked to kept an
eye out for anything suspicious.
O: Police have asked residents to be alert to
anything suspicious. (EYE)
 Residents____________________________
_______________________.
-keep an eye on something: to watch or
take care of something or someone:
Will you keep your eye on my suitcase while I go
to get the tickets?

4. WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED/SHUT:

/1/ If you could do something
with your eyes closed or shut, you could do
it very easily because you have done it
many times
Ex: I have made this trip so often so I can do
it with my eyes closed/shut.
O: I have made this trip so often so it has
become too easy to me. (SHUT)
 I
have________________________________
____________________________________
_____.
/2/ notice nothing
Ex: Half the time you go around
with your eyes shut.

5. HAND DOWN: to give something from

generation to generation.
 Hand-me-down: a piece of clothing that
someone has given to
a younger person because they
no longer want it
Ex: These skills have been handed down
from my father. (DOWN)

6. SEND SOMEONE AWAY WITH A FLEA IN

SOMEBODY’S EAR: to angrily tell someone
to go away.
Ex: Tom sent me away with a flea in his
ear.
O: Tom angrily made me out of his house.
(FLEA)
 Tom________________________________
_____________________.
 7. COCK AN EYE AT SOMEONE:
To look at someone or something intently.
Ex: The students cock an eye at the
teacher’s lecturer.
O: The students pay great attention to the
teacher’s lecturer. (COCK)
 The
students_____________________________
___________________.

-FLEE /VERB/:
to escape by running away, especially because
of danger or fear:
(1) She fled (from) the room in tears.
(2) In order to escape capture, he
fled to the mountains.
  flee the country:
 to quickly go to
another country in order to escape from
something or someone:
It is likely that the suspects have fled
the country by now.

WORKTEST SPORT
I. WORDFORM:
1. PLAYOFF /NOUN/:
an extra game or period of play in
a competition played between tea
ms or competitors who both have
the same number of points,
in order to decide who wins the co
mpetition.
Ex: They lost to Chicago in the
playoff, therefore, they had to go
home. (PLAY)

2. SPORTSMANSHIP /NOUN/:
behaviour in sport that
is fair and shows respect to the
other players
Ex: John has a good reputation for
fair play and good sportsmanship.
(SPORT)

3. BIATHLON /NOUN/:
behaviour in sport that
is fair and shows respect to the
other players
Ex: Biathlon is a winter sport that
combine corss-country skiing and
rifle shooting. (TWO)

4. PLAYMAKER /NOUN/: in games such

as football,
a player whose main job is
 to organize and control a
team's attacking play
Ex: Whether or not the game is
interesting, it depends on the
playmaker. (PLAY)

5. KICKOFF /NOUN/: the time when

a game of soccer starts, or when
it begins again after it
has stopped because of a goal, etc.
Ex: The kickoff of the game is 15:00.
(KICK)

II. REWRITE:
1. HAVE AN ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE:
Ex: Loss not what we are afraid of because we have
an ace up our sleeve.
O:
We aren’t afraid of losing because we have a secret
weapon. (SLEEVE)
 Loss________________________________
_______________________.

2. BREEZE THROUGH:  to do something

successfully and easily
Ex: He breezed through the exams.

3. BLOW AWAY:
/1/ To surprise or please someone very much:
The ending will blow you away.
/2/ to kill a person by shooting them
/3/ to defeat someone or
something completely, especially in
a sports competition:
Ex: Mitchell blew away the other teams
O: Mitchell beated the other teams hands down.
(BLOW)

 Mitchell_____________________________
______________________.

Ex (1): Showing your hand is what you have to do.

O:
It is advisable that you tell everyone what your
plans are. (HAND)

 Showing_____________________________
_____________________.

-HAVE THE ODDS/CARDS STACKED AGAINST YOU:

to be very unlikely to succeed because you are not
in a good position
Ex:
You are unlikely to succeed because the cards/odds
are stacked against you.
O:
You stand little chance of succeeding because the
rules are not good for you. (STACKED)

 You
are_________________________________
___________________.

Ex (2):
The play was built up to be a masterpiece but I
found it rather disappointing
O:
The play was meant to be a masterpiece but I
found it rather disappointing. (BUILT)
→ The play
was______________________________________
____________.

