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Q2. He gave ______ all his fortune to charities.

1. down
2. away
3. up

Q3. “Fantastic! I’ve actually passed my exam!” exclaimed Janet. Janet was delighted to find that _______.

1. I’d passed my exam
2. I’ve passed my exam
3. she’s passed her exam
4. she’d passed her exam

Q4. You will kill yourself if you ______ stop smoking.

1. aren’t
2. didn’t
3. don’t
4. weren’t

Q5. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** The restaurant was SUPERB, and the prices were very low, we enjoyed our holidays.

1. superficial
2. excellent
3. superior
4. supersonic
5. expensive

Q6. 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.

Q7. Charles has been in Kamila's ……… since he called her a fat slag.

1. bad letters
2. bad books
3. bad records
4. bad papers

Q8. When he sees blood, he passes ______.

1. over
2. out
3. on

Q9. There is real concern that food supplies will not be ________ to feed the increasing world population.

1. sufficient
2. satisfactory
3. equal
4. measured
5. effective

Q10. Don’t you think we should go ______ our plans again?

1. down
2. through
3. on