Advanced grammar&vocabulary

Units 1-20
Test
I.
Choose the correct item:
1. What I find most ________ about it is that he didnt even have the decency to say that he was sorry.
A galling
B furious
C touchy
D resentful
2. It was so embarrassing. We were in the middle of a crowded restaurant when they suddenly
had a _________ row.
A heated
B blazing
C stormy
D smouldering
3. George wasnt in a particular good mood, but then he is always a bit ___________ in the morning.
A irate
B crotchety
C indignant
D infuriated
4. Harry was offered a scholarship to study in Spain and he _______ the opportunity with both hands.
A grasped
B held
C passed
D grabbed
5. Both the favourite and then the second favourite pulled out. Naturally, we thought we were
__________ a chance.
A up for
B in for
C in with
D up with
6. I wish you would stop sitting on the ____________ and decide whose side you are on.
A wall
B middle
C fence
D hedge
7. The doors were hanging off their hinges and the paint was __________ off the walls.
A splitting
B scraping
C snapping
D peeling
8. Im absolutely __________ ! I could do with a large drink!
A parched
B peckish
C hungry
D famished
9. Thats the last time theyre coming to stay for the weekend. They ate us out of house and _______ .
A kitchen
B garden
C home
D larder
10. After three hours of walking in the hot summer sun, we were _________ for a drink.
A gulping
B sighing
C panting
D gasping
II.
Complete the sentences with an appropriate word:
1. wake up bright and ____EARLY___
2. ones pride and ____JOY__
3. looking spick and ___SPAN____
4. spoilt children throwing a ___TANTRUM___
5. a __DARK____ horse
6. to be up in ___ARMS___ about sth
7. to ___FLEX___ ones muscles
8. to __GRIT/CLENCH____ ones teeth
9. to ___BAT___ an eyelid
10. to think on ones __FEET____
11. to jump ___AT___ the chance
12. to pull ones __SOCKS__ up
13. at the ___DROP__ of a hat
14. as different as _CHALK___ and cheese
15. a ___SPATE____ of break-ins
16. to hand __DOWN____ a sentence
17. to go to any __LENGTHS___ to do sth
18. to think the ___WORLD____ of sb
19. a ___HAIRPIN____ bend (sharp)
20. to work ___UP___ an appetite