Read the texts that follow. A word or phrase is missing in some of the sentences. Four answer choices are given below each of the sentences. Select the best answer to complete the text.

Questions 1 through 3 refer to the following article.

Ridiculous things
Every day, hundreds of postal workers brave the cold, rain, heat and snow in order to deliver letters across the country. They have to …(1)… angry customers, vicious dogs and sore feet from all the walking. But that isn’t enough for bosses at the Royal Mail. They don’t seem to be happy with the speed of delivery. So, in a recent ruling, postal workers were informed that they had to walk faster. “Postmen and women have been told to walk at 7km/h when they deliver mail. Previously staff had to target walk at 3km/h”, explained a spokesperson for the Communication Workers Union. “This means workers have larger rounds, work longer hours and on top of all that, they aren’t even paid over theme”.
put up with
put off
put up for
put on
Đáp án đúng là put up with - chịu đựng, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.
But there are lots more companies with ridiculous ideas. In another company managers wanted to control how fast office supplies were being used up. So, all the cupboards and drawers containing supplies were …(2)….
locked onto
locked out
locked up
locked into
Đáp án đúng là locked up - cất đi, khóa lại cẩn thận, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.
In order to get a new pen, employees had to prove that the old pen was entirely out of ink. The receptionist who was in charge of the key to the supply cupboards had to test the pen that she was given before she could …(3)… a new one.
give up
give out
give off
give away
Đáp án đúng là give out - chia, phân phối, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

Questions 4 through 6 refer to the following article.

The pros and cons of Wikipedia
What do you do when you need to …(4)…? Go to the library? Open an encyclopaedia? These days, most people go straight to Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia. But how reliable is it?
look something out
look something over
look out for something
look something up
Đáp án đúng là look something up - tìm kiếm, tra cứu cái gì, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.
There’s no denying the popularity and usefulness of Wikipedia. It attracts a massive 78 million visitors every month, and the site is available in more than 270 different languages….
Of course, there are some controls. Wikipedia has a team of more than 1,500 administrators who …(5)… false information. And prime targets for malicious comments (such as politicians) are off-limits to public editing.
check in
check out
check for
check up
Đáp án đúng là check for - kiểm tra để tìm ra, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.
But with more than 16 millions articles to …(6)…, it isn’t easy. So while Wikipedia benefits from being constantly updated with information from all over the world, it’s also open to “vandals”.
keep an eye on
keep on an eye
keep an eye off
keep off an eye
Đáp án đúng là keep an eye on - để mắt tới việc gì
Questions 7 through 9 refer to the following article.

Facebook phobia
Have you got a Facebook account? Are you thinking of getting one? Jamine Simmonds has just ...(7)…. Let’s see how she’s getting along.
signed in
signed up
signed out
signed off
Đáp án đúng là signed up - đăng kí (làm thành viên), các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.

My diary
MONDAY: I’m, officially a Facebooker. I find a few people I used to know and I’ve got seven friends. I’ve never felt so popular! I wonder if my old university flatmate Steve is on here…What do you know! He is! May be Facebook has its uses after all.
TUESDAY: I’ve received lots of nice welcoming messages on my walls. Later, I …(8)… Steve for a drink after not seeing him for five years.
met with
met up with
see off
see out
Đáp án đúng là met up with - gặp gỡ ai, đặc biệt là có sự sắp xếp, các đáp án còn lại không phù hợp nghĩa với văn cảnh này.
We …(9)… really well! Then, he uses his Facebook app for iPhone to suggest me as a friend to some other ex-classmates. Some of them even come to the pub and it’s just like old times-possibly a hit too much like