1. B

2. C

3. C

4. A

5. B

6. C

7. B

8. A

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. C

5. A

1. According to tradition, people in this area worship their ancestor.

2. Unlike his sister, Alex listens to classical music.

3. No quality is held in higher esteem than creativity.

4. They proposed that they should not take on more part-time workers.

5. However hard life was, they managed to provide the kids with a good education.

1. It should come as no surprise that Kevin won the tournament.

    Giải thích: come as no surprise: không đáng ngạc nhiên

2. He gave me such half-hearted advice that I was at a loss as to what I should do.

    Giải thích: be at a loss: bối rối, không biết phải làm gì (≈ be left wondering what to do)

3. Valerie advised me against calling Leo for a while.

    Giải thích: cấu trúc “advise sb against sth”: khuyên ai không nên làm gì

4. Confrontation with management must be avoided at all costs to maintain good industrial relations.

    Giải thích: at all costs: bằng bất cứ giá nào

5. The student lived on a shoestring because of having little financial support.

    Giải thích: live on a shoestring: sống trong cảnh kinh tế eo hẹp

1. wisdom

2. strengths

3. childhood

4. hospitability

5. preparation

6. capability

7. friendliness

8. representatives

9. responsibility

10. kindness

11. lecturers

1. time-consuming

2. harmful

3. irritated

4. popular

5. challenging

6. harmless

7. creative

8. uncreative

9. unpopular

10. useless

11. useful

50. did your father die - don’t know - died

51. had forgotten

52. was doing

53. haven’t seen

54. was raining

55. will wait

56. hears

57. had started - was

58. have you studied

59. haven’t received - left

60. am having

61. will speak

62. will be living

63. is coming

64. is

65. was speaking

66. don’t eat

67. will have finished

68. was watching

69. has lived

70. has cut

71. was built

72. are singing

73. have been planted - stopped

74. won’t come

75. will have studied

76. says - talks

19. B

20. B

21. B

22. A

23. A

24. C

77. did you do - had gone

78. have you waited

79. had done

80. will have waited

81. will have made

82. broke - stole - were dancing

83. were sitting - was doing - was knitting - were reading

84. has painted

85. has asked

86. listened

87. was working

88. played - have you played - came - played - joined - had arrived

89. will say

90. get - rises

91. was

92. asks

93. comes

94. am working

95. was - wanted

96. was - had died

97. cried

98. won’t send

99. leaves

100. has given