TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN THĂNG LONG – LÂM ĐỒNG

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

I. WORD CHOICE
Question Word Meaning
carmine dark red in color
1 fickle changing often and suddenly
livid extremely angry
2 abashed embarrassed and ashamed because of
something that you have done
3 save except sth
4 solid without a break
5 mock that is a copy of something; not real
whine a long, high sound that is usually unpleasant
6
screech a loud high unpleasant call or noise
during the period of time between two events;
in the interim
until a particular event happens
a strong feeling that something unpleasant or
7 foreboding
dangerous is going to happen
a lack of something; the fact of there not
dearth (of sth)
being enough of something
to send or throw something up or away from
8 project
yourself
always behaving in the same way, or having
consistent
the same opinions, standards, etc.
demanding something and refusing to accept
insistent
any opposition or excuses
determined to do something despite
9
difficulties, especially when other people are
persistent
against you and think that you are being
annoying or unreasonable
not affected by something; able to resist
resistant (to sth)
something
10 swallow your pride hide your feelings of pride

II. GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES

Question Word Meaning
used for agreeing with what someone
1 so it is has said and for showing that you are
a little surprised by it.
4 what with used to list the various reasons for something
the state of being kept in prison, especially
5 take sb into custody
while waiting to go to court for trial

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 disembark to leave a ship, aircraft, etc. after a journey
the instant as soon as
10 assuming that accepting as true without question or proof
given that when you consider something

III. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS

Question Word Meaning
call up summon someone to serve in the armed forces

to force someone or something to leave or

1 driven out
stop doing something
call out to speak loudly
ring up to telephone someone
to suddenly go to sleep or feel weak because
flake out you are extremely tired

If a light or a machine goes off, it stops

2
go off working

to stop being able to move or work in the

seize up
normal way
to defend yourself successfully against an
attack, criticism, or some other unwanted
fend off
thing
3
to treat or dismiss lightly
laugh off
send off instruct someone to go
a particular government or a system or
regime method of government

to visit or stay at a place for a short time when

4 stop off
you are going somewhere else
to remove or stop using something gradually
phase out
or in stages
break off to stop, or to make something stop
pull out of to stop being involved in an activity

to stop being involved in a situation, usually

back off from  in order to allow other people to deal with it
5 themselves
take out of to remove something from somewhere
to refrain from using or doing something,
keep away from
especially something harmful
6 ring up to make a phone call to someone

ring round to call several people on the phone in order to

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 find out information or organize something
ring back to phone someone again
ring off to end a phone conversation intentionally
if you speak off the cuff, you say something
without having prepared or thought about
7 off the cuff
your words first

put sb in sth put sb in a situation

8
be taken property unlawfully from (a person
9 robbed of
or place) by force or threat of force
a man
fellow
10
used to say what sb is really like even though
at heart
they seem to be sth different

IV. COLLOCATIONS & IDIOMS

Question Word Meaning
to be or do something different from what is
be/go against the grain
1 normal or natural
on/through the grapevine by talking in an informal way to other people
look/feel like death warmed up to look or feel very ill or tired
a person who is not enthusiastic about
wet blanket anything and who stops other people from
enjoying themselves
2
a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is
a dead duck certain to fail and that is therefore not worth
discussing
like a bear with a sore head in a bad mood; in an angry way
3 work your fingers to the bone to work very hard
enigmatic mysterious and difficult to understand
done to stop somebody taking action,
pre-emptive especially action that will be harmful to
yourself
4
an argument, a fight or a test that will settle
showdown
a disagreement that has lasted for a long time
dealing with only the most basic matters or
rudimentary
ideas
spring a surprise do, ask, or say something that is not expected
5
to be going to die or stop functioning very
6 be on your/its last legs
soon; to be very weak or in bad condition
(of a conversation or discussion) honest and
8 heart-to-heart
personal
9 to decide how to deal with a situation as it
play it by ear develops rather than by having a plan to
follow
bend somebody’s ear (about to talk to somebody a lot about something,
something) especially about a problem that you have

