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ĐỀ 32

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KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2024

Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian phát đề

Họ, tên thí sinh:…………………………………………………………………………

Số báo danh:.................................................................................................................... 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. visit         B. present         C. business          D. mistake

Question 2: A. this         B. nice         C. file               D. night 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A. surprise           B. surgeon           C. explore         D. predict

Question 4: A. activity          B. eliminate          C. invitation          D. impossible 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5: Most people accept the proposition that we have a duty to protect _________ animals.

        A. dangerous         B. endangered          C. dangerously          D. endanger

Question 6: Carol’s father works as ______ electrician.

        A. an        B. Ø (no article)                C. the          D. a

Question 7: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday, _________?

        A. didn’t I          B. didn’t you          C. wasn’t it        D. wasn’t she

Question 8:  The doctor______ living in this house before us moved to Australia.

        A. living        B. has been living        C. was living          D. living

Question 9. My dad is ______ person in the world

        A. the greatest         B. more greatest            C. most greatest             D. greatest

Question 10: All the time she has been nagging __________ me with question, not helping me.     

        A. in          B. up         C. at         D. on

Question 11: Your _________ to this university will depend on marks you score in the entrance examination.

        A. admission                      B. attendance                     C. permission                    D. admittance

Question 12: The documents ______ to the government agency last week

        A. will have submitted                                       B. were submitted

        C. have submitted                                              D. will submit

Question 13: When I entered the room, my daughter ______ the Internet.

        A. has surfed                    B. was surfing                   C. is surfing                      D. surfed

Question 14: I will contact you ______.

        A. as soon as I get the information about the course 

        B. as soon as I was getting the information about the course 

        C. as soon as I had got the information about the course 

        D. as soon as I got the information about the course

Question 15: You should avoid ______ to strangers.

        A. to talk               B.  talking               C. to talking                         D. to talked       

Question 16: Henry is thinking of ______ golf but the equipment is too expensive.

        A. turning up                     B. running up                    C. looking up                   D. taking up

Question 17: During their first date, Jane had nervously peppered the conversation with _________ talk.

        A. unimportant                   B. tiny                                 C. small                              D. trivial

Question 18: He said there was nothing that happened, but I began to ______ when he kept beating about the bush.

        A. get cold feet                 B. smell a rat               C. keep an eye on            D. be off my head 

Question 19: Zachary has long been considered a dead __________ of the volleyball team, only allowed to stay because he was the coach’s son.    

        A. loss                     B. knot                   C. link                D. waste

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 20: We need to look into exactly why a number of football fans become hooligans.

        A. overlook               B. examine                   C. consider                         D. consult

Question 21: He felt that moving out from his parents’ home was a milestone in his life.

        A. real marker                   B. touchstone                     C. significant event            D. landmark

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 22: Human prehistory is divided into three successive periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

        A. scattered          B. continuous           C. inconsecutive           D. infrequent

Question 23: He was in the very seventh heaven when the girl consented to be his wife.

        A. utterly discontented                           B. extremely depressed                               

        C. amazing dreamy                    D. very imaginative

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 24: - Aaron: “I forgot my girlfriend’s birthday last night.” - Jason: “__________”

A. You really carry a torch for her              B. Too bad! I guess you will be in the doghouse

C. You should go back on your word                    D. Tell her something to cut the ice

Question 25: - Saleman: “This is my last wallet. I’ll let you have it for seventy dollars”

        - Elizabeth: “__________”

        A. Would you do me a favor?                       B. Seventy dollars of it is mine.  

        C. Thanks for your help                                 D. Can I have a discount?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

        Technology has become a fantastic and useful tool in the classroom. Teachers are expected to make (26) _______ of it to enhance the learning experience and information dissemination. However, knowledge of the different tools available, what they can do, and their impact allows teachers to use them (27) ________. With numerous technology users actively involved in developing gadgets of the future, we can only speculate what new advances will be making their way (28) _________ classrooms in the coming days.

         Following the evolution of technology, educational capabilities are changing and growing daily. The Internet is a vast library of data that is useful in (29) ________ the landscape of education as we know it. All in all, technology alone will not change education. Good grades and practical knowledge are as important as ever. Technology in education is therefore simply a catalyst, a tool for conveying lessons (30) __________ effectiveness cannot be overlooked.

