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PRACTICE TEST 2
1. A portion of the proceeds will be ______ for providing school fees for poor
children for the coming academic year. (mark)
earmarked: dành riêng
2. The administration ropes in all educational institutions, government offices,
public sector ______ and universities for the purpose of mobilising funds. (take)
undertakings: việc kinh doanh
3. Contraception is less ______ or affordable in South America. (cure)
procurable: có thể đạt được
4. Both toxic and ______ potentials are properties of all drugs. (cure)
curative: chữa bệnh
5. While learning has changed for students in this new century, we are ______ by
the boundless opportunity presented in our lifetime. (bold)
emboldened: khuyến khích
6. It does not become an economic ______ but it does become a ‘newly
industrialized country’, like Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea. (power)
economic superpower: siêu cường kinh tế
7. We believe that the most effective enforcement tool is self-policing and ______
(strain).
self-restraint: tự kìm chế
8. It is possible to humanely raise and slaughter a variety of food animals,
including ______ poultry and beef cattle. (range)
free-range: nuôi tự nhiên
9. Most of this feature includes behind-the-scenes video ______ of the crew
working and goofing off. (foot)
footage: cảnh phim
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10. Together they forged a(n) ______ intellectual climate that has profoundly
shaped my career. (vigor)
invigorating: tiếp thêm sinh lực
11. We will investigate the tradeoffs among data ______, data hiding capacity, and
probabilities of extraction errors in different applications. (perceive)
imperceptibility: không thể thấy
12. This is a(n) ______ thriller that promises to deliver. (page)
page – turning: thú vị
13. Death, from this perspective, seems unproblematically universal, a simple,
irreducible fact of our nature, ______ the same across all societies and throughout
time (yield)
unyieldingly: không thay đổi
14. Of course there is a(n) ______ between such advantages of large cells and the
disadvantages of slower cell multiplication. (trade)
trade – off : sự kết hợp, đan xen
15. Today we look at claims that in Queensland, the regime that looks after the
most vulnerable people, the infirm elderly, and ______ adults, is failing.
(capacity).
incapacitated: bị làm mất sức lao động
16. Scholars have tried to make a case for ______, competitiveness, and selfishness
as innate human trait. (acquire)
acquisitiveness: sự thu lợi
17. The judge ruled that Newman's comments were not a(n) _______offense. (act)
actionable: có thể kiện
18. She was a very selfish, _______ bad-tempered little girl. (agree)
disagreeable: khó chịu

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19. Before creating this sculpture, she studied all the masterpieces of classical
______ (antique).
antiquity: đồ cổ:
20. He claims that the laws are ______ and have no contemporary relevance.
(antique)
antiquated: không hợp thời
21. I fretted and sweated as they stalked in and stared around with that
______,accusatory look of all cops everywhere. (approve)
disapproving: tỏ ý không tán thành
22. A good teacher can encourage _______creativity. (art)
artistic: nghệ thuật
23. She's _______ and knows how to get round her parents. (art)
artful: xảo quyệt
24. Most ______ or totalitarian regimes are nonconstitutional. (authority)
authoritarian: độc đoán
25. One encouraging feature of period-instrument performances in recent decades
has been a growing concern with reliable and _______editions. (authority)
authoritative: hoàn chỉnh, đáng tin cậy (thông tin)
26. It is essential that there is a(n) _______ (author) use of the confidential
information.
unauthorised: trái phép
27. He thought back to the ______ days of his childhood. (care)
carefree: vô tư, thảnh thơi
28. They gave him a(n) ______ assurance that he would not be hurt.(category)
categorical: dứt khoát
29. They are taking _______measures to safeguard their forces from the effects of
chemical weapons. (caution)
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precautionary: để phòng ngừa
30. Their _______ greetings did not seem heartfelt. (ceremony)
ceremonious: kiểu cách
31. The full costume is only worn on important ______ occasions. (ceremony)
ceremonial: trang trọng
32. Utilitarian notions in the social sciences are not enough for even providing a(n)
______ framework for grasping what actually happens. (concept)
conceptual: dựa trên khái niệm
33. It once seemed ______ to everyone that men should travel to the moon.
(conceive)
inconceivable: khó tin
34. The procedure is in strict ______ with standard international
practices.(conform)
in conformity with: tuân theo
35. The present economic policy is a(n) ______ of the earlier one. (continue)
continuation: sự kế tiếp
36. An historical awareness also imparts a sense of________(continue).
continuity: tính liên tục
37. Last month's elections saw a ______ in power of the country's socialist
party.(continue)
continuance: sự kéo dài
38. It's very ______ to find out that your own team members have been lying to
you.(courage)
discouraging: mất tinh thần
39. Do you believe in the ______ powers of the local mineral water? (cure)
curative: chữa bệnh
40. She has an artist's ______ eye. (discriminate)

