Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 1: He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.A. complain B. exchange C. explain D. arrange 2: The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.A. effects B. symptoms C. hints D. demonstrations 3: I’ll take the...
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
1: He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.
A. complain B. exchange C. explain D. arrange
2: The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.
A. effects B. symptoms C. hints D. demonstrations
3: I’ll take the new job whose salary is fantastic.
A. reasonable B. acceptable C. pretty high D. wonderful
A. widely B. secretly C. alone D. overseas
4: The lost hikers stayed alive by eating wild berries and drinking spring water.
A. connived B. survived C. surprised D. revived
5: During the earthquake, a lot of buildings collapsed, which killed thousands of people.
A. went off accidentally B. fell down unexpectedly
C. exploded suddenly D. erupted violently
6: The plane landed safely.
A. touched down B. took off C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B
Đáp án C.
Tạm dịch: Anh ta được đề nghị_______sự xuất hiện của mình ở hiện trường vụ án.
- account for (v) giải thích, đưa lí do cho.
Ex: This accounts for his behaviour: điều đó giải thích thái độ đối xử của hắn.
A. complain (v): kêu ca, kêu, phàn nàn, than phiền; oán trách
B. exchange (v): đổi, đổi chác, trao đối
C. explain (v): giải thích, thanh minh
D. arrange (v): sắp xếp, sắp đặt, sửa soạn
Câu hỏi tìm đáp án gần nghĩa nhất. Ta thấy đáp án chính xác và phù hợp nhất với văn cảnh là “explain”.
Kiến thức cần nhớ
- explain (v): giải thích
- explanation (n): sự/ lời giải thích
- explanatory (adj): mang tính giải thích
- explain sth to sb
- explain away: thanh minh