(Adapted from https://www.usetechnology.com)

Question 26: A. use              B. benefit                           C. value                     D. advantage

Question 27: A. freely          B. optimally          C. absolutely           D. exclusively

Question 28: A. in           B. at           C. for          D. into

Question 29: A. rolling in         B. shaping up                     C. showing up                   D. passing on

Question 30: A. which            B. that                               C. whose                            D. why

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 31: The car driver in front stopped so suddenly. Therefore, the accident happened.

        A. If the car driver in front didn’t stop so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t happen.

        B. If the car driver in front hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t have happened.

        C. If the car driver in front hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident would have happened.

        D. If the car driver in front had stopped suddenly, the accident would have happened.

Question 32: Peter must be tired. He has been studying since the morning.                                 

        A. Peter must be tired because he has been studying since the morning.

        B. Tired though Peter was, he has been studying since the morning.

        C. Despite being tired, Peter was still studying from the morning.

        D. Since Peter hasn’t studied the morning, he mustn’t be tired now.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

Question 33. You’re not allowed to record the programme.

A. You shouldn’t record the programme.        B. You mustn’t record the programme.

C. You can’t record the programme.        D. You needn’t record the programme.

Question 34. He hasn’t changed his Facebook profile picture for 2 years.

A. He had 2 years to change his Facebook profile picture.

B. He has changed his Facebook profile picture for 2 years.

C. He didn’t change his Facebook profile picture 2 years ago.

D. The last time he changed his Facebook profile picture was 2 years ago.

Question 35. “I am attending an online class,” Martin said.

A. Martin said he had attended an online class.        

B. Martin said he wasn’t attending an online class.

C. Martin said he was attending an online class.        

D. Martin said he hadn’t attended an online class.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 36:  Many parents are concerned about the health hazards of having his children spend so many hours staring at a screen. 

        A. staring         B. his            C. concerned                D. hazards 

Question 37: As soon as I will finish this project, I’ll take a vacation to relax.

        A. As soon as          B. take           C. will finish          D. to relax

Question 38: After Peter left school, he had the narrowest escape possible of intruding himself into 

another place of accommodation for distinguishable people.

        A. narrowest                   B. accommodation         C. possible                      D. distinguishable 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

        At the beach and on the boardwalk, seagulls have a bad reputation for swooping down on unsuspecting people to steal their food. But scientists recently discovered there’s a simple solution to deter these avian thieves: Stare at them.

        “I noticed that gulls seemed to have a bad reputation for food-snatching, but only saw it happen quite rarely,” said lead study author Madeleine Goumas, a researcher with the Center for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus in Cornwall, U.K. “When I did see it happen, gulls often swooped in from behind, and the people were completely oblivious.”

        Prior studies had shown that some animal species change their behavior in response to the human gaze, and the study authors wondered if that also might be true for the gulls. The scientists approached 74 herring gulls in coastal towns in Cornwall, tempting them with bags of fried potatoes. Whenever a gull showed interest in the food bag, a researcher would either ignore or stare at it intently. Both trials would continue until the bird either pecked at the food bag or 300 seconds elapsed with no approach. “By far, the biggest challenge was gulls being scared off by people or their dogs, as we were conducting these experiments in urban areas that weren’t free of passersby,” Goumas said.

        During the tests in which the researchers looked away, all of the gulls touched the food. On the other hand, the majority of gulls took, on average, about 21 seconds longer to touch the food if they were being stared at, and six of the watched gulls wouldn’t tap at the food at all, the researchers reported. But there was also a lot of variation in the gulls’ responses when being watched; some approached more slowly than others, while others appeared not to notice the researchers’ stares. Overall, the gulls’ behavior suggested that they would be more likely to stay away from food if humans were close to the birds, the authors wrote.

 (Adapted from nbcnews.com)

Question 39: What is the passage mainly about?

        A. Seagull’s bad reputation                                  B. A misconception about seagulls

        C. A research into seagulls’ behaviour             D. Interesting ways to deter seagulls

Question 40: According to the last paragraph, how do most seagulls respond when being watched by researchers?

        A. approach the food more slowly                      B. ignore the bag and fly away

        C. touch the food immediately                        D. stare back at the researchers

Question 41: The word “oblivious” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________.

        A. annoyed                       B. disturbed                      C. unaware                        D. forgetful

Question 42: What did Goumas say was the biggest difficulty when conducting the research?

