1. Don’t _______ him on to join a gang: nothing could be worse for him! A. egg B. toast C. butter D. knife 2. Many companies seem to reach the _______ of disaster before anybody has tried to get something done. A. side B. precipice C. edge D. brink 3. I am not surprised that your brother is angry; you spent half an hour _______ him up about an issue he cares about deeply. A. spinning B. turning C. winding D. twirling 4. Although Gail thought she should have won first place, she _______ her pride and congratulated her rival. A. exerted B. swallowed C. bore D. aroused 5. I had spent two months worrying about it and I was glad to get it off my _______. A. shoulders B. head C. chest D. mouth 6. That he was using unscrupulous research methods only came out because his assistant _______ on him to the press. A. ratted B. hounded C. fished D. bugged 7. The phrase ‘money doesn't buy happiness’ is a cautionary cliché that keeps us from blindly lining your pockets with _______ in the hope that we’ll feel happier. A. stash B. hoard C. stock D. dosh 8. If there happened to be both rich and poor people, as there happen to be both black and white ones, then the advantages of the _______ might well spread in time to the hard-up. A. well-heeled B. big-hearted C. open-handed D. tight-fisted 9. The government has agreed to _______ an additional £5 million to schools in underprivileged regions. A. dole out B. tip off C. crack down D. toss off 10. As much as the candidate tried to convince people of his honesty, he could not shake off his _______ past. A. serene B. tranquil C. shady D. frigid Thế này thôi ạ. Em cám ơn trước :3