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Q2. You'll find out who your fair-weather friends are when you get

1. rich and famous
2. sick and depressed
3. married and have kids

Q3. If you ……… you work very hard.

1. work to the winds
2. work like a new leaf
3. work your fingers to the bone
4. work until you are blue and black

Q4. This blue door was ________ painted green.

1. lastly
2. before
3. firstly
4. originally
5. presently

Q5. I’ll ______ in my car on the way to work.

1. take you out
2. bring you up
3. let you off
4. pick you up

Q6. Find the synonym of the following word. ***** Peril

1. danger
2. secure
3. hole
4. safe

Q7. If something is a hot potato,

1. it is delicious and everybody wants to eat it
2. it is difficult,unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it
3. it is an unfair competition where one side has an advantage

Q8. ______ I was watching TV, the telephone rang.

1. While
2. Before
3. After
4. Until

Q9. This job is my bread and butter, so

1. I don't really need it
2. I don't get paid for it
3. I can't afford to lose it

Q10. To inherit money is the same as to ______ into money.

1. come
2. move
3. keep