Đề đề xuất DHBB 10 2024 Chuyên Quốc Học Huế

1. 1. Her ______ remarks about the seriousness of the situation offended those who were genuinely concerned.

• flippant

• scrawny

• arrogant

• assertive

Answer explanation

flippant (adj) = unserious

2. 2. The journalist managed to ______ out the information by going through all the old files.

• beetle

• cow

• ferret

• badger

Answer explanation

ferret out (v) = look for

3. 3. Joanna has a real ______ for interior design - her home stunning!

• likeness

• flair

• prospect

• popularity

Answer explanation

flair (n) = natural ability

4. 4. If the warning light should come on, turn the red ______ to off.

• button

• dial

• knob

• lever

Answer explanation

knob (n): nút bấm

5. 5. He has a morbid fear of going outside his home, known to doctors as ______.

• agoraphobia

• arachnophobia

• claustrophobia

• xenophobia

Answer explanation

agoraphobia (n): hội chứng sợ không gian rộng

6. 6. The peach pie was so delicious that we ______ the whole thing.

• coughed up

• polished off

• wound up

• sponged off

Answer explanation

polish off (v): ăn ngấu nghiến

7. 7. She could talk the hind legs off a ______ with her endless anecdotes and stories.

• dog

• donkey

• cow

• snake

Answer explanation

talk the hind legs off a donkey (v): nói thao thao bất tuyệt

8. 8. It was a ______ moment when I realized that there were other people who watched the show.

• lowly

• scholastic

• righteous

• revelatory

Answer explanation

reveal (v) --> revelatory (adj)

9. 9. A(n) ______ shift in the global oil market is under way.

• epochal

• transient

• fleeting

• mundane

Answer explanation

epochal (adj) = remarkable

10. 10. The singer wished it to be known that he had left the band out of his own ______.

• accord

• eagerness

• volition

• willingness

Answer explanation

out of one’s own volition (adv): tự nguyện