        A. Seagulls were very hard to notice.                    B. Most seagulls ignored the food bag.

        C. People scared the seagulls away.        D. The researchers’ dogs were too aggressive.

Question 43: The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ___________.

        A. researcher           B. food bag        C. interest                    D. gull

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

        Although experts agree that traditional meetings are essential for making certain decisions and developing strategy, many employees view them as one of the most unnecessary parts of the workday. The result is not only hundreds of billions of wasted dollars, but the worsening of what psychologists call “meeting recovery syndrome”: time spent cooling off and regaining focus after a useless meeting.

        It isn’t anything novel that workers feel fatigued after a meeting, but only in recent decades have scientists deemed the condition worthy of further investigation. Meeting recovery syndrome (MRS) is most easily understood as a slow replenishment of our limited mental resources. When an employee sits through an ineffective meeting their brain power is essentially being drained away, says Joseph A. Allen, a professor at the University of Utah. If they last too long, fail to engage employees or turn into lectures with little to no personal interactions, meetings will significantly diminish employees’ psychological stamina. Taking time to recover is a must, but doing so comes at the expense of productivity.

        As humans, when we transition from one task to another – such as from sitting in a meeting to doing normal work – it takes an effortful cognitive switch. We must make a big mental effort to stop the previous task and then expend significant mental energy to move on to the other. Some can bounce back from horrible meetings rather quickly, while others carry their fatigue until the end of the workday. It’s even worse when a worker has several meetings that are separated by only 30 minutes.

        While no counter-MRS measures have been tested, Allen says one trick that might work is for employees to identify things or locations that quickly change their mood from negative to positive. As simple as it sounds, finding a personal happy place, going there and then coming straight back to work might be the key to reducing recovery time. Another solution is to ask ourselves if our meetings are even necessary in the first place. If all that’s on the agenda is a quick catch-up, or some non-urgent information sharing, it may better for managers to send an e-mail to his or her subordinates instead. Most important, however, is for organisations to awaken to the concept of meetings being flexible, says Allen. We have to get rid of the acceptance of meetings as sites of pain, when they should be places of gain,” Allen says.

(Adapted from bbc.com)

Question 44: The word “novel” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________.

        A. thunderous                   B. groundbreaking             C. hammering                    D. magnificent

Question 45: What can be inferred from the passage?

        A. More interactive meetings are less mentally exhausting.             

        B. Experts consider meetings a complete waste of money.

        C. Switching between tasks is very physically demanding.               

        D. Companies should only communicate using e-mails.

Question 46: What does Joseph A. Allen suggest employees do to quickly regain mental stamina?

        A. Have meetings that are seperated by 30 minutes

        B. Try to interact more with others in the meeting                           

        C. Go somewhere that makes them feel better.

        D. Think of meetings as a happy place.

Question 47: The word “bounce back” in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by ___________.

        A. encourage                      B. upgrade                         C. recover                           D. develop

Question 48: In which case should managers only send e-mails to their employees? 

        A. When a meeting is too costly to organize.

        B. When no urgent information needs to be communicated.

        C. When their employees are too exhausted to join meetings.

        D. When a meeting is necessary but too time-consuming.

Question 49: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to by ___________.

        A. employees                    B. lectures                 C. interactions                    D. meetings

Question 50: Which of the following best serves as a title for the passage?

        A. Employees’ Negative Attitude Towards Meetings

        B. A Workplace Disease And How We Can Stop It

        C. The Reason Why Meetings Make Us Feel Tired

        D. How To Make Meetings More Interactive

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LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. visit         B. present         C. business                  D. mistake

Giải thích: Đáp án D phần gạch chân đọc là /s/, các đáp án còn lại đọc là /z/

Phiên âm: A. /ˈvɪz.ɪt/        B. /ˈprez.ənt/                  C. /ˈbɪz.nɪs/                D. /mɪˈsteɪk/  

Question 2: A. this         B. nice         C. file               D. night 

Giải thích: Đáp án A phần

Giải thích: Đáp án B, C, D phần gạch chân phát âm là /ai/. Đáp án A phần gạch chân phát âm là /i/

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A. surprise           B. surgeon           C. explore                 D. predict

Giải thích: Đáp án B có trọng âm rơi vào âm thứ nhất, các đáp án còn lại rơi vào âm thứ hai

Phiên âm: A. /səˈpraɪz/     B.  /ˈsɜː.dʒən/              C. /ɪkˈsplɔːr/                 D. /prɪˈdɪkt/

Question 4: A. activity          B. eliminate          C. invitation                  D. impossible 

Giải thích: Đáp án C có trọng âm rơi vào âm thứ ba, các đáp án còn lại rơi vào âm thứ hai

Phiên âm: A. /ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/  B.  /iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/                 C. /ˌɪn.vɪˈteɪ.ʃən/           D. /ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5: Most people accept the proposition that we have a duty to protect _________ animals.

