Enriching Your Vocabulary English 10 - Lesson 5 (Có đáp án)

ENRICHING YOUR VOCABULARY 5
WORD IN ACTION
Exercise A. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
PART A
PART B
1. abate
2. adroit
3. accost
4. aggravate
5. arrogance
A. make worse and 
 more serious
B. subside; become 
 less in intensity
C. houghtiness
D. skillful; clever
E. meet and speak to 
 sb in a way that 
 seems rude
1. brim
2. chaste
3. defect
4. demolish
5. commence
A. become an 
 apostate
B. the upper edge, 
 as of a glass
C. begin; start
D. morally pure
E. tear down
Exercise B. Fill in the blanks with the correct word, A, B, C or D.
1. I bumped into John in Athens and he......me before I had time to speak first.
A. accosted 	B. ajar 	C. brawled 	D. Jolted
2. He's very whimsical; he does things on the......of the moment.
A. brim 	B. spur 	C. clap 	D. push
3. He slipped and fell and......his wrist.
A. aroused 	B. flushed 	C. sprained 	D. chaste
4. The doctor warned him that if he continued to pick the sore he would......it.
A. demolish 	B. designate 	C. exasperate 	D. aggravate
5. The board president designated a......team to tear down the dilapidated building which jeopardised the passers-by.
A. demolition 	B. castigating 	C. contaminating 	D. drenching
6. The corrupt politician was bribed to......to the opposing party.
A. perfect 	B. defect 	C. infect 	D. reflect
7. I detest that......know-it-all expression on his face.
A. bewildered 	B. arduous 	C. arrogant 	D. complexity
8.. The Secretary of State handled the matter......and prevented a war.
A. adroitly 	B. intensely 	C. abjectly 	D. slightly
9. As soon as the storm......, the ships will be allowed to set sail.
A. abets 	B. abates 	C. forbids 	D. incites
10. Let's hurry to the theatre. The play is to......at eight o'clock sharp.
A. commend 	B. recommend 	C. commence 	D. comment
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Exercise One. Complete the sentences using the words defined below.
A. thrive: prosper strive: try hard
 - The stray cat she adopted will......now that it has enough food.
B. sustain: keep up; maintain; support retain: keep or continue to have something
 - The city......minor damage during the earthquake.
C. yoke- servitude or slavery yolk: the yellow part of an egg
 - The egg......is very nutritious.
D. document: any written or printed matter that provides evidence 
 Documentary: cinema or T.V. film showing aspects of human or animal life and 
 social activities.
 - They watched a......on the Amazon rain forest,
E. constrain: make sb do sth by using force or persuasion restrain: keep under 
 control
 - That dog is a hazard and should be......
F. soothe: calm seethe - be agitated; extremely angry
 - Try this cream; it will......your sunburn.
G. subside: sink to a lower level subsidize: help financially
 - It took a long time for his grief to......after his grandmother died..
Exercise Two. Rewrite each of the following below by replacing the words in BOLD with an appropriate phrase using the verb in CAPITALS. Make whatever other changes are necessary.
e.g.We must end all this vandalism and destruction caused by hooligans. (PUT)
 ] We must put an end to all this vandalism and destruction caused by hooligans.
1. Most of my friends prefer baseball. 	HAVE
2. It is high time we acted positively. 	TAKE
3. Huge crowds gathered for the procession. 	TURN
4. He didn't appear until much later. 	PUT
5. The war ended in 1945. 	COME
6. They considered his previous sales experience before taking him on the staff. TAKE
7. An architect surveyed the house before it was bought. 	MAKE
8. The firm has fitted safety belts in all its vehicles. 	EQUIP
9. How can he manage on his poor salary? 	GET
10. He decided to stop attending the college and get a job. 	DROP
Exercise Three. Underline the one word in the parenthesis ( ) that best completes each sentence.
1. I knew from the (onslaught - onset) that the plan would turn out to be a flap.
2. Now, whot's the (snag - snug)?
3. A clumsy driver may even collide wilh a (stationary - stationery) vehicle.
4. No reverse could (deter - defer) him from proceeding.
5. This is the fifth (successive - successful) game they've won this month.
6. What an (inventive - eventful) day it has been!
7. Austere measures mean practising (frigid - rigid) economics.
8. He was in a (trivial - jovial) mood that day.
9. Malaria is a (contiguous - contagious) disease.
10. Do you know how to (steer - stir) the boat?
11. He suffered many (reserves - reverses) throughout his life.
12. They live in a (choosy - cosy) little house.
Exercise Four. Replace the words in BOLD type with a single word from the list below with the same meaning.
stabilisers - drought - imminent - identification - scope - unpredictable
prospering - nepotism - espionage - entail – precarious
1. I judged from the state of the sky that a thunderstorm was coming on. ........
2. Most modern ships are fitted with devices intended to keep them on an even keel. 
 .......
3. People who are found guilty of the practice of spying......are put in jail.
4. Tom's character was such that no one could tell what he would do next. ......
5. Throughout history, many politicians have been guilty of handing out high offices 
 to their relations. ......
