Scientists and engineers have invented filters and other methods of removing pollutants from industrial wastes.
A. taking away
B. taking over
C. making out
D. making over
A. taking away
Take away: replace something
Originally developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology, the Richter scale was expanded for worldwide use.
A. prolonged
B. enlarged
C. exchanged
D. spread
Phosphorus is used in paints for highway signs and markers because it is luminous at night. (trai nghĩa)
A. dim
B. adequate
C. bright
D. attractive
A. dim
luminous (adj): very bright in colour
Dim (adj): not bright
(Error correction) If it had not been for the computerized register tape from the grocery store I never would have been able to tướng figure on expenditures.
figure on => figure out
figure out: calculate an amount or the cost of something
(E.C) Our new office building will be located downtown in the cornet of Euclid Avenue and East Ninth Street.
In the cornet => at the corner
He's a fairly pleasant child, but he has a strong ... of stubbornness when she doesn't get his own way.
A. trait
B. streak
C. character
D. mark
B. streak
have a streak of ..: a part of a person's character, especially an unpleasant part
From time to tướng time, he .... himself to tướng a weekend in a five-star hotel
A. craves
B. indulges
C. benefits
D. treats
D. treats
treat sb to tướng sth: entertain somebody with something special
We welcome the new regulation, which become ... in the first of next month.
A. effective
B. efficient
C. efficacious
D. effete
A. effective (có hiệu lực)
Efficacious (Adj): (of things, not of people) producing the result that was wanted or intended
Effete (Adj): (of a person) with manners and interests that other people consider silly, unimportant and not sincere
he's on his own now. He'll have to tướng ... his own canoe
A. row
B. steer
C. paddle
D. ride
C. paddle
Paddle your own canoe: independent and bởi not need help from anyone else
Tourism provided people with jobs - albeit often rather .... ones
A. superficial
B. menial
C. intellectual
D. remedial
B. menial
medial (adj) (of work) not considered important; not needing special skills and often boring or badly paid
Superficial (adj) not studying or looking at something carefully or completely; seeing only what is obvious
remedial (adj) aimed at solving a problem, especially when this involves correcting or improving something that has been done wrong (remedial action)
A traveller looks down on anyone who seems to tướng be a(n) ... tourist
A. only
B. sole
C. mere
D. lone
The invasion of the small country was an ... act which violated the peace treaty
A. assertive
B. aggressive
C. affirmative
D. abrasive
B. aggressive
Assertive (Adj) expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence, ví that people take notice
Affirmative (Adj) khang dinh
Abrasive (of a person or their manner) rude and unkind;
Remember if you go into that meeting without being prepared with some answers, you will simply be ...
a sitting duck
3 multiple choice options
The chief accountant violated the law, ví it would be irresponsible of the company ...
not to tướng fire him
3 multiple choice options
(E.c) The goalkeeper is the only player allowed to tướng touch the ball with the hands while the ball is in playing
in playing -> In play (the ball is in a position where it can be hit, kicked, thrown)