PART 7: LEXCICO – IDIOMS – PHRASAL VERB

PRACTICE TEST 1

1. She ________ agreed to go with him to the football match although she had no interest in the game at all.

A. apologetically

B. grudgingly

C. shamefacedly

D. discreetly

2. On the way to Cambridge yesterday, the road was blocked by a fallen tree, so we had to make a ________

A. deviation

B. digression

C. detour

D. departure

3. Tom’s normally very efficient but he’s been making a lot of mistakes ______

A. of late

B. for now

C. in a while

D. shortly

4. I know it’s difficult but you’ll just have to ________ and bear it.

A. laugh

B. smile

C. grin

D. chuckle

5. I didn’t want to make a decision ________, so I said I’d like to think about it.

A. in one go

B. there and then

C. at a stroke

D. on and off

6. We are not in a ________ hurry so let’s have another coffee.

A. dashing

B. racing

C. rushing

D. tearing

7. She’s a bit down in the________ at the moment – her husband has just lost his job.

A. world

B. dumps

C. heart

D. bottom

8. “How did you know that he was lying?” – “It was just a ________ feeling.”

A. faint

B. gut

C. slight

D. vain

9. The new company had been________ with one problem after another and looked as if it were about to go

under.

A. glorified

B. tainted

C. fraught

D. bewildered

10. Mike decided that election to the local council would provide a ________ to a career in national politics.

A. milestone

B. springboard

C. highway

D. turning point

11. As a poet, I think she ________ comparison with the greatest this century. .

A. stands

B. makes

C. leads

D. matches

12. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is ________ the law.

A. beyond

B. over

C. above

D. onto

13. When disaster ______, organisations such as Oxfam quickly provide help.

A. comes

B. approaches

C. arrives

D. strikes