Từ vựng - Word choice/ Collocations

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You must not _________ any step in the process; otherwise, you would not be able to cook the dish properly.

1. quit
2. skip
3. leave
4. hide

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The ________ prices of property in big cities may deter people on low incomes from owning a house there.

1. forbidding
2. competitive
3. prohibitive
4. inflatable

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After a momentary _________ of concentration, Simon managed to regain his focus and completed the test.

1. lapse
2. fault
3. failure
4. error

Although she had been told quite sternly to ________ herself together, she simply couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

1. bring
2. pull
3. force
4. push 

_________ to fame at an early age may have a negative influence on children's psychological development.

1. Approaching
2. Reaching
3. Going
4. Rising 

It _______ to reason that Jason passed the exam with flying colours on account of his working hard during the term.

1. comes
2. gets
3. stands
4. lays

Parents often advise their children to study hard in the hope that they will _____ success in the future.

1. gather
2. collect
3. master
4. achieve

Several measures have been proposed to ______ the problem of unemployment among university graduates.

1. pose
2. admit
3. address
4. create

It is advisable that the apprentice should be ______ to learn the ins and outs of the new job.

1. permissive
2. noticeable
3. acceptable
4. observant

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 He retired early…………..ill-health.

1. on behalf of                                  
2. ahead of                      
3. in front of                                    
4. on account of

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He played an active…………..in politics until he was well over 80.

1.  part                                               
2. scene                      
3. job                                                
4. position

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 I would like to offer a small……………..to anyone who finds the missing dog.

1. receipt                                      
2. repayment                    
3. expense                                  
4. reward

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 The Committee took just thirty minutes to ……………the conclusion that action was necessary.

1. judge                                        
2. make                     
3. decide                                           
4. reach

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 I hope you won’t take ………………if I tell you the truth. 

1.  annoyance                                 
2. offence                     
3. resentment                     
4. irritation

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I couldn’t tell what time it was because workman had removed the……….of the clock.

1.  hands                                            
2. pointers                  
3. arms                                               
4. fingers

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After leaving school, Nigel decided to…………in the army.

1.  enlist                                             
2. enroll             
3. register                                    
4. sign

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 ………………you mention it, I do remember the accident.

1. if only                                           
2. now that                     
3. no matter                                      
4. so that

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 Please keep the fire ………….it’s cold in here.

1. burns                                             
2. burn                       
3. to burn                                         
4. burning 

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Antique shop exert a(an)…………fascination on a great many people.

1. peculiar                                         
2. especial
3. hysterical                                      
4. unconscious

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 The boss doesn’t allow ……………….. in the office.

1.  to smoke                                       
2. smoking                      
3. smoke                                           
4. to be smoked

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 Theatrical …………….. and artificial blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic.

1. get - together                     
2. make - up                      
3. look - out                              
4. go - between

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After …………. at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.

1. admiring                                     
2. gazing                    
3. glancing                                       
4. observing

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 The police were………when Mrs. Ramsay told them what she had done.

1. esteemed                                       
2. astounded
3. astonishing                                    
4. flickered

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 ……………..at the age of eight, the Florentines gave him a state funeral.

1.  on dying                                        
2. having died
3. dead                                             
4. on his death

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It will be a long time before any landing on Mars can be…………… .

1.  applied                                          
2. experienced 
3. experimented                               
4. attempted

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 The dogs are allowed to …………….. outside the enclosure.

1. graze                                                 
2. drift                     
3. wonder                                          
4. wander

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He feels that his rise in …………. is well worth the loss of money.

1.  situation                                        
2. environment                       
3. status                                            
4. circumstance

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 Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their ………….. with unimportant facts and statistics.

1.  public                                            
2. common
3. audience                                      
4. viewers

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Modern English has …………….. from the mingling of the other languages.

1. involved                                       
2. evolved                     
3. concerned                                   
4. transferred

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 There must be a large number of stars with planets which could ……………. intelligent beings in the universe.

1. assist                                             
2. exist                      
3. support                                         
4. survive