Close Up B1 8.

His doctor told him that he should cut

________ on smoking.
English Test Unit 2 a. up
b. down
c. in
Vocabulary 9. His grandmother is very
____________:she prays all the time
and goes to church every Sunday.
a. religious
1. George is going to ____________ for his
b. interesting
English test today or else.
c. nutritious
a. starve
10. Did it ever __________ to you that you
b. reduce
ought to eat healthy food and not junk
c. review
food all the time?
2. Agriculture is the study of the
a. maintain
_____________ of crop s.
b. think
a. nutrition
c. occur
b. cultivation
11. The police stated that the ___________
c. reduction
is overwhelming- he is certainly guilty.
3. The ___________ of the moon is barren
a. liquid
and rocky. There is no life at all.
b. facts
a. surface
c. evidence
b. interior
12. However, the alleged killer ________
c. quality
his innocence.
4. if you leave cheese in the fridge for 8
a. produces
months, it will definitely __________.
b. frequents
a. break off
c. maintains
b. go off
13. Water is a _____________.
c. chop up
a. solid
5. On Sundays my family likes to
b. liquid
_____________ at the golden phoenix.
c. gas
a. go back
14. Gold is a _______________.
b. break off
a. solid
c. eat out
b. liquid
6. I am so hungry- i am ____________ to
c. gas
death.
15. There was fantastic music playing
a. starving
_____________ the entire movie.
b. hungry
a. always
c. cutting down on
b. before
7. Are you _____________ of the
c. throughout
consequences of treating your friends
16. His _____________ was wearing a black
badly?
ski mask- so he could see his face.
a. benefits
a. cooker
b. evidence
b. surface
c. aware of
c. attacker

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17. You should __________ your food very 26. The sign says: __________ speed ahead
carefully before swallowing. because of road works.
a. grill a. benefit
b. fry b. reduce
c. chew c. provide
18. The way you cook meatballs is to
________ them in hot oil. 27. After we add sugar to coffee, we
a. grill ________ it.
b. fry a. chew
c. stir b. grill
19. If you want to eