Lexico practice test - ôn thi học sinh giỏi THPT, Olympic 30-4 có đáp án (5 trang)

TEST 33 Part 1.
1. Being a college professor you the opportunity simply to write and do research. A. affords B. dispenses B. grants C. procures
2. I am afraid that sofa is a too big to fit along that wall. A. dose B. portion C. shade D. slice
3. Fortunately, I noticed that the shop assistant had the wrong amount. A. run over B. rung up C. put on D. rounded up
4. It did not take much to the old animosity lurking behind the surface of their relationship. A. resuscitate B. rekindle C. restore D. regain
5. That's a pretty excuse - he could have gotten there if he'd really wanted to. A. blank B. bare C. raw D. thin
6. Getting away from the stresses of work would do you a of good. A. sense B. taste C. virtue D. power
7. Don’t him on to join a gang: nothing could be worse for him! A. egg B. toast C. butter D. knife
8. The phrase ‘money doesn't buy happiness’ is a cautionary cliché that keeps us from
blindly lining your pockets with _ in the hope that we’ll feel happier. A. stash B. hoard C. stock D. dosh
9. Malaysians should embrace their natural generosity and not let hard times
their spirit to help others in need. A. dampen B. moisten C. drench D. deluge
10. My first impression of Vanessa was that she was very charming and ;
she seemed totally at ease with people. A. exuberant B. urbane C. aloof D. compassionate
11. Apart from one or two of brilliance from Owen, England put on a rather poor performance. A. flashes B. spells C. storms D. strokes
12. All he has done since losing his job is around the house all day. A. mourn B. depress C. mope D. wallow
13. Kitchell says the city was a of all American culture during the '60s. A. microclimate B. microcopy C. microcosm D. microscope
14. The island of Tahiti sandy beaches and crystal clear water. A. brags B. gloats C. boasts D. swaggers
15. The Government is trying to when it says it will spend more on the
health service without raising taxes. A. chew the fat B. wave the flag C. square the circle D. put the lid Part 2. 1. Some things are ina
lienably true: Water is wet, gra is green (kind of), dogs bark
and houses prices rise, (ALIEN)
2. The country had been e mancipated from thirteen years of middle-level Conservative
rule of reasonable efficiency, modest dynamism but small-power idealism. (MANCIPLE)
3. The foreigners in Ottawa constitute a(n) ominous threat to the integrity and
autonomy of our province. (OMEN)
4. The sparse dialogue is as mind-numbingly de
clamatory and unsubtle as political oratory. (CLAIM) 5. Although she was from a w
ell-to-do family and could have led a very comfortable
life, Judith had chosen otherwise. (DO) TEST 34 Part 1.
1. Her position became when rumours were spread that she’d lied about her qualifications. A. precipitous B. precarious C. perennial D. dubious
2. The priest was tormented by guilt when he looked back on the lifestyle he had led in his youth. A. insolent B. irresolute C. insolvent D. dissolute
3. The prime minister’s way of dealing with his own incompetence is to his cabinet. A. restructure B. reorganise C. rearrange D. reshuffle
4. I have to it to William; he put in the hard work and got results. A. hand B. present C. give D. applaud
5. Her treatment by her employers finally forced her to look for a better job. A. shabby B. messy C. grungy D. tardy
6. After over the pros and cons for weeks, she finally quit her job last Friday. A. moralizing B. agonizing C. sterilizing D. rationalizing
7. They are a real organisation; they are only interested in making a profit.
A. devil-may-care B. fly-by-night C. open-handed D. down-to-earth
8. Unfortunately, Jamie’s plans to tour around Australia didn’t due to a lack of finances. A. pan out B. pull off C. knuckle down D. waltz through
9. We deny that we have ever cheated or tampered illegally with any
match ball in any game during our careers. A. categorically B. fully C. distinctly D. highly
10. She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the . A. grade B. term C. mark D. degree
12. Millions of people left Italy for the USA during the Italian of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A. clique B. diaspora C. horde D. troupe
13. The football fans were coming in to watch the final game. An hour
before the kickoff the stadium was packed full. A. fingers and thumbs B. bits and bobs C. dribs and drabs D. bibs and tuckers
14. He likes nothing better than to spend his Sunday mornings in the gardens.
A. pottering about B. hanging around C. whiling away D. winding down
15. I had been feeling very down in the dumps after being given the sack, but took
when a prestigious employment agency booked two interviews for me. A. stride B. shine C. heart D. issue Part 2.
1. The power of red wine to c ounteract
high cholesterol has been ballyhooed in the press. (ACT)
2. Not only was it gaudy in appearance but the smell wafting from the kitchen was distinctly ma lodorous . (ODOR)
3. The message is clear and concise and displays no v erbosity that one
would expect to find in more courtly love scenes. (VERB)
4. If you join the armed forces, you have to pledge a llegience to your country. (ALLAY)
5. The next government will play an energetic role in seeking multilateral nuclear d isarmament . (ARM)
Document Outline

• TEST 33
• Part 2.
• TEST 34
• Part 2.