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PRACTICE TEST 3
1. With increasing numbers of people choosing to teach English as a foreign
language,the need to gain a(n) ______ (credit) qualification has never been more
important.
accredited: được công nhận
2. A campaign is calling for the reversal of a decision to scrap A-level archaeology
-saying it would cause ______(revoke) harm to the development of future
archaeologists.
irrevocable: không thể thay đổi
3. Sir Adrian was a true gentleman. He was _______ (fail) polite to everyone he
met within the business and was on first name terms with many of them, regardless
of where they worked.
unfailingly: luôn luôn
4. An eight-month inquiry by the all party group on ______ (mind) found frontline
public servants could be less likely to fall ill with stress, or quit altogether, if they
engage in the increasingly popular meditation practice.
mindfulness: chánh niệm
5. ______ (absent) is an issue of growing concern among employers in the UK
owing to changing legislation, but there is virtually no robust data on its direct or
indirect costs.
Absenteeism: sự vắng mặt không có lí do chính đáng
6. A decision to allow ______ (hear) evidence in disciplinary proceedings against a
doctor linked to child abuse claims was ______ (law).
hearsay – unlawful: tin đồn-bất hợp pháp
7. Slavoj Žižek was born in communist Yugoslavia in 1949, and received a
thorough grounding in Marxism and the principles of ______ (dialect) materialism.
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dialectical: biện chứng
8. Can you make up a(n) ______ (four) for tennis tomorrow ?
foursome: đấu cặp
9. These wonderful books ______ (capsule) moments in history in truly
unforgettable ways .
encapsulate: tóm lược
10. Proposals to protect the right of mentally ______ (capacity) people to be
involved in important decisions about their life have been published by the
government.
incapacitated: bị làm mất sức lao động
11. Authorities in the US state of Michigan have charged a taxi driver with six
counts of murder after he went on a random shooting spree on Saturday. Jason
Brian Dalton, 45,remained ______ (express) as the charges were read in court on
Monday.
expressionless: không biểu cảm
12. Around 40% of jobseekers have been without work for more than one year, the
report says, running "significant risks of ______ (moral), loss of self-esteem and
mental health problems"
demoralization: sự làm mất tinh thần
13. A former migrant has returned home to Senegal after becoming ______ (heart)
withlife as an illegal migrant in Spain. After six years, Babacar Dialor Faye never
got his legaldocuments and had to live on ______ (hand) from the Red Cross.
disheartened – handouts: nản lòng-sự cứu trợ
14. Kids have become ______ (sense) to violence. Someone's been shot, and kids
are playing up and down the streets on their bikes, because they're used to seeing it
and that's also what you see in a war zone.
desensitized: bớt nhạy cảm
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15. Parents often favour one child over another and, at its worst, parental________
(favour) can be one of the most profound and damaging emotional dynamics a
child ever encounters. It can affect the rest of their lives.
favouritism: sự thiên vị
16. When Emma was widowed in 1879, she decided to leave her home in
Koblenz,Germany, to start ______ (new) in Glasgow, and settled in the city by
1881.
anew: từ đầu
17. Anti-terrorism police patrol units are to be introduced across London boroughs.
Thistactic was endorsed by Lord Harris in his review of London's ______ (prepare)
for a terror attack, commissioned by the mayor.
preparedness: sự chuẩn bị sẵn sàng
18. Reports of memory loss with long-term cannabis use are nothing new, and an
influential paper published last year provided evidence that smoking marijuana has
a(n) ______ (delete) effect on intelligence.
deleterious: có hại
19. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the primary psychoactive compound in
cannabis and is what causes the subjective "high". This includes changes in ______
(perceive)sensations, a feeling of ______ (content) and increased appetite .
perceptual – contentment: thuộc giác quan-sự thỏa mãn
20. Cyanide ______ (toxic) is experienced by humans at doses of around 0.5–3.5
milligrams per kilogram of body weight .
toxicity: tính độc
21. She has become increasingly ______ (opinion) and verbalises her opinions
forcefully without any insight into their effect on others.
opinionated: bảo thủ, ngoan cố

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23. ______ who want to fund the restoration of a derelict arts centre in Cheltenham
have pleaded with other bidders to let it become community-run (benefit)
Benefactors: nhà hảo tâm
24. He was a bad influence on the child, who was at a(n) ______ (impress) age.
inpressionable: dễ bị ảnh hưởng
25. Membership talks were launched in 2005, but progress has been slow, as
several EUstates have serious ______ about Turkish EU membership. (give)
misgivings: mối nghi ngại
26. He has such great power and yet talked with such _______(humble). There
aren’t many people in politics who are as charismatic as President Obama.
humility: sự khiêm nhường
27. For many people Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is the most influential
figure in the history of western classical music. His extraordinary talent was
already clearly evident as a young man, _______ (mercy) surviving a somewhat
unconventional upbringing during which his eccentric father would often force him
to take music lessonsin the middle of the night.
mercifully: 1 cách nhân từ, một cách may mắn
28. How often have you seen rich people take to the stress, shouting that they are
earning too much? Protesters are typically blue-collar workers yelling that the
minimum page has to go up, or that their jobs should not go overseas. Concern
about ______ (fair) is always _______(symmetry), stronger in the poor than the
rich. And the _______ (lie)emotions are not as _______(loft) as the ideal itself.
Children become thoroughly_______ (indignation) as the slightest discrepancy in,
say, the size of their slice of pizza compared to their sibling’s.
fairness: sự công bằng, asymmetrical: không đều nhau, underlying: cơ sở, cơ bản,
lofty:kiêu kỳ, indignant: căm phẫn

