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ANSWER TO PRACTICE TEST 1
I. VOCABULARY
A
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. A
- subject to (v) : cause sb to undergo st unpleasant {recruits subjected to rigorous physical training}
- take on (v) : undertake task {I can`t take on any more projects at the moment.}
- fall short of st : fail to meet a desired standard; become less
- put by (v) : save money for future use
- put in (v) : make telephone call; say st; make claim; give time/energy
- put apart (v) : place st {I put my arms around her.}{They put the child`s money into a trust fund.}, cause sb to go to a place and stay there for a period of time; place sb or st in a particular state or situation {It put me in mind of my last visit.}; set/ make sb do st; make sb or st have or be affected by st {They put pressure on him to accept the offer}
- put down (v) : release a hold or grip on st and put it on a lower surface, or restore to the ground sb who has been lifted up; write st on paper; suppress a rebellion; use force to bring a rebellion to an end
- negligence (n) : carelessness; the condition or quality of being negligent; civil wrong causing injury or harm; casualness
- border on st (v) : be almost the same as st, verge on st {The boy’s reply to his teacher was bordering on rudeness.}; be next to st {The new housing estate borders on the motorway.}
- uppermost (a) : highest
- come in for : receive; be subjected to; be the object of criticism or scrutiny {The policy has come in for scathing attacks by the media.} (scathing: severely critical and scornful)
- go down with : find acceptance; become ill with + disease
11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. D 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. D
- contradict (v) : disagree with; show to be wrong {The results contradicted all previously held theories.}
- counteract (v) : lessen effect of
- contrast (v) : seem/make things seem different {These poems have a mature voice when contrasted with her earlier work.}; marked difference
- contravene (v) : violate a rule/law {outdated equipment that contravenes the safety regulations}; contradict st {There was no question of contravening the committee`s findings.}
- the grapevine /aI/ (sl) : means by which news is passed on from person to person
- in line for st : likely to get st {She’s in line for promotion.}
- dedicate to st (v) : devote attention to st; set st aside for purpose
- commission (v) : assign task to sb; order st special; fee paid to agent
- discipline (n) : branch of knowledge; subject of instruction; kiến thức bộ môn
- anguish (n) : extreme anxiety; sorrow, grief
- solo (a) : if one does st solo, he does it alone
- on one’s own : by oneself; do st alone without the help of anyone else; unaided
- single (a) : not married (present status)
- sole (a) : unmarried
- solitary (a) : single + thing {a solitary boat on the sea/flower}; done alone
- extremely (ad) : + nervous/important/difficult/bad (gradable adjectives); even more than very
- absolutely (ad) : + perfectright/correct/incredible/fantastic/crazy/terrible/awful/impossible/ sure/dreadful/ brilliant/no/none/everything/nothing/all (ungradable adjectives){Mr. Morris is absolutely correct. It would be impossible for us all to go.} {He just sat there doing and saying absolutely nothing.}{There is absolutely no evidence against him.}
- exceedingly (fml) : + difficult/complex{It is exceedingly difficult to determine the exact cause of death in some murders}
- completely : in every way; + different/relaxed/isolated/