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 be out on your ear to be forced to leave (a job, etc.)
turn a deaf ear (to to ignore or refuse to listen to
somebody/something) somebody/something
to make a situation much
play havoc with / wreak havoc on more difficult or confusing / damage
something
to make a new discovery or do something that
10 break new ground
has not been done before
take a heavy toll (on to have a bad effect on somebody/something;
somebody/something) / take its toll to cause a lot of damage, deaths, pain, etc.
(on somebody/something)
VI. CLOZE TESTS
Cloze test 1
Line Word Meaning
3 – P1 extraterrestrial a creature that comes from another planet; a
creature that may exist on another planet
2 – P3 mounting increasing, often in a manner that causes or
expresses worry
4 – P3 luminous shining in the dark; giving out light
connected with the earth's atmosphere and its
5 – P3 meteorological changes, especially in the way they affect the
weather
transgress to go beyond the limit of what is morally or
Q1 legally acceptable
encroach (on/upon something) to slowly begin to cover more and more of an
area
to form a judgement about a situation by
reason (that…) | + speech considering the facts and using your power to
think in a logical way
Q2
state something as a fact but without giving
be alleged to be, have, etc. something
proof
denote something | denote that… to be a sign of something
to make something start or happen, usually
instigate something
something official
Q4
constitute to be considered to be something
devise sth invent sth new
to publicly and officially tell people about
Q5 proclaim
something important
to escape from a place that you are not
Q6 abscond (from something)
allowed to leave without permission
to successfully fight somebody who is
Q7 repel attacking you, your country, etc. and drive
them away

Cloze test 2

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 Question Word Meaning
spoken or written words that have no meaning
L3 - P1 nonsense
or make no sense
(of an object, a plan, an idea, etc.) very
L10 - P2 ingenious suitable for a particular purpose and resulting
from clever new ideas
to make or prepare something by fitting or
Q2 put together
collecting parts together
look on/upon sb/sth as sth to consider or think of someone or something
Q3 as something
Q3 look through examine or read something quickly
Q7 reception the act of receiving or welcoming somebody
if something is happening, and
Q6 in the process something else happens in the process, the
second thing happens as a result of the first
Q9 momentarily for a very short time
to give something officially to
Q10 allocate
somebody/something for a particular purpose

B. WRITTEN TEST
I. OPEN CLOZE TEST
Test 1
Line Word Meaning
2 vogue a fashion for something
deliberately including people, things, ideas,
7 inclusive etc. from all sections of society, points of
view, etc.
the quality of being mysterious or secret that
12 mystique makes somebody/something seem interesting
or attractive

Test 2
Line Word Meaning
a live performance by or engagement for a
1 – P1 gig musician or group playing popular or jazz
music
4 – P2 irresistible so strong that it cannot be stopped or resisted
an extra song or piece of music that is
1 – P3 encore performed at the end of a show because the
audience shouts for it

II. WORD FORMS

A.
Question Word Meaning
1 entrepreneur (of weapons) designed to kill or injure people,

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 not to destroy buildings or vehicles, etc.
a thing that you can choose to do or have out of
2 disaster-stricken
two or more possibilities
choose sth or decide to do sth in preference to
4 opt for
anything else.
The public sector is the part of the economy
5 public sector composed of both public services and public
enterprises
continually in a way that happens repeatedly
6
continuously without a pause or interruption
to completely change something so that it is
7 revolutionise 
much better
to say a person or thing is stupid and not worth
pour scorn
anything
10 (especially of a building) a state of not being
dereliction
cared for
quarterly done or produced four times a year

B.
Line Word Meaning
4 – P3 antagonistic showing or feeling opposition
6 – P3 navigable wide and deep enough for ships and boats to
sail on
a flat structure built next to the sea or a river
6 – P3 wharf where boats can be tied up and goods
unloaded (cầu tàu)

III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION

Line Word Meaning
2 handheld small enough to be held in the hand while
being used

IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

Question Word Meaning
1 adulation great praise, especially when it is greater than
necessary

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