Multiple Choice
1. Once the bloke approached me, he asked me for my phone number and I drew a ___- I just couldn't remember it.
a) space b) blank c) break d) gap
2. Marcia was on the verge of collapse when it ____ on her the breathing exercises her therapist taught her.
a) hit b) realised c) drawn d) dawned
1. DRAW A BLANK
2. IT DAWNS ON YOU
1. Aixa wishes her teamwork hadn’t got a lower budget, or she might have quit.
HAD
Aixa might have quit __________ a high budget.
2. The city council's going to throw a big party so they share their next day's prospects.
TO
So__________ year's prospects, the city council's going to throw a big party.
1. HAD HER TEAMWORK NOT GOT
2. AS TO SHARE THEIR NEXT
Last Saturday, my sister's boyfriend finally ____ the question. No ____ had the got engaged, ____ my mum and sisters started organising the wedding. They have decided to throw a low-key ____ with no more than 60 guests.
Last Saturday, my sister's boyfriend finally POPPED the question. No SOONER had the got engaged, THAN my mum and sisters started organising the wedding. They have decided to throw a low-key AFFAIR with no more than 60 guests.
1. Neither of them had the _____ idea of how to be a parent.
a) minimum b) smallest c) basic d) faintest
2. Unfortunately, thousands of Muslim women are forced to ___ to other countries to avoid fixed marriages.
a) escape b) flee c) get away d) exit
1. HAVE THE FAINTEST IDEA
2. FLEE
1. Randy'd be doing his Internship by now if he hadn't opted for the gap year.
NOT
Were _________, Randy'd be doing his Internship by now
2. At no time did we think that Pedro might be planning to leave the country.
OCCURED
It _________ that Pedro might be planning to leave the country.
1. IT NOT FOR THE GAP YEAR
2. HADN'T OCCURED TO US
Little is said about the _____ of therapy. I've realised that it has helped me to get me ____ difficulties and fears I've ____ up my whole life. I recommend everyone attend.
Little is said about the BENEFITS of therapy. I've realised that it has helped me to get me THROUGH difficulties and fears I've BOTTLED up my whole life. I recommend everyone attend.
1. It's high time to grab your things and depart once your partner had taken you out of the ____.
a) operation b) plan c) equation d) calculus
2. Aaron was so arrogant to brag about having ____ the problem. Little did he know that he was wrong.
a) cracked b) discovered c) resolved d) found
1. OUT OF THE EQUATION
2. CRACK A PROBLEM
1. Which power would you have if you were a superhero?
SUPPOSING
__________ a superhero, which power would you have?
2. Will he move to Finland to do research if he gets the scholarship?
THE
Should __________ research, will he move to Finland?
1. SUPPOSING YOU WERE
2. HE GET THE SCHOLARSHIP TO DO
The other day listening to a podcast, I was ____ by the cruel and unhuman cases of bullying that many children still put ____ with these days. Fortunately, more and more people are making ____ to switch these bullies ____.
The other day listening to a podcast, I was DISMAYED by the cruel and unhuman cases of bullying that many children still put UP with these days. Fortunately, more and more people are making EFFORTS to switch these bullies OFF; parent and teachers can make real changes.
1. Big power companies grab cheap supplies and ___ everyone else with more expensive ones.
a) stick b) undermine c) force d) oblige
2. I'm not sure what is causing the problem, but I'm determined to get to the ____ of it.
a) issue b) bottom c) ultimate d) case
1. STICK WITH
2. TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
1. If you followed your God, you might achieve great things.
HUNCHES
Were _________ you might achieve great things.
2. Delia said that she would no longer tolerate her colleagues being rude.
PUT
‘I am not willing _________ from my colleagues any longer, ‘ said Delia.
1. YOU TO FOLLOW YOUR HUNCHES
2. TO PUT UP WITH RUDENESS
With the ____ of digital era and new technologies, it has become easier for youngsters to have ____ to a wide ____ of explicit contents which lets people ____ the bodies of others. Nonetheless, it's their parents duty to revise what their children ____ on the internet. And just to ____ things up, it's not bad to use social media, but we've got to be cautious.
With the PRESENCE of digital era and new technologies, it has become easier for youngsters to have ACCESS to a wide VARIETY of explicit contents which lets people OBJETTIFY the bodies of others. Nonetheless, it's their parents duty to revise what their children CONSUME on the internet. And just to CLEAR things up, it's not bad to use social media, but we've got to be cautious.