6. Hilary's business is doing exceptionally well. ......
7. Astrophysics is a subject beyond the range of action and ability of my mind......
8. Last year's crop failed due to dry weather and lack of rainfall.
9. Cheating in the exam may have as a result.......your disqualification.
10. The company's position is far from safe. ......
11. The police officer stopped the suspicious-looking man in the State Department, and asked for papers that could prove who he was. ......
VOVABULARY PRACTICE
A. Read the text below and choose the correct word A, B, C, or D to fit the gaps.
 Despite the continued (1).......of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey started to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (2)......during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. Instead, he (3).......a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (4).......were partly selfish: "If I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs."
 He seemed to have (5)......no expense; most of the new buildings were strikingly (6)....... The first to be finished was the three-million-dollar limestone Community Centrr, home to the 1,904-seat Venetian-style Hershey Community Theatre, which has played (7)......since 1933 to touring Broadway shows and to music, dance, and opera performances. It offers just as much to look at when the lights are on and the curtains closed. The floors in the (8)......named Grand Lobby are polished Italian lava rock, surrounded by marble walls and capped with a bas-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat, beehives, swans, and scenes from Roman mythology. With the (9).......inner foyer, Hershey thumbed his nose even harder at the ravages of the Depression: The arched ceiling is tiled in gold, the fire curtain bears a painting of Venice, and the ceiling is (10)......with 88 tiny lightbulbs to re-create a star-lit night.
11. A. flexibility
B. rigidity
C. elasticity
D. resilience
12. A. prosper
B. decline
C. get on
D. flower
13. A. trusted
B. funded
C. accounted
D. stocked
14. A. pretensions
B. objections
C. preoccupation
D. intentions
15. A. spared
B. spent
C. allowed
D. justified
16. A. impoverished
B. unattractive
C. poor
D. opulent
17. A. hosting
B. housing
C. host
D. homogeneously
18. A. aptly
B. inappropriately
C. seemingly
D. frightfully
19. A. dizzying
B. gaudy
C. dazzling
D. bland
20. A. holed
B. studded
C. supported
D. magnified
B. Fill the gaps in the following sentences with the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
1. Employees who have a......are encouraged to discuss it with the management.
A. hindrance 	B. grievance 	C. disturbance 	D. precaution
2. Decrepitude seriously......vision and hearing.
A. impairs 	B. enhances 	C. withers 	D. shrinks
3. They......his proposal before accepting it.
A. rejected 	B. ignored 	C. overlooked 	D.scrutinised
4. A few political extremists......the crowd to attack the police.
A.incited 	B. animated 	C. stirred 	D. agitated
5. He spent his entire life......round the world, never settling down.
A. scattering 	B. roaming 	C. exploring 	D. transporting
6. The examiner's cold stare......Mary.
A. amazed 	B.dumbfounded 	C. imperiled 	D. disconcerted
7. It's high time we......the procedure.
A. tortured 	B. occurred 	C. commenced 	D. soothed
8 .The judge decided to......the trial till the following week.
A. admire 	B. admit 	C. adjust 	D. adjourn
9. I wouldn't like to......my good name and reputation.
A. enrich 	B. jeopardise 	C. constrain 	D. prolong
10. If I was to do that, it would my employer's displeasure.
A. occur 	B. incur 	C. recur 	D. concur
ANSWER KEY
Words In Action.
Exercise A
PART A: 
1. abate: subside; become less in intensity 
2. adroit: skillful; clever
3. accost: meet and speak to sb in a way that seems rude
4. aggravate: make worse and more serious
5. arrogance: haughtiness
PART B: 
1. brim: the upper edge, as of a glass
2. chaste: morally pure 
3. defect: become an apostate
4. demolish: tear down 
5. commence: begin; start
Exercise B
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C
Vocabulary Development
Exercise One.
A. thrive B. sustained C. yolk D. documentary E. restrained F. soothe G. subside
Exercise Two.
1. Most of my friends have a preference for baseball
2. It’s high time we took positive action.
3. Huge crowds turned out for the procession.
4. He didn’t put in an appearance until much later.
5. The war came to an end in 1945. 
6. They took his previous sales experience into consideration before taking him on the staff.
7. An architect made a survey of the house before it was bought.
8. The firm has equipped all its vehicles with safety belts.
9. How can he get by on his poor salary?
10. He decided to drop out of college and get a job.
Exercise Three.
1. onset 2. snag 3. stationary 4. deter 5. successive 6. eventful 
7. rigid 8. jovial 9. contagious 10. steer 11. reverses 12. cosy
Exercise Four.
1. imminent 2. stabilisers 3. espionage 4. unpredictable 5. nepotism 
6. prospering 7. scope 8. drought 9. entail 10. precarious 11. identification
Vocabulary Practice.
Ex.A.: 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. B
Ex.B.: 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B
Hershey Community Theatre
 Hershey Theatre is a 1904-seat theatre in downtown Hershey, Pennsylvania.
 The theatre owes its existence to chocolate magnate and philanthropist Milton S. Hershey. Hershey Theatre was opened in September, 1933, as part of Hershey's Great Building Campaign of the Depression.
Milton S. Hershey.