Đáp án C

Kiến thức về thành ngữ

A. ups and downs: thăng trầm

B. odds and ends: đồ vật linh tinh, đầu thừa đuôi thẹo

C. wear and tear: hao mòn sau quá trình sử dụng

D. white lie: lời nói dối vô hại

Tạm dịch: Tôi sẽ không mua cái xe đó bởi vì nó có quá nhiều hao mòn.

Đáp án C.

  A. ups and downs: thăng trầm, những lúc thuận lợi và những khi khó khăn.

Ex: His business has gone through many ups and downs before flourishing like today: Công việc kinh doanh của anh ấy đã trải qua nhiều thăng trầm trước khi khởi sắc như hôm nay.

  B. odds and ends (n): những thứ linh tinh vụn vặt, không quan trọng.

Ex: He didn't keep much in his desk - just a few odds and ends: Anh ấy không để nhiều đồ ở bàn, chỉ một vài thứ đồ linh tinh.

  C. wear and tear: (đồ vật) xây xước, tổn hại do được dùng hằng ngày, hao mòn tự nhiên.

Ex: The insurance policy does not cover damage caused by normal wear and tear: Chính sách bảo hiểm không áp dụng cho những tổn hại gây ra bởi hao mòn tự nhiên thông thường.

  D. white lie: lời nói dối vô hại.

Ex: He told her a white lie in order not to hurt her.

Đáp án chính xác là C. wear and tear.

Tạm dịch: Tôi không mua cái xe vì nó có qua nhiều hao mòn, hư hỏng.

Đáp án C.

A. ups and downs: thăng trầm, những lúc thuận lợi và những khi khó khăn.

Ex: His business has gone through many ups and downs before flourishing like today: Công việc kinh doanh của anh ấy đã trải qua nhiều thăng trầm trước khi khởi sắc như hôm nay.

B. odds and ends (n): những thứ linh tinh vụn vặt, không quan trọng.

Ex: He didn’t keep much in his desk – just a few odds and ends: Anh ấy không để nhiều đồ ở bàn, chỉ một vài thứ đồ linh tinh.

C. wear and tear: (đồ vật) xây xước, tổn hại do được dung hằng ngày, hao mòn tự nhiên.

Ex: The insurance policy does not cover damage caused by normal wear and tear: Chính sách bảo hiểm không áp dụng cho những tổn hại gây ra bởi hao mòn tự nhiên thông thường.

D. white lie: lời nói dối vô hại.

Ex: He total her a while lie in order not to hurt her.

Đáp án chính xác là C. wear and tear.

Tạm dịch: Tôi không mua cái xe vì nó có qua nhiều hao mòn, hư hỏng.

1 soon => far

2 making => made

3 popularly => popular

4 that => to

5 growing => to grow

6 earned => have earned

7 excited => exciting

8 facing => having

9 for => on

10 significant => significantly

I) Tìm lỗi sai và sửa lại
1. I had paint on my shoes because I'd painted my bedroom all morning. -> been painting
2. I missed the start of the film because I buy popcorn. -> bought
3. It was obvious that Bill has worked because he was very tired when I saw him. -> had
4. We had been tidying the garden for hours and I was ing a rest. -> needed
5. When the bus was arriving, we missed it because we were talking. -> arrived
6. During the Christmas holiday, I was eating too much and watching too much TV! -> TV too much
7. Jullian was learning all about computer games by the time he was six. -> learnt/learned
8. My grandfather was owning a hotel by the beach until he sold it last year. -> had been

1. painted -> been painting

2. buy -> bought

3. has -> had

4. needing -> needed

5. was arriving -> arrived

6. too much TV -> TV too much

7. was learning -> learnt / learned

8. was -> had been

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1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c

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1.d 2.b 3.a 4.c

1:b

2:d

3:a

4:c

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word in each gap. The first letter for each word is given

I work in a supermarket. I don't(0) eam much because it's only a (1) part...-time.....job - I only work in the evenings. Some evenings I work on the (2) centre ..... It's boring. I sit there. People put their shopping down and I tell them how much it costs. On other days, I go into the car park to tidy the shopping (3) t........ and bring them back into the shop. People take them to their cars, put all the food into their cars and then drive away. I like doing that. I (4) go....... alone and I can relax in the fresh air. We don't have to wear a uniform but we have to look nice - I wear smart (5) t...... - not jeans - and black shoes.

1. The students are gathering all inside and outside to see the exam results.

-> both

2. They couldn’t buy the most modern car and it was too expensive.

-> because

3. I can’t go out tonight because I have too many work to do.

-> much

4. Driving a car with faulty brakes are taking quite a risk.

-> is

5. While infancy, a child grows approximately half of his or her adult height.

-> During

6. We had to eat standing up because we didn’t have anything to sit, and the grass was too wet.

-> but

7. Nobody knows that his or her life will be like in ten years’ time.

-> what

8. The film doesn’t start until 7.30 so you mustn’t leave too early.

-> don't have to

9. My friend played skillful and scored the third goal for our team.

-> skillfully

10. Jane didn’t enjoy the party and so did most of her friends.

-> neither

11. We’re considering visiting that place again. (paying)

-> We're considering paying a visit to that place again.

12. If you consider her problems, it’s not surprising she’s miserable. (bear)

-> If you bear in mind her problems, it's not surprising she's miserable.