B blackmail

C fury
2. The former spy ______ plans for a military strike to the newspapers.
A leak

B leaked

C blackmailed
3. When she lost her job, she reacted ______ fury.
A with

B on

C to
4.  Which of these is NOT a financial crime?
A fraud
B bribery
C windfall

















Answers:
1. Blackmail
2. leaked
3. with
4. windfall

B raid

C pledge
2.  Mr Jones is very generous. He's ______ to donate his massive book collection to the schools in his neighbourhood.
A extreme

B raided

C pledged
3. The ______ have been storing weapons to attack the capital and impose their views.
A extremists

B raids

C pledgors









Answers:
1 B
2 C
3  A

B 0

C 5
2. Why doesn't Gordon want to cook egg and chips?
A Because he thinks egg and chips is too basic a meal to prepare for a chef with his experience.

B He doesn't have a hen's egg in the kitchen.

C He doesn't know how to cook a hen's egg.
3. Mary tells Peter to 'chill out'. Why?
A He's too hot.

B She wants him to leave.

C She wants him to stop panicking.








Answers
1. B
2. A
3. C

B House prices have increased quickly.

C House prices have fallen quickly.
2. Which of these types of vehicle does NOT exist?
A A hovercraft

B An aircraft

C A motorcraft
3.  The moon ______ the Earth.
A orbits

B travels

C probes

4. What do we call the sun and the eight planets that revolve around it?

A The sun system
B  The solar system
C The planet system


Answers:
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B

A loggers

B orbiting

C judgement

2. John was looking nervous – he'd never organised a party ________ and was worried that nobody would turn up!

A on record

B on such a scale

C loggers

3.  Politicians are meeting to discuss concerns that illegal ________ is leading to high levels of deforestation.

A orbiting

B logging

C judgement

4. The International Space Station has been ________ the Earth with a human crew for more than 15 years.

A orbiting

B logging

C judging

5. Financial experts are worried after the pound hit the lowest rate against the dollar ________ .

A on such a scale

B on record

C orbiting








Answers :
1C
2 B
3 B
4 A
5 B

a) proverb
b) catchphrase
c) saying


adage

/ˈadɪdʒ/ 

a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.

"the old adage ‘out of sight out of mind’"

1. I know what everyone says, but it's not true. His new movie is totally ______.

A chores

B underrated

C outsourcing
2. I don't think our department will have time to do both tasks. We need to ______ the less important one to another company.

A chore

B underrate

C outsource
3. Young people have it so easy. When I was a boy, I had to do ______ for my parents before I got any pocket money.
A chores

B underrated

C outsourcing


















ANSWERS
1  B
2 C
3 A