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29. Many teachers expressed serious ______ (give) about the new tests.
misgivings: mối lo ngại
30. The price of property in the city is ______ (prohibit)
prohibitive: đắt đỏ
31. ______ is an economic theory which states that a progressively greater level of
consumption is beneficial to the consumers. (consume)
consumerism: chủ nghĩa tiêu dùng
32. If your credit card debt is mounting and yet you can't stop spending, you could
be a ________(shop).
shopaholic: nghiện mua sắm
33. The number of people suffering from shopping addiction has . ______ (TAKE)
the number of drug and drink addicts combined.
overtaken: vượt
34. Everyone has heard of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; few of his son Franz
Xaver. A new CD collection ______ (title) The Other Mozart celebrates Franz's
music - in all its haunting, ______ (melancholy) innocence. The 27 songs are brief
slivers of ideas, ______ (develop) shadows of what might have been, reaching a
beautiful fulfillment inthe later works. But it is clear that the music never reaches
the heights of his geniusfather. Franz was the youngest of Mozart's children, and
his mother's hopes and ambitions focused on him following the ______ (mature)
death of his father. The very best teachers were automatically available to Franz's,
who made his public debut as a singer,aged five. The songs bring to light Franz's
______. (piano) accomplishments; the piano parts are extremely demanding. The
songs hint at Franz's love for a woman; they speak time and again of unattainable
love and ______ (fulfil) longing. ______ (realist), however, the fact remains that
this music, had it been written by a composure of any other name, would probably

have remained buried in the archives.

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entitled: cho quyền, melancholic: u buồn, underdeveloped: chưa phát triển hoàn
toàn, premature: sớm, pianistic: thuộc về piano, unfulfilled: không thành,
realistically: thực tế là
35. The region has several medium-sized towns and cities, but no major ______
(urban)
conurbation: khu thành phố
36. When you're on a cross-country flight, it's tough to tolerate the ______ crying
of a baby. (cease)
incessant: không dứt
37. Our ______ mind registers things which our conscious mind is not aware
of.(conscious)
subconscious: tiềm thức
38. They were now faced with seemingly ______ technical problems (mount).
insurmountable: không thể vượt qua
39. The report should distinguish clearly between ______ fact, firm opinion and
merespeculation (dispute)
indisputable: không thể chối cãi
40. They have become ______, with both sides refusing to compromise any
further.(reconcile)
irreconcilable: khơng thể giảng hịa
41. Finland’s metal workers' union chief Riku Aalto has criticised government
proposals to alter nationwide labour conditions as _______and unprofessional
(amateur).
amateurish: nghiệp dư
42. His interpretation of the figures is far too _______ (simple)

simplistic: đơn giản

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43. The organization insists that it is ______ and does not identify with any one
particular party (politics)
apolitical: phi chính trị
44. The new regulations will be ______ for small businesses. (burden)
burdensome: phiền toái
45 Solon replies that birds like peacocks are ______ in their beauty. (compare)
incomparable: vô song
46. It is ______ to generalize from the results of a single experiment. (advise)
inadvisable: không nên
47. Try not to ______ to criticism (react)
overreact: phản ứng quá mạnh mẽ
48. He was confused and ______ and I didn't get much sense out of him. (cohere)
incoherent: không mạch lạc
49. Gradually she began to notice one or two little ______ in his character.
(perfect)
imperfections: sự khơng hồn hảo
50. They’re concerned about the ______ of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
(build)
buildup: sự tích tụ
51. Karen has always felt ______ by her famous elder sister. (shadow)
overshadowed: bị làm lu mờ
52. An increasing number of tests are available for detecting foetal ______
(normal).
abnormalities: sự bất bình thường

53. He is currently standing trial for alleged ______ (practice)

malpractices: hành động phi pháp
54. All points on a circle are ______ (distant) from the centre.
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equidistant: khoảng cách bằng nhau
55. The worsening situation forced the company to ______ (size) from 39
employees to 7.
downsize: cắt giảm
56. The new version of the program comes with a much better user _______(face).
interface: giao diện
57. Who will be the main _______ of the cuts in income tax? (benefit)
beneficiary: người được hưởng lợi
58. The parents showed remarkable _______(bear) toward their defiant and unruly
son.
forbearance: sự chịu đựng, rộng lượng
59. A(n) ________(mean/menace) has been committed but the offender has not
been caught.
misdemeanour: tội nhẹ
60. I keep getting _______ (contrary) advice - some people tell me to keep it warm
and some tell me to put ice on it
contradictory: mâu thuẫn
61. He gazed at her with ______ (smell) eyes, wishing she wasn't married.
smouldering/smoldering: âm ỉ
62. He had a(n) ______ (rival) knowledge of south Arabian society, religion, law
and customs.
unrivalled: khơng gì sánh được
63. The ship is an exact ______ (reply) of the original Golden Hind.

replica: bản sao

64. _______(provide) and expression as well as musical accompaniment of the
exercises plays a central role in the training programme of the Medau-Schule.
Improvisation: sự ứng biến
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65. Ariadne herself personifies the passively courageous, endlessly
________(resource),and _______ (love) restorative element in every psyche.
resourceful – lovingly: tháo vát-yêu thương, âu yếm
66. ______ (brain) on creative tasks has been a major activity in the advertising
business where it began in the 1930s.
Brainstorming: ý kiến bất chợt
67. Abuses of the investigative process may _______(perceive) lead to abridgment
of protected freedoms
imperceptibly: không thể nhận thấy
68. Their contributions to science have earned them a(n) _______ (last) place in
history.everlasting: vĩnh viễn
69. She appeared on television to make a(n) ______ (passion) plea for help.
impassioned: mãnh liệt, dữ dội
70. No one will raise moral psychology of the question of obesity, for fear of
sounding ________(passion) and ________(reaction)
uncompassionate – reactionary: tàn nhẫn-phản động
71. We should take a more ______ (passion) view and consider the long-term
effects of Briant's work.
dispassionate: không thiên vị
72. The solutions ______ (compass) a wide range of options to suit all tastes and
pockets.
encompass: xoay quanh
73. He was known to be a loud-mouthed, ______ (opinion) bigot.
opinionated: ngoan cố, khăng khăng giữ ý kiến của mình
74. The aim of the report is to ______ (lucid) the main points of the new
regulations.
elucidate: làm sáng tỏ
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75. Some things are ______ (alien) true: Water is wet, gra is green (kind of), dogs
bark and houses prices rise
inalienably: không thể thay đổi
76. Jack tried to ______ (one) for his rudeness by sending her some flowers.
atone: chuộc lỗi
77. By 1980 the Republican Party platform had become antiabortion; and a
president who pledged to ______ (law) abortion altogether had been elected.
outlaw: cấm
78. Tootle seems to be essentially a(n) ______ (caution) tale, warning the child to
stay on the narrow road of virtue.
cautionary: để cảnh báo
79. The country's great influence in the world is ______ (proportion) to its
relatively small size.
disproportionate: thiếu cân đối
80. In the US, a school ______ (intend) is in charge of the schools in a particular
area
superintendent: giám thị
81. The demonstrators ______ (brand) banners and shouted slogans.
brandished: nói một loạt
82. He has a(n) _______(can) knack of being able to see immediately where the
problem lies.

uncanny: phi thường, kì lạ

83. Mick was stubborn and _______ (dominate) with a very bad temper.
domineering: độc đoán, hốc hách
84. My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and
______ (temper).
temperament: tính khí
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85. The final whistle was greeted with ______ (triumph) cheers from players and
spectators.
triumphant:chiến thắng, vui mừng
86. She has never traced back her ______ (line), but believes her grandparents
were from Aberdeenshire.
lineage: dòng dõi
87. She was a devout Catholic and, so far as I am aware, ______
(assail/salient)morally.
unassailable: không thể đánh đổ
88. In the field of ______ (diet), standards of practice have been developed for
practitioners in the field.
dietetics: dinh dưỡng
89. I am afraid I have quite a(n) ______ (incline) to retire on a pension.
disinclination: sự khơng thích
90. A(n) ______ (reach) and comprehensive strategy, carefully integrated with
broader plans for health care reform, is required.
far-reaching: có ảnh hưởng sâu rộng
91. They're making efforts to streamline their normally _______(cumber)
bureaucracy.
cumbersome: phức tạp

92. Trading can be characterized as a pure, _______ (cumber) personal choice with
an immediate outcome.
unencumbered: không lúng túng
93. He's _______(centre), ________(manipulate), insensitive; classic signs of a
personality problem.
self-centred – manipulative: ích kỉ-áp đặt

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94. Sometimes a sympathetic friend can be a constant source of discouragement,
all _______ (know).
unknowingly: vơ tình
95. Some say he was reborn as an undead god, others that he was simply a(n)
______ spirit.
disembodied: tách rời thể xác
96. This book is about people who claim to have ______ (normal) abilities such as
ESP and mind-reading.
paranormal: bất bình thường
97. The refugees slept in ______ (shift) tents at the side of the road.makeshift: tạm
thời
98. The inheritance of ______ (mode) company structures from the past, reinforced
by further concentration, produced very rigid company organisation.
outmoded: lỗi thời
99. In the ______ (mingle) of news and commercials we have a struggle of sorts
between two different orientations.
intermingling: trộn lẫn
100. Two hijackers used fake explosives to _____ (command) the airliner.
commandeer: kiểm soát