PRACTICE TEST 11.Democracy died after a period of _______(cease) wars, imperial expansion abroad,and the rise of demagoguery at home.incessantceaseless: triền miên, không dứt2. The consequences of _______ (compel) gambling are comparable to those of anyother addictive disease and are not simply those of financial loss.compulsive: có tính ép buộc3. The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and ______ (habit). rehabilitation: sự phục hồi4. The first ______ (conceive) is that legal study at university is exclusively for students who intend becoming solicitors or advocates.misconception: sự hiểu sai5. Too late, she remembered the ______ (settle) effect such comments would have on Johnny.unsettling: đáng lo6. Some economists are now predicting the danger of ______ (run) inflation.runaway: xảy ra rất nhanh7. The ______ (narrate) in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent photographs. narrative: câu chuyện8. They were now faced with seemingly________(mount) technical problems.insurmountable: không thể vượt qua9. When you come down on him too hard, you may only intensify his own ______ (critic)selfcriticism: tự phê bình
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1.Democracy died after a period of _(cease) wars, imperial expansion abroad,and the rise of demagoguery at home
incessant/ceaseless: triền miên, không dứt
2 The consequences of _ (compel) gambling are comparable to those of anyother addictive disease and are not simply those of financial loss
compulsive: có tính ép buộc
3 The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and (habit)
rehabilitation: sự phục hồi
4 The first (conceive) is that legal study at university is exclusively for students who intend becoming solicitors or advocates
misconception: sự hiểu sai
5 Too late, she remembered the (settle) effect such comments would have
on Johnny
unsettling: đáng lo
6 Some economists are now predicting the danger of (run) inflation
runaway: xảy ra rất nhanh
7 The (narrate) in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent
photographs
narrative: câu chuyện
8 They were now faced with seemingly (mount) technical problems insurmountable: không thể vượt qua
9 When you come down on him too hard, you may only intensify his own (critic)
self-criticism: tự phê bình
Trang 210 Your speech should not have been (lace) with these facts beside the point
interlaced: trộn lẫn
11 Their views lie outside the (stream) of current medical opinion
mainstream: xu hướng
12 The teachers are fair and avoid (favour) and scapegoating
favouritism: sự thiên vị
13 She has become _(mesh) in a tangle of drugs and petty crime
enmeshed: vướng vào
14 Do not set your goals too high or else you will always be failing and there is nothing more _ (moral)
demoralising: làm nản lòng
15 The demise of the industry has caused _(tell) misery to thousands of hard-working tradesmen
untold: đáng kể
16 Attracting the banks are the _ (surge) economy and reforms that have openedup industries to foreign capital
resurgent: hồi sinh
17 The ordinary reader is impressed by the tone and manner of publication, and the words chosen to (head) a story.headline: đặt tiêu đề
18 At all events, it was this group of the (possess) that gave the first
successful impetus to the Revolution
dispossessed: nghèo
19 _(prey) pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses
predatory pricing: chính sách hạ giá để tiêu diệt đối thủ
20 He is a (voice) critic of the president's stance on abortion
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21 She made several _ (par) remarks about the manager she dislikes
