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Q2. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** The whole excursion took APPROXIMATELY ten hours

1. exactly
2. about
3. precisely
4. apparently
5. respectively

Q3. Several new dams are being constructed. This will help to control floods and provide water for______.

1. irrigate
2. irrigated
3. irrigating
4. irrigation

Q4. When he sees blood, he passes ______.

1. over
2. out
3. on

Q5. She had to bring ______ the children by herself.

1. on
2. up
3. out

Q6. What do you think would be the _____ of this ring, if I were to sell it?

1. worth
2. value
3. cost
4. good
5. importance

Q7. You haven't been studying much recently and you'd better ……… if you want to pass the Cambridge CPE exam.

1. thread your way through
2. meet your Waterloo
3. pull your socks up
4. change your spots

Q8. Joanna will never forgive you for letting the ……… . It was meant to be a secret!

1. cows out of the field
2. cat out of the bag
3. pig out of the poke
4. chickens out of the cage

Q9. If the police find out it was us who smashed up the window, we'll be in …… .

1. hot water
2. the beaten track
3. a mine of information
4. the drop of a hat

Q10. Every summer many people, girls and women as well as boys and men, try to swim from England to France or from France to England. The distance at the nearest points is only about twenty miles, but because of the strong currents the distance that must be swum is usually twice as far. The first man to succeed in swimming across the Channel was Captain Webb, an Englishman. This was in August 1875. He landed in France 21 hours 45 minutes after entering the water at Dover. Since then there have been many successful swims and the time has been shortened. One French swimmer crossed in 11 hours and 5 minutes. ---------- 10. Swimming the Channel is not as easy as it might seem _____.

1. as the distance between the two counties is far too much.
2. and it always takes more or less 20 hours.
3. and only two people have managed to do it so far.
4. so few people even try to swim it.
5. for there are very strong currents.