A. dangerous         B. endangered          C. dangerously          D. endanger

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: tính từ (adjective) (dạng câu hỏi wordform)

Dấu hiệu nhận biết: tính từ đứng trước danh từ và bổ nghĩa cho danh từ đó, ở đây danh từ bổ nghĩa là animal, đồng thời ta có một cụm từ cố định là endangered animal (n): động vật có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng phù hợp với nghĩa của câu => Chọn B

endangered (adj): có nguy cơ bị thương, bị chết => endangered plants/species/animals/insects

Không chọn đáp án A vì dangerous animals (động vật nguy hiểm) chưa chắc đã cần bảo vệ (không hợp nghĩa)

Không chọn C vì dangerously là trạng từ (bổ nghĩa động từ hoặc tính từ), đưa vào câu không có nghĩa hợp lý

Không chọn D do endanger là động từ, đưa vào câu không có nghĩa

A. dangerous (adj): nguy hiểm => especially/particularly/highly/very/extremely dangerous (collo)

C. dangerously (adv): một cách nguy hiểm

D. endanger (v): gây nguy hiểm => endanger the existence/future/health/liberty/life/safety (collo)

Dịch: Hầu hết mọi người chấp nhận việc phải bảo vệ động vật có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng.

Question 6: Carol’s father works as ______ electrician.

A. an        B. Ø (no article)                C. the          D. a

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: mạo từ (article)

- Dấu hiệu nhận biết: Sử dụng mạo từ a/an khi :

+) dùng sau what/such/quite (+ danh từ đếm được số ít)

+) mô tả nghề nghiệp, danh tính

+) dùng sau sở hữu cách

+) trước một căn bệnh (ngoại lệ: the flu, the measles)

- Dùng a hay an phụ thuộc vào âm của danh từ xác định:

+) Dùng a trước phụ âm

Ex: a university (do university có phiên âm /juː.nɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/)

+) Dùng an trước nguyên âm

Ex: an honor (do honor có phiên âm /ˈɒn.ər/)

=> Chọn A. an

Dịch: Bố của Carol làm việc như một thợ điện.

Question 7: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday, _________?

A. didn’t I                  B. didn’t you                  C. wasn’t it                D. wasn’t she

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: câu hỏi đuôi (tag question)

Cấu trúc:  S + think/believe/suppose/figure/assume/fancy/imagine/reckon/expect/seem/feel + Clause

Nếu chủ ngữ là I → Lấy mệnh đề phụ làm câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: I suppose you were the one drinking the lime juice, weren’t you?

* Mệnh đề chính có not thì vẫn tính vào mệnh đề phụ

Ex: I didn’t think David would marry her, would he?

Nếu chủ ngữ không phải I → Lấy mệnh đề chính làm câu hỏi đuôi

Ex: Linda assumes Matthew stole her ring, doesn’t she?

=> Chọn B

Dịch: Tôi tưởng cậu nói là cô ấy sẽ đi chơi vào Chủ Nhật tuần sau phải không?

Question 8:  The doctor______ living in this house before us moved to Australia.

A. living                B.  has been living                C. was living          D. living

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: Rút gọn mệnh đề quan hệ  V-ing

=> Chọn A

-Ta rút gọn các mệnh đề quan hệ dạng:

+ Chủ động: V-ing

+ Bị động: V-ed/ V3

+ Số thứ tự, so sánh nhất, the only/last: to-Vbare infinitive

Dịch:Người bác sống trong căn nhà này trước chúng tôi đã chuyển đến Australia

Question 9 My dad is ______ person in the world

A. the greatest         B. more greatest            C. most greatest             D .greatest

Đáp án  A

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: So sánh nhất của tính từ ngắn the adj+est

Dịch: (Bố tôi là người vĩ đại nhất thế giới)

Question 10: All the time she has been nagging __________ me with question, not helping me.     

