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Q2. There was a robbery at the bank, and the police are looking ______ the matter.

1. up to
2. in on
3. into
4. through

Q3. If you let the cat out of the bag,

1. you pretend to be someone you are not and you are discovered
2. you accidentally reveal a secret
3. you create a problem

Q4. Trains that are late really …

1. wind me up
2. wind down
3. blow up
4. blow me down

Q5. To relax from stress is the same as to ______ down.

1. wind
2. lie
3. let

Q6. A new discovery of a dinosaur fossil in Antarctica has confirmed the idea that dinosaurs lived not only in the Northern Hemisphere but in the Southern Hemisphere as well. Up until this discovery, scientists had found dinosaur remains on every continent except Antarctica. This new discovery now confirms the idea that dinosaurs were distributed worldwide. If the dinosaur fossil is shown to be related to other dinosaurs of the same period in South America, it will also support the idea that South America and Antarctica were once linked together. --------- It is only recently that _____.

1. important scientific studies about the Southern Hemisphere have been carried out.
2. scientists have been seriously interested in fossils.
3. a dinosaur fossil has been discovered in Antarctica.
4. some new facts about the Northern Hemisphere have come to light.
5. Antarctica has been discovered.

Q7. On entering the restaurant, I immediately realized _____ so popular.

1. why was it
2. how is it
3. the fact that was
4. why it was

Q8. To be hit by a car or bus is the same as to be ______ down.

1. cooled
2. marked
3. knocked

Q9. The little boy was forced to give ______ to his brother’s wishes.

1. in
2. for
3. down

Q10. When he was out of work, Frank was a couch potato and he

1. put on a lot of weight
2. lost a lot of weight
3. lost a lot of money