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discriminating: sáng suốt
41. The government enacted laws to protect women from _______employment
practices(discriminate)
discriminatory: có sự phân biệt đối xử
42. Maria loved both the children. There was never a hint of _______ (favour)
favouritism: sự thiên vị
43. They often are involved in the hiring and dismissal of employees but generally
haveno role in the ______ of personnel policy. (form
formulation: sự soạn thảo
44. An agreement on the ______ of a new government was reached on June 6.
(form)
formation: sự thành lập
45. There are people who want to ______ you and grind you down. (humble)
humiliate: làm bẽ mặt
46. The discussions reached a new level of ______ and by lunchtime the
exchanges were becoming very heated. (intense)
intensity: sự dữ dội, mãnh liệt
47. ______ and specialization in agriculture, especially in the vineyards, gave rise
to commercial exchange and opportunity for profit and saving. (intense)
Intensification: Sự đẩy mạnh
48. Areas near the frontier were rough and ______ in the old days. (law)
lawless: vô trật tự
49. It is ______ for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment on pupils. (law)
unlawful: trái pháp luật
50. The relation of politics and economy is a ______ of historical gradual
progress.(master)

masterstroke: kì cơng
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51. A builder from South London, McAvoy was the ______ of the robbery
(master)
mastermind: người vạch kế hoạch
52. Photographs and ______ that cover the walls and fill several display cases
chronicle the foods this area is famous for. (memory)
memorabilia: những việc đáng ghi nhớ, vật kỉ niệm
53. The three countries have signed a(n) ______ pledging to work together.
(memory)
memorandum: bản ghi nhớ
54. Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva is writing a(n) ______ about her
life with Sergei Grinkov, her late husband and figure-skating partner.(memory)
memoir: nhật kí
55. Her first defeat was an early lesson in ______ (humble).
humility: sự khiêm tốn
56. They cannot forget the ______ they suffered at the hands of their
oppressors.(humble).
humiliation: sự bẽ mặt
57. Sales have slowed down quite ______ (mark).
markedly: rõ rệt
58. To the untrained eye, the two flowers look ______ similar. (mark)
remarkably: đáng chú ý, nổi bật
59. Always check the ______ before you buy a secondhand car (mile)
mileage: đồng hồ đo quãng đường di chuyển
60. The invention of the wheel was a(n) ______ in the history of the world. (mile)
milestone: cột mốc quan trọng

61. One ______ lapse in concentration could prove fatal. (moment)
momentary: chốc lát, nhất thời
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62. It was in Glasgow, however, that many ______ events were taking place.
(moment)
momentous: quan trọng
63. Guy was greedy, ______, obsessed with power and self-gratification. (moral)
amoral: không theo nguyên tắc
64. Capital punishment was regarded as inhuman and ______ (moral)
immoral: vô đạo đức
65. Since their interest in the past was primarily ______, precise knowledge of
actual events and when they happened was not required. (moral)
moralistic: khắc khe về mặt đạo đức
66. A couple of victories would improve the team's _______enormously. (moral)
morale: tinh thần
67. You become _______ when things are not going your way and you can't really
see away out of it. (moral)
demoralised: bị suy thoái về đạo đức
68. To the audience's ______, the band suddenly stopped playing. (mystical)
mystification: sự bối rối
69. Electric-powered cars are still something of a(n) ______ (novel)novelty: sự
mới lạ
70. Comparisons are simpler to make when ______ data is presented in
diagrammatic form and conclusions are easier to draw from it. (number)
numerical: bằng số
71. ______ pictures have been deemed to contribute to a hostile environment
(object)

