Multiword Verbs 4

Read the texts that follow. A word or phrase is missing in some of the sentences. Four answer choices are given below each of the sentences. Select the best answer to complete the text.

Questions 1 through 3 refer to the following advertisement.

East & West Traveller
Spring is in the air and things are hotting up for summer. Here at East and West Traveller, we’ve been checking out the lastest fashion trends so you will know what to wear this season without having to …(1)… the door.
step in
step forward
step out
step up
Đáp án đúng là step out - bước ra, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

The month of May can be hot and sticky so we …(2)… something light and airy-line. You may not believe it until you look inside May’s edition, but yes, linen can be stylish and sexy. We’ve got also some top health tips to make sure you know how to protect yourself in the summer sun. We’re confident you will learn something new, even if you think you knew at all. And if the rising temperatures are a bit too much, even wondered what to do in Sapa on a rainy day? Eloise Horsefield finds a cool spring get-away in Lao Cai.
opted for
opted out
opted in
opted against
Đáp án đúng là opted for - lựa chọn cái gì/việc gì , các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

Speaking of cool, Vietnam’s Lady Gaga Tung Duong is …(3)… Vietnamese pop music to create something, dare I say it, really sophisticated. Whatever the weather, you’ll find what you are in the mood for in this edition of E & W Traveller.
shaking down
shaking up
shaking off
shaking on
Đáp án đúng là shaking up - tạo ra những thay đổi quan trọng trong 1 tổ chức, sự nghiệp, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

Questions 4 through 6 refer to the following article.

Gods of dos
There are different tales about the origin of Than Tai. Some believe that the God of Luck was actually a man who helped people to do business or treated their diseases. Others believe that he was based on a real-life loyal general. There are those who think “he “was not a man at all, but a woman.
According to this version, the origin of Than Tai comes from a classic reference about maid-servant of Water Genie who was sent to the earth to help a trader do business. The trader was angry and …(4)… the servant.
shouted out
shouted down
shouted for
shouted at
Đáp án đúng là shouted at - shout at somebody: la hét vào ai, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

She was frightened and hid herself in a rubbish dump at the back of the house and disappeared. Since then, the business of the trader …(5)… ruin.
fell out
fell over
fell into
fell off
Đáp án đúng là fell into - rơi vào tình trạng nào đó, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

In an effort to …(6)… such bitter fortune, small businesses worship Than Tai.
stay off
stay away
stay out
stay on
Đáp án đúng là stay off - tránh được, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

Questions 7 through 9 refer to the following article.

On my way to work in Ho Chi Minh City I often …(7)… a restaurant housed in a tall building opposite the Reunification Palace. There is always a lively scene of diners munching away in a courtyard. Many of them are tourists but around half the clientele is local, so I have always assumed this must be a good place for Vietnamese food. Its name is Quan An Ngon 138. The number refers to its place on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street. An Ngon might translate as `delicious eating`.
pass on
pass away
pass by
pass out
Đáp án đúng là pass by - đi qua, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

I have always wondered if it …(8)… its name. The only way to find out was to pop along and try a few dishes.
I know two words for restaurant in Vietnamese. ‘Nha hang’, for me, implies usually a formal place and I would expect to pay higher prices at one. ‘Quan’, I feel, has more friendly and homely connotations. Indeed, many Vietnamese friends translate it into English as ‘pub’. Whilst this is wildly incorrect, both a ‘quan’ and a ‘pub’ are places where eating and drinking are meant to take place in a relaxed atmosphere.
lives on
lives up to
lives up
lives off
Đáp án đúng là lives up to - xứng đáng,