Ex (3):

After the final trial, the players looked/felt like

death warmed up/over
O:
After the final trail, the players seemed really
exhausted. (DEATH)
→ After the final trial, the
players____________________________________
___.
-SPORTSMANLIKE (adjective ): behaving in a way
that is fair and shows respect towards the
other players when playing sport
Các từ đồng nghĩa
clean
sporting

MOCK TEST ANIMAL

-HAVE/GOT ANTS IN THE/ONE’S PANTS: to be
unable to sit still because you are nervous,…
Ex: As soon as the substitute teacher came in, the
children at school have ants in their pants.
O: he children at school were very excited when
the substitute teacher came in. (ANT)

 As soon
as__________________________________
_____________________________.
Ex (1): She soon made a beeline for her crush as
she arrived at the party.
O: She soon moved directly toward her crush
immediately as she arrived at the party.
(SOON/BEELINE)

 ____________________________________
___________________________________.

Ex (2): Owing to their great hunger, they

wolfed/gobbled down all the sandwiches.
O: As they were very hungry, they gobbled down all
the sandwiches. (DOWN)

 Owing______________________________
____________________________________
.
Ex (3): My father has a bee in his bonnet about
punctuation.
O: My father considers punctuation very important
as he talks about it a lot. (BEE)

 My_________________________________
____________________________________
.

II.
1. DOLPHINARIUM /NOUN/: a pool have
dolphins
Ex: Dolphinarium is very popular in the
Mddle East, provding habitat to dolphins
and seals. (DOLPHIN)

2. INSECTIVORE /NOUN/:
an animal that eats only insects
Ex: An insectivore is a plant or animal that
eats insects. (INSECT)

3. LOPE-EARED /ADJ/: có tai thõng xuống

Ex: Lope-eared rabit, a kind of rabbit with
ears that hang down at the side of the head
need plenty of care as well as a good and
safe environment if they are to be healthy
and happy. (EAR)\

4. DOMESTICATE /VERB/:
to bring animals or plants under human co
ntrol in order to provide food, power,
or company
Ex: In the United States, cats are the most
popular house pet,

Ex: Mammalian domesticated animals,

characterized by a coverin of hair on the
skin and, in the female, milk-producing
mammary glands for nourishing the young.
 SPORTS AND GAMES
1.
-go to bat for someone: to support someone when
the person needs help
Ex: I will go to bat for nIck if he gets into trouble
this afternoon.
-go overboard: to do something too much, or to be
too excited or eager about something
Ex: I don't think there'll be more than
six people eating, so I wouldn't go overboard with
the food.
-off the hook:
/1/ If you leave the phone off the hook, you do
not put it back correctly and it will not ring.
/2/ If you are off the hook, you have escaped from
a difficult situation:
John's agreed to go to the meeting in my place so
that gets/lets me off the hook.
/3/ extremely good:
That party was off the hook!

2.
-no sweat: If you say that something is no sweat,
you mean that it will not
be difficult or cause problems:
"Can you fix my car for me?" "No sweat!"

3.
-a fair shake: an equal chance to do something (a
fair crack of the whip)
Ex: It would take at least a two-week trial before
to give Gene a fair shake my opnion.

III.
1. The lost to Chicago in the play-off,
thereforem they had to go home. (PLAY)
2. John has a good reputation for fair play and
good sportsmanship. (SPORT)

3. BIATHLON
/ADJ/:a sports competition that combines s
kiing and shooting a rifle (= gun)
 Ex: Biathlon is a winter sport that combine
cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
(TWO)
-decathlon /noun/: ten sports vent
-heptathlon /noun/: seven sport events
-pentathlon /noun/: five sports events

4. PLAYMAKER /NOUN/: in games such

as football, a player whose main job is
to organize and control a
team's attacking play
Ex: Whether or not the game is interesting,
it depends on the playmaker.

5. The kickoff of the game is 15:00. (KICK)

6. This game happens before the main game,

it’s a preparatory match. (PREPARE)

III. REWRITE:
1. Loss is not what we are afraid of because
we have an ace up our sleeve.
O: We aren’t afraid of losing because we
have a secret weapon. (SLEEVE)
 Loss
is__________________________________
________________________________.
 2. If you don’t lay your cards on the table, we
cant cooperate.
O: We cant cooperate if you don’t tell us
what your plans are. (LAY)
 If_______________________________
________________________________
____.

3. SHOW YOUR HAND:

to allow people to know about intentions t
hat you had previously kept secret.
Ex: Showing your hand is what you have to
do.
O: It is advisable that you tell everyone
what your plans are. (HAND)
 Showing_____________________________
___________________________________.