A. in                          B. up                         C. at                         D. on

Giải thích: Kiến thức từ vựng: cụm từ cố định (collocation)

- nag at sb/sth: càu nhàu về ai/chuyện gì => Chọn C

Dịch: Cô ấy càu nhàu với tôi cả ngày bằng những câu hỏi chứ chả giúp tôi chút nào.

- Mở rộng:

A. in

in progress: (kịch/phim) đang diễn biến, (công trình) đang thi công

in use : được dùng, thông dụng

in demand: bán chạy (hàng hóa)

B. up

up in arms (idiom): tức giận

up to one’s neck (in debt/under heaps of work): bận ngập đầu (trong nợ nần/trong công việc)

D. on

on demand : (thực tập sinh) trong nhu cầu tuyển dụng, có sẵn để bán (hàng hóa)

on the crest of a wave (idiom): đang ở thời kì hưng thịnh

Question 11: Your _________ to this university will depend on marks you score in the entrance examination.

A. admission                      B. attendance                     C. permission                    D. admittance

Giải thích: Kiến thức từ vựng: nghĩa của từ

university/college admission: thông báo nhập học đại học/cao đẳng => Chọn A

Dịch: Thông báo về việc liệu bạn có đỗ vào trường đại học này hay không phụ thuộc vào số điểm của bạn ở kì thi đầu vào.

Mở rộng:

B. attendance

compulsory/mandatory/full-time attendance: tham gia bắt buộc/toàn thời gian

attract/boost/improve/increase/maximize attendance: tăng cường số lượng tham gia

C. permission

get/gain/obtain/receive permission: nhận được sự cho phép

give/grant sb the permission: cho phép ai làm gì

Question 12: The documents ______ to the government agency last week

A. will have submitted                                       B. were submitted

C. have submitted                                              D. will submit

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: bị động của quá khứ đơn

Cấu trúc: S+were/was + V3/ed.

=> Chọn B

Dịch: Những giấy tờ tài liệu này sẽ được nộp lên văn phòng chính phủ tuần trước.

Question 13: When I entered the room, my daughter ______ the Internet.

A. has surfed                    B. was surfing                   C. is surfing                      D. surfed

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: quá khứ tiếp diễn (the continuous past tense)

Cấu trúc: S+ was/were+ V-ing + N

=> Chọn B

Dịch: Khi tôi bước vào phòng, con gái tôi đang lướt mạng Internet.

Question 14: I will contact you ______.

A. as soon as I get the information about the course 

B. as soon as I was getting the information about the course 

C. as soon as I had got the information about the course 

D. as soon as I got the information about the course

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp: hòa hợp thì (tenses agreement)

Tương lai đơn đi với hiện tại đơn hoặc tương lai hoàn thành

=> Chọn A

Dịch: Tôi sẽ liên lạc ngay sau khi tôi có thông tin về khóa học.

Question 15: You should avoid ______ to strangers.

A. to talk               B.  talking               C. to talking                         D. to talked       

Giải thích: Kiến thức ngữ pháp:  V-ing

Avoid+ Ving : tránh làm việc gì

=> Chọn B

Dịch: Bạn nên tránh nói chuyện với người lạ.

Question 16: Henry is thinking of ______ golf but the equipment is too expensive.

A. turning up                     B. running up                    C. looking up                   D. taking up

Giải thích: Kiến thức từ vựng: cụm động từ (phrasal verb)

take sth up: bắt đầu làm gì đó thường xuyên => Chọn D

take (up) office (phrase): bắt đầu làm việc chính thức

Các đáp án còn lại không hợp nghĩa

A. turning up

turn up: xuất hiện                   Ex: How come you keep turn up late?

cải thiện                    Ex: Thanks to the renovation, the sales are turning up these days.

bất ngờ xuất hiện              Ex: An envelope eventually turned up inside the book.

B. running up

run up sth: làm gì đó khiến bản thân nợ nhiều tiền

Ex: She stayed two weeks at the hotel and ran up a bill that she couldn’t pay.

C. looking up

look up: trở nên tốt đẹp hơn            Ex: Our financial situation is looking up at last.

tìm thông tin trong sách vở            Ex: I usually look up new words in the dictionary.

tới thăm ai đó                      Ex: I will look you up as soon as I come to New York.

Dịch: Henry đang nghĩ tới chuyện tập chơi gôn nhưng dụng cụ chơi quá đắt.

