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Q2. The best way to keep something under wraps is to

1. put it into the refrigerator
2. stop thinking about it
3. let as few people as possible know about it

Q3. My father told me to do my homework. My father said, “______”

1. You do your homework
2. You don’t do your homework
3. I don’t do my homework
4. Do your homework

Q4. . Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to (knock her socks off)

1. Cassie and the speaker are not prepared to give a good presentation
2. Cassie and the speaker intend on hitting Mrs. Robinson rather than presenting.
3. Cassie and the speaker’s presentation will far exceed Mrs. Robinson’s expectations.
4. Cassie and the speaker’s presentation will meet Mrs. Robison’s expectations.

Q5. They ______ us just because we’re poor.

1. look down at
2. look down for
3. look down on
4. look down over

Q6. Kate Moss looks like ……… . She's far too skinny!

1. a kettle of fish
2. a bag of bones
3. a whale of a time
4. a bundle of nerves

Q7. Never before in history have people been so aware of what is going on in the world. Television, newspapers and radio keep us continually informed and stimulate our interest. The sociologist’s interest in the world around him is intense, for society is his field of study. Indeed, he needs to know what is happening in society; he wants to know what makes the social world what it is, how it is organized, why it changes in the ways that it does. Such knowledge is valuable not only for those who make great decisions, but also for you, since this is the world in which you live and make your way. --------- The passage emphasizes that whatever goes on in the world today _____.

1. is quickly forgotten by the majority.
2. only concerns the sociologist.
3. first makes the headlines in the press.
4. is of great interest to everyone.
5. can easily be ignored by people in power.

Q8. When he spread the news, panic broke ______ in the city.

1. in
2. away
3. out

Q9. Her name is mud these days because

1. she changed it
2. she didn't clean up
3. she was caught cheating

Q10. Mr Jones gave us ……… about losing our match against Gorzow.

1. cane
2. rod
3. stick
4. log