14. Sorry I'm late because my alarm clock didn't..... this morning.
→ B. go off (nghĩa là "đổ chuông")

15. I wanted to be the first to..... the news to Jack's parents.
→ A. interrupt (mặc dù "interrupt" thường dùng với lời nói, nhưng trong trường hợp này, có vẻ "break" sẽ hợp lý hơn về ngữ cảnh chia sẻ tin tức)
→ D. break ✅ (break the news = báo tin)

16. The disease known as monkey-pox soon..... all over the country.
→ C. spread ✅

17. .....my friends at secondary school, Mary is the most reserved.
→ D. Of all of ✅

18. In..... to have good grades you have to work harder and pay more attention to your lessons.
→ A. order ✅ (In order to + V: để mà…)

19. Brenda: "Do you think it will rain?" – Carol: "Oh!....."
→ C. I hope not ✅

20. Bob: "Can you do the cooking today?" – Danny: "....."
→ C. Yes, please ✅

(Từ gốc: practice – vary – describe – picture – agree)

1. Before operating this machine you have to read the description carefully.
→ (danh từ từ "describe")

2. It would be..... to take the car because there is nowhere to park.
→ impractical (Từ "practice", chuyển thành "impractical" để mang nghĩa "không thực tế")

3. My..... with my boss about the work led to my dismissal.
→ disagreement ✅ (từ "agree")

4. At dawn, the mountain looks.....; that’s why I want to spend our holiday there.
→ picturesque ✅ (từ "picture", mang nghĩa "đẹp như tranh vẽ")

5. There’s a whole..... of reasons why I don’t like the way she talks about her success.
→ variety ✅ (danh từ từ "vary")