Question 17: During their first date, Jane had nervously peppered the conversation with _________ talk.

A. unimportant                   B. tiny                                 C. small                              D. trivial

Giải thích: Kiến thức từ vựng: cụm từ cố định (collocation)

small talk : cuộc nói chuyện về những việc hằng ngày, nhỏ nhặt => Chọn C

Dịch: Trong buổi hẹn hò đầu tiên, Jane đã làm nóng cuộc trò chuyện với những mẩu chuyện nhỏ.

Question 18: He said there was nothing that happened, but I began to ______ when he kept beating about the bush.

A. get cold feet                 B. smell a rat               C. keep an eye on            D. be off my head 

Giải thích: Kiến thức từ vựng: thành ngữ (idiom)

smell a rat (idiom): nhận thấy điều bất thường

=> smell blood (idiom): nhận thấy cơ hội chuộc lợi từ người khác

      smell fishy (idiom): nhận thấy ai đó không thật lòng

beat around/about the bush (idiom): nói vòng vo 

=> Chọn B

Dịch: Anh ta nói là không có chuyện gì, nhưng tôi đã nhận thấy có điều gì đó bất thường khi anh ta liên tục nói vòng vo

Các đáp án còn lại không hợp nghĩa

Mở rộng:

A. get/have cold feet (idiom): cảm thấy lo lắng vì chuyện sắp xảy ra

get/rise to your feet (phrase): đứng dậy sau khi ngồi một lúc lâu

(back) on your feet (idiom): khỏe mạnh trở lại

get/have itchy feet (idiom): người thích đi du lịch

have feet of clay (idiom): có mặt tối

(have sb) under your feet (idiom): (phải trông nom ai đó) dẫn đến cản trở bản thân làm việc

be dead on the feet (idiom): cực kì mệt mỏi

think on the feet (idiom): suy nghĩ và quyết định thật nhanh chóng

jump in with both feet (idiom): làm việc quá nhanh chóng và không nghĩ đến hậu quả

rash/run sb off their feet (idiom): khiến ai đó trở nên bận rộn

sweep sb off their feet (idiom): khiến ai đó yêu bạn cuồng nhiệt

have the world at your feet (idiom): cực kì thành công và nhận được nhiều sự ngưỡng mộ

C. keep an eye on sth/sb (idiom): quan sát, để ý ai đó/thứ gì đó

- see eye to eye: đồng tình với ai đó

- an eye for an eye: ăn miếng trả miếng

- catch one’s eye: lọt vào mắt ai

- not bat an eye/eyelash/eyelid: không thể hiện sự bất ngờ hay xúc động trước một cảnh tượng

- turn a blind eye to=turn a deaf ear to: ngó lơ chuyện gì

- apple of one’s eye: người được yêu quý bởi người nói

- run your eye over sth=skim through sth: nhìn nhanh qua cái gì

- in the blink of an eye: trong nháy mắt (rất nhanh)

D. be off one’s head: trở nên điên rồ, loạn lạc do uống nhiều rượu

- over sb’s head: quá sức tiếp thu của ai đó, quá khả năng của ai đó = beyond one’s capability

- have a good head about sth: có kỹ năng tốt trong một công việc nào đó

- deal/tackle with sth head on: xử lý vấn đề nào đó một cách triệt để, dứt khoát

- keep your head above the water: giữ bình tĩnh để xử lý vấn đề khó khăn

- put heads together: làm việc cùng nhau

- head and shoulders above sth/sb: giỏi hơn, tốt hơn nhiều so với vật nào đó/một ai đó

- head over heels (in love): yêu say đắm

- head boy/girl: học sinh nam hoặc nữ đại diện trường trong những buổi long trọng

- keep a level head: giữ bình tĩnh và không bị lôi cuốn bởi cảm xúc

- bite someone’s head off: trả lời ai đó một cách gắt gỏng và không kiểm soát được cảm xúc

- scratch one’s head: bới óc suy nghĩ

- talk one’s head/ear off: nói một cách dai dẳng, to tiếng

- hold one’s head (up) high: tự tin vào bản thân = keep one’s chin up

Question 19: Zachary has long been considered a dead __________ of the volleyball team, only allowed to stay because he was the coach’s son.    

A. loss                     B. knot                           C. link                        D. waste

Giải thích: Kiến thức từ vựng: cụm từ cố định (collocation)

dead loss: một kẻ thất bại  => Chọn A

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