disparaging: làm mất danh dự
22 As women we tend to be (face) and make light of what we have
achieved
self-effacing: khiêm tốn
23 GEW lamp dimming promise uptime at least 1500 hours, raised productivity and reduces (time)
downtime: thời gian chết của máy móc
24 Would you mind if I took one of the pictures as a (keep)?
keepsake: vật lưu niệm
25 Mania usually alternates with depression, to form a (pole) disorder bipolar (disorder): bệnh trầm cảm
26 This was too we a (hole) for the tax planners: no wonder inheritance tax is called a voluntary tax
loophole: kẽ hở
27 The teacher said that he found it difficult to cope with a class of
(affect)teenagers
disaffected: bất bình
28 He is (fail) polite and tries desperately to understand other people's views
unfailingly: luôn luôn
29 The court (turn) that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence
overturned: lật đổ
30 Some of these statements are misleading and some downright (amend) mendacious: sai sự thật
Trang 431 The state (fast) refused to settle this matter at any time.steadfastly: kiên quyết
32 What is illustrated by these photographs is as much the culture of
shamelessness asthe reigning admiration for (apology) brutality
unapologetic: không biết hối lỗi
33 The judge found that in her case there were (mitigate) circumstances mitigating: làm dịu bớt
34 He impressed his audience by the (profound) of his knowledge
profundity: sự uyên thâm
35 The causes of social _(stress) include inadequate housing
distress: cảnh khốn cùng
36 He was in the _ (envy) position of having to choose between
imprisonmentor exile
unenviable: không mong muốn
37 He was (capacity) by old age and sickness
incapacitated: suy yếu
38 The bank is (solve) and will be unable to live up to its obligations insolvent: vỡ nợ
39 Natalie considered herself very (virtue) because she neither drank nor smoked
virtuous: có đạo đức tốt
40 Their refusal to (tail) spending plans and to increase the burden on poll tax payers is expected
curtail: cắt giảm
41 Rather than a benevolent "socialist" super power China, whose population is made up over 90% Han Chinese, will (stride) the world as a racially
homogeneous, and communalistic "Middle Kingdom”
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42 Broadly speaking, on-line shopping experiences can be categorized into two distinct dimensions: (use) and hedonic value
utilitarian: thực dụng
43 It encouraged experimenters to propose (beat) or novel approaches to problems
offbeat: khác thường
44 It's a bustling (eat) where the fishy fare is served in cones of butcher's paper
eatery: quán ăn
45 Several spoke out against the harshly (right) tone of the original
motion
self-righteous: tự cho là đúng
46 Elections are essential for the (sustain) of parliamentary democracy sustenance: sự tồn tại
47 (similar) is consequently difficult, particularly as the minority groups experience considerable hostility
Assimilation: sự đồng hóa
48 Growth and (mature) of vascular plants are often controlled by
light,usually in conjunction with temperature
maturation: sự lớn lên
49 The practice of meditation and (temple) is life-long, reflecting this daily process of repentance and change at heart
contemplation: sự suy ngẫm
50 The new policy only serves to (accent) the inadequacy of provision for the homeless
accentuate: nhấn mạnh
Trang 651 Pressure was applied with cool precision: women had discovered that to
(step) male dominance was to avoid destructive rage
sidestep: tránh
52 I found your book absolutely (thrall)!
enthralling: làm say mê
53 Listen to both sides and you will be (light), heed only one side and you will be (night)
enlighted – benighted: làm sáng tỏ-nông cạn
54 Bertha, exaggerating the seriousness of the affair, thought it (charlatan)
to undertake a post without knowledge and without capacity
charlatanry: lừa đảo, giả dối
55 I write this down (verb), for much the same reason I took notes in college
verbatim: đúng nguyên văn
56 She came to the party wearing a(n) (land) costume and blond wig outlandish: nổi bật
57 Opposition leaders said they would try to stage nationwide protests, but
previous opposition rallies have met only (warm) support
lukewarm: lãnh đạm, thờ ơ
58 She gave me some friendly advice without a trace of (descend)
condescension: sự hạ mình
59 It's that (patron) tone of hers that I can't bear
patronizing: ra vẻ bề trên
60 And then, to the audience's (mystic), the band suddenly stopped
playing
mystification: sự bối rối
Trang 761 The (conspire) of the assissination of the president was brought to light intime
conspiracy: âm mưu
62 The report is critical of attempts by (official) to deal with the problem
of homelessness
