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VOCABULARY AND IDIOM QUIZ 01




Answers. An advanced student should probably have 10 correct, and an upper intermediate student more than 7.


 

01. As times get harder we'll just have to pull in our.................

   A. waistlines B. ambitions C belts D. ideas

02. I'm doing badly. I'll have to pull my... up.

   A. stockings B. shoes C. socks D. trousers

03. The mud was... -deep.

   A. foot B. sock C. ankle D. toe

04. He's not a pushy person. He likes to take...

   A. things Iying down B. a back seat C. a long lie-in D. things backwards

05. Strikes..... prompt delivery.

   A. hold up B. stop back C. reverse D. hold down

06. Two items on the agenda were... until the next meeting.

   A. held over B. stopped over C. held back D put down

07. In hard times it's difficult to....

   A. stop drowning B. keep floating C. keep one's head above water D. stay above water

08. I just do not understand it. I can't make... of it

   A. long or short B. head or tail C. bottom or top D. fast or loose

09. Their profits are huge. They're... it.

   A. lifting B. manufacturing C. crowning D. coining

10 He bought his car on the... , by hire-purchase.

   A. now and now B. up and up C. never-never D. pay tomorrow

11. He has made a mistake, and must face the...

   A. hardship B. music C. noise D. play

12. Don't... horses in midstream.

   A. shoot B. over-burden C. gallop D. swop

13. This car has gone to..... It won't even start.

   A. the devil B. seed C. pot D. earth

14. The socialists wanted to... the rich.

   A drown B wet C. soak D. swamp

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