The press thought the sale manager would be depressed by his dismissal but he just ___________
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Đáp án: D
Giải thích: (to) laugh sth off: cười xòa, cười trừ
Các đáp án còn lại:
(to) turn down: từ chối
(to) call off: hủy bỏ
(to) speak out: nói lớn; nói thẳng ý kiến của mình
Dịch nghĩa: Báo chí cho rằng người quản lí bán hàng sẽ tuyệt vọng vì bị sa thải nhưng ông ấy chỉ cười xòa.
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As a protection device, an octopus ejects black or purple ink to cloud the water when ___________
The ___________ and file supporters of the party were cheered by the election result.
In simple animals, ___________ reflex movement or involuntary response to stimuli.
An ambitious person is committed to improve his or her status at work.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34
If we took a look at how people in Europe communicated just one hundred years ago, we would be very surprised to find out that English was hardly used outside the United Kingdom. The language most commonly used between people of different nationalities, and particularly the aristocracy, was French. In fact, French was the language of diplomacy, culture and education. However, that is not the case nowadays. English has replaced French as the international language of communication. Today there are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak it as a first language.
There are many reasons why English has become the language of international communication. Britain's colonization of many parts of the world had something to do with it, but it is mainly due to America's rise to the position of major world power. This helped spread popular American culture throughout the world bringing the language with it.
But is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? Language specialists seem to be divided over this issue. There are those who claim that it is important to have a language that the people in our increasingly globalized world have in common. According to others, English is associated with a particular culture and therefore promotes that culture at the expense of others. Linguists have suggested "Esperanto", an artificially put-together language, as a solution to international communication problems but without success. So, English will continue being the world language until some other languages, maybe Chinese, which is the most widely-spoken native language in the world, takes over as the world's international language instead of English.
According to the passage, a century ago ___________
Lucy is asking for permission to play the guitar at Pete's home.
- Lucy: "Is it all right if I play the guitar in here while you're studying?"
- Pete: “___________”
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (25) ___________ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (26) ___________ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (27) ___________ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (28) ___________ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (29) ___________ into several different forms of media.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Considerations of safety were eventually ___________ by those of cost.
It appears that the hostages were not ___________ to any unnecessary suffering.
They were totally opposed ___________ the changes made in the plans.
When she heard from the hospital that her grandfather had died, she ___________ into tears.
Tan's other works have also been (29) ___________ into several different forms of media.
"Why wasn't your boyfriend at the party last night?"
- "He ___________ the lecture at Shaw Hall. I know he very much wanted to hear the speaker".
It was not until she had arrived home ___________ remembered her appointment with the doctor.
What is chiefly responsible for the growth in popularity of English?