officialdom: giới viên chức
63 The system of counties was essential to Frankish government, and a count could wield considerable power, particularly in (far) regions
far-flung: xa xôi
64 Jaubert had been a reasonable man to work for, had never asked her to do anything illegal or (taste)distasteful: không vừa ý
65 Darwin's theory of evolution was a(n) (shed) dividing the old way of thinking from the new
watershed: bước ngoặt
66 I can find just enough re-run of quality programmes to prevent myself from falling into utter despair and pining for the good old days of
(year).yesteryear: trước đây
67 If he resigned it would be (amount) to admitting that he was
guilty.tantamount: tương đương với
68 For twenty-five years he (pain) amassed evidence to support his
hypothesis
painstakingly: chịu khó
69 He felt out of place, a(n) (conform) in a society where conformity was highly prized
nonconformist: người không theo khuôn phép
70 She unveiled the picture with a(n) (ceremony) gesture
ceremonious: trịnh trọng
Trang 871 Travellers may be (inquire) about the world, but they also travel to make discoveries about themselves
inquisitive: tò mò
72 Both Hathor and her potential victims became (exceed) drunk and merry,so she failed at her task
exceedingly: dư
73 Operation Rescue was an organization notorious for its (front) tactics andits implacable opposition to abortion under all circumstances
confrontational: đương đầu
74 A(n) (face) approach to sustainable construction is required for use by policy - makers, practitioners and civil society
multi-faceted: nhiều phương diện
75 Wage control is the (corner) of the government's economic policy cornerstone: cơ sở
76 She's (fail) cheerful no matter what the circumstances
unfailingly: luôn luôn
77 Instead of just (moan) your fate, why not do something to change it? bemoaning: than phiền
78 For users, they are still expensive (add) features and come with their ownset of integration problems
add-on: thêm vào
79 Foreign observers also accused the authorities of widespread (practice) malpractice: hành vi bất chính
80 (type) images of women are used to legitimise male dominance
Stereotypical: rập khuôn
81 It will (legal) sex - far from helping girls resist pressure, it will help boys bully girls into sex
Trang 9legitimate: hợp pháp hóa
82 Mongolia, although poor, has considerable (tap) resources of oil andminerals
untapped: chưa khai thác
83 Towards the end of the (infant) period the child is becoming more perspicacious
infantile: còn trẻ con
84 It would be (ingenuity) on our part to pretend ignorance of our book's impact, both in sales and controversy
disingenuous: gian xảo
85 I think I must have known _(conscience) that something was going on between them
subconsiously: tiềm thức
86 If evolution has _ (wire) into us a belief that there are objective moral obligations, then we will believe that there are
hard-wired: ăn sâu vào
87 You want clothes that are stylish as well as practical, versatile, (task) and low maintenance
multitasking: nhiều công việc
88 His failures (line) the difference between theatre and film direction underline: nhấn mạnh
89 In other words, subcultural cleavage has attenuated and cultural (homogeneous) has extended from structural orientation into policy orientation homogeneity: tính đồng nhất
90 As the inspector and others came in, she regarded them
(disdain),seemingly unconcerned about her capture
disdainfully: miệt thị
Trang 1091 The concert hall itself reminds one (play) of reproduction art deco and
is also acoustically first-class and adaptable
playfully: khôi hài
92 She didn't want to confront the (escape) fact that she would have to sell thehouse
inescapable: không thể tránh khỏi
93 He made a fortune buying (run) houses and fixing them up to sell
run-down: đổ nát
94 Business schools, who currently dominate entrepreneurship teaching and
research, (compartment) knowledge into functional boxes
compartmentalise: phân chia
95 Idealism was deeply (credit) by the failure to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War
discredited: làm mất uy tín
96 We will reform principal local councils into a(n) (unit) system based on natural communities and the wishes of local people
unitary: thống nhất
97 Since (regulate), banks are permitted to set their own interest rates deregulation: sự bãi bỏ qui định
98 These years witnessed the _(integrate) and destruction of the English peasantry
disintegration: sự tan rã
99 This was really a(n) (whim) thought, and I reproved myself often for thesimplicity of it
whimsical: kì dị
100 There seems to be a(n ) _ (satisfy) demand for more powerful
computers
Trang 11insatiable: không thỏa mãn được