Objectionable: có thể bị phản đối
72. Personal disinterest in a programme content will help your ______ in assessing
its potential for your public relations purposes. (object)
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objectivity: tính khách quan
73. To say that the _______(observe) of this custom or law is sacrilegious or illicit
must be regarded as _______ (error).
observance – erroneous: sự tuân thủ-sai lầm
74. Recent developments in biology have made it possible to acquire more and
more precise information concerning our genetic ______ . Scientists can even
today identify a number of genetic disorders that may cause illness and disease.
(make)
genetic make-up: cấu tạo gen
75. Since 1990 the price of sugar has tended to fluctuate more wildly than any of
the other four commodity groups, and has almost ______ been the most expensive
relative to 2002-2004 prices. (vary)
invariably: luôn luôn
76. A dozen international poverty and development organizations published a
report last week on the impact of building new coal power plants in countries
where a large percentage of the population lacks access to electricity. The report’s
conclusions are strikingly ______: on the whole, building coal power plants does
little to help the poor,and often it can actually make them poorer. (intuition)
counter-intuitive: khác thường
77. The scandal surely ______ the end of his political career. (sign)
signals/signalled: báo hiệu
78. He gained ______ for being difficult to work with as an actor. (notorious)
notoriety: tai tiếng

79. Tre Transformer is quite intriguing. It is ______ one of the best movies of the
year.(doubt)
undoubtedly: chắc chắn

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80. Her hip has been ______ for quite a while, and she'll probably need surgery on
it.(trouble)
troublesome: phiền
81. Her latest novel is a(n) ______ thriller, set some time in the late 21st
century.(future)
futuristic: hiện đại
82. The new policy only serves to ______ the inadequacy of help for the
homeless.(accent)
accentuate: nhấn mạnh
83. Successful candidates will be required to ______ an induction programme.
(take)
undertake: đảm nhận
84. Radio 4 also announced a new ______ of Primo Levi’s short story collection
ThePeriodic Table, starring Henry Goodman and introduced by Janet Suzman, to
be broadcast in 12 episodes of varying lengths this spring. (drama)
dramatisation: sự chuyển thành kịch
85. In the UK, the ratio of people of working age to people over 65 could fall from
3.7 to1 in 1999 to 2.1 to 1 in 2040. This suggests a very big increase in the ______
ratio and is consequently a cause for concern because with current spending
pension commitments,it will place a higher burden on the shrinking working
population. (depend)
dependency ratio: tỷ lệ phụ thuộc

86. The UK government has already made tentative steps to raise the retirement
age and increase the role of private sector pensions. These policies will make an
ageing population more ______ (manage).
manageable: dễ quản lí

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87. Ian Darkin of One Traveller, which specialises in offering holidays for mature
single travellers, says: “The new generation of ______ (retire) aren’t sitting at
home knitting.Their keenness to experience other countries and cultures is ______
(diminish) withage.”
retirees – undiminished: người nghỉ hưu-không giảm bớt
88. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a(n) ______ calling for a halt
tohostilities. (solve)
resolution: sự kiên quyết
89. Environmental degradation is ______ (character) as any change or aggravation
tonature’s turf seen to be pernicious or ______ (desire).
characterized – undesirable: có đặc điểm-gây khó chịu, khơng mong muốn
90. The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction describes
environmental degradation as the ______ of the limit of the earth to meet social
and environmental destinations, and needs (less)
lessening: sự giảm đi
91. Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s remaining ______ in the last 25
years and there may be none left within a century if trends continue, according to
an authoritative new study. (wild)
wilderness: vùng hoang dã
92. Technology has been lauded as a way to free up time for us, yet the reality of
an all-consuming medium often does the reverse. New innovations bring with them

a host of ______ consequences, ranging from the troubling to the downright
depressing. Social media makes us lonely. Too much screen-time makes teenagers
fall behind their peers.And at the more feeble end of the spectrum, many of us have
walked into an obstacle while texting. (intend)
unintended: khơng được dự tính trước

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93. Zombies are archetypal monsters from the bottom of the uncanny valley, with
their dead eyes and ______ faces (express).
expressionless: không biểu cảm
94. The terrible scenes were indelibly ______ on his mind (print).
imprinted: in dấu ấn
95. Phyllis Schlafly, the ______ conservative activist who helped defeat the Equal
Rights Amendment in the 1970s, has died. (speak)
outspoken: thẳng thắn
96. The results ______ poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak. (imply)
implicate: cho thấy
97. The country’s economic crisis had a(n) ______ effect on world markets.
(settle)
unsettling: đáng lo
98. The piece, which had been affected by centuries of ______ and grime, was
brought back its former glory by seven conservators from the museum's Hamilton
Kerr Institute. (colour)
discolouration: sự bạc màu
99. The company has established total ______ over its rivals. (supreme)
supremacy: ưu thế tối cao
100 Despite fighting between the government and SPLA rebels, citizens will be

allowed ______ (hinder) access to humanitarian aid via "tranquility corrid.
unhindered: không bị cản trở

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