MOCK TEST 5/4/2016

-CONTRAINDICATION /NOUN/: a sign that
someone should not continue with
a particular medicine or treatment because it is or
might be harmful
Ex: The contraindications listed for the pills meant
that she couldn’t take them because she may be
allergic to some of the chemicals in them.
(INDICATE)

-ECO-WARRIOR /NOUN/:
a person who argues against
and tries to stop activities that damage the enviro
nment
Ex: Kazumi is an eco-warrior on a mission to
protect the environment. (WAR)

Ex (1): The two losers got to follow in the footsteps

of their fellow compatriots by walking the plank.
(PATRIOTIC)

-SHATTER-PROOF /ADJ/:
Shatterproof glass or plastic, etc. is made so that it
will not break into small pieces
Ex: This type of shatter-proof screen ensble drivers
to have s clear view even when is smashed.
(SHATTER)
-REFERENDUM /NOUN/: a vote in which all
the people in a country or an area are asked to
give their opinion about
or decide an important political or social question
Ex: Despite opposition from Klev and the West,
Crimea moved forward with a referendum in which
voters overwhelmingly backed seceding from
Ukraine and joining Russia. (REFER)

-RISK-AVERSE /ADJ/: unwilling to

take risks or wanting to avoid risks as much
as possible
Ex: Australian voeters are naturally risk-averse and
will not rush headlong into charge of government.
(RISK)

-GUILT-TRIP /ADJ/:
a strong feeling of guilt because of something you
have done wrong or forgotten to do
Ex: He’s just trying to guilt-trip you into paying
him more. (GUILT)

Ex (2): Joining this project is a no-brainer. Just do

it (BRAIN)
II. REWRITE:
1. Should it happens that nuclear weapons
are used, we’re all doomed.
O: In the event of nuclear weapons being
used, we’re all doomed.
 Should
it__________________________________
______________.

2. There isn’t any chance of you getting a

copy of the report, are you?
Ex: You haven’t by any chance got a copy
of the report, have you?
 There_______________________________
____________________.

3. Her disappointment was such that she

suddenly started to cry.
O: She felt so disappointed that she
suddenly started to cry. (SUCH)
 Her_________________________________
____________________.
4. The boy’s work must be capable of being
improved.
O: The boy’s work can surely be improved.
(OF)
 The boy’s work
must_______________________________
________.

5. The way he behaves leaves a lot/much to

be desired.
O: No one likes his behavior. (DESIRED)
 The
way________________________________
_________________.

6. What she lacked in size she made up for in

strength.
O: She wasn’t very big but she was very
strong. (LACKED)
 What_______________________________
____________________________________
_____.

7. If the applicants are all on a par, we’ll give

preference to those who applied first.
 O: If the applicants are all equal in
qualification and ability, we’ll choose those
who applied first, (PAR)
 If
the_________________________________
_____________________________preferen
ce to those who applied first.

8. He was the undisputed champion of the

world.
O: No one could deny that he had won all
the international competition.
(UNDISPUTED)
 He
was________________________________
_____________________________world.
MOCK TEST 19/1/2016
1. COUNT THE COST:
to start to understand how badly something
has affected you.
Ex: We are counting the cost as we didn’t
have the insurance taken out.
O: We are having problem because we
didn’t take the medical insurance. (COST)
 We
are_________________________________
__________taken out.
2. Lightning never strikes twice: said to show
that it is unlikely that
something bad or unusual will happen to
the same person twice
Ex: It is not my expectation that lightning
will strike twice.
O: I do not expect another accident of the
same type happen there again.
 It is not
my_________________________________
_________twice.

3. The new model are supposed to be in

vicinity of ten thousand dollars.
O: We suppose the new models are about
ten thousand dollars. (VICINITY)
 It is not
my_________________________________
______________.

4. The students in his class comes from far and

wide, which makes the place very special.
O: The students in his class come from
many different places which makes the
place very special. (WIDE)
  The students in his
class____________________________,
which makes the place very special.

II. WORD FORM:

1. HARD-HEARTED /ADJ/: If someone is hard-
hearted, they are not kind or
not able to feel sympathy.
Ex: He behaves so badly to his wife. He’s
an hard-hearted person. (HEART)

2. WELL-FOUNDED /ADJ/: based on facts

Ex: My suspicion is proved to be well-
founded that he was the culprit. (FOUND)

Ex (1): It’s impossible to remain motionless by the

reports of the famine in remote African villages.
(MOTION)