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1. I think I understand the nuts and .... of the operation.
   A. crews
   B. hammer
   C. bolts
   D. nail

bolts

1. Tom won't buy that old car because it has too much .... on it.
   A. ups and downs
   B. odds and ends
   C. wear and tear
   D. white lie

wear and tear

1. Job losses are mainly in the .... sectors of the industry.
   A. blue-collar
   B. red-collar
   C. stiff-collar
   D. high-collar

blue-collar

put someone out to grass

to retire someone

1. Since he is too old to be a porter, they have decided to put him out to ....
   A. the door
   B. grounds
   C. grass
   D. the kerb

grass

1. It was an extremely hostile article which cast .... on the conduct of the entire cabinet.
   A. criticism
   B. aspersions
   C. disapproval
   D. abuse

aspersions

veto

to reject a resolution formally.

1. Some countries always .... resolutions at the United Nations which don't suit them.
   A. bail
   B. countenance
   C. veil
   D. veto

veto

as right as rain

perfectly fine

1. I didn't need any medicine. I'm as right as ....
   A. clouds
   B. rays
   C. rain
   D. a haze

rain

self-conscious

feeling undue awareness of oneself.

1. My sunburnt nose made me feel rather .... for the first few days of the holiday.
   A. self-confident
   B. self-centre
   C. self-conscious
   D. self-evident

self-conscious

9. My mother is a real .... potato. She watches T.V all the time.
   A.couch
   B.sofa
   C.armchair
   D.cushion

couch

intrinsically

by its very nature

9. The red cross is an .... international aid organization.
   A. intriguingly
   B. intrusively
   C. intrinsically
   D. intrepidly

intrinsically

1. I hope everything's OK. They .... several hours ago.
   A. would have called
   B. must have called
   C. were to have called
   D. supposed to call

c

1. .... with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn't want to answer his phone call.
   A. Having quarreled
   B. Because having quarreled
   C. Because of she quarreled
   D. Having quarreled

a

1. Superconductivity will revolutionize the way that energy is used for the next millennium, and .... the first truly superconductive substance will be remembered as a technological hero.
   A. what the discovery of
   B. the discovery of
   C. whoever discovers
   D. whose discovery

c

Correct placement of the adverb "hardly"

after the modal verb.

1. The important of the hand, and more generally of the body, in children's acquisition of arithmetic ....
   A. can hardly be exaggerated.
   B. hardly exaggerated can be.
   C. can be exaggerated hardly.
   D. exaggerated can be hardly.

a

1. Why didn't you ask for help, .... to do it on your own?
   A. in view of trying
   B. nowhere near trying
   C. rather than trying
   D. far from trying

c

1. ...., only people who agree with her are real jews.
   A. We can infer how she is concerned
   B. Inferred from what she is concerned
   C. We can infer what she is concerned
   D. We can infer that as far as she is concerned.

d

1. It is possible to stay overnight here although there is no guest house ....
   A. at that
   B. as such
   C. in itself
   D. for that

b

1. ....,I haven't seen Catherine all day.
   A. Coming to think of it
   B. Coming to think of it
   C. To come to think of it
   D. Come to think of it

d

1. It turned out that we .... rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.
   A. hadn't
   B. should have
   C. musn't
   D. needn't have

d

1. When Nadine arrived, she soon .... at all her jokes.
   A. had everyone laughed
   B. had laughing everyone
   C. had everyone laughing
   D. had laughed everyone

c

1. They .... a two-month tour of the US with a party in Washington.
   A. set forth
   B. brought off
   C. came up with
   D. kicked off

kicked off

2. I was promised a good job from January this year, but it's April now and I'm afraid that they are just .... me along.
   A. cheating
   B. swindling
   C. stringing
   D. bringing

stringing

2. Noone can function properly if he or she is .... adequate sleep.
   A. took away
   B. deprived of
   C. deprived from
   D. got rid of

deprived of

2. Susan says she feels less nervous since she .... on tea and coffee.
   A. cut down
   B. stopped off
   C. turned back
   D. cut out

cut down

2. To get his proposal accepted, the Finance Manager had to .... heavy pressure from colleagues.
   A. fend off
   B. laugh off
   C. send off
   D. push off

fend off

2. Time was .... and we were nowhere near finished.
   A. cracking on
   B. bringing down
   C. going down with
   D. letting down

cracking on

cash in on

to profit from it.

cash in on

(disapproving) to gain an advantage for yourself from a situation, especially in a way that other people think is wrong

2. The past decade has seen an increasing number of famous people crashing .... their celebrity status by getting their autobiographies published.
   A. in
   B. with
   C. for
   D. to

in

2. Good instructors will .... early signs of failure in their students.
   A. get through with
   B. come up with
   C. think back on
   D. look out for

look out for

2. Two of the students in our class are identical twins and most of the teachers can't ....
   A. see between them
   B. tell them apart
   C. see them through
   D. find them between

tell them apart

2. He really gets .... my nerves. He never stops complaining.
   A. down
   B. up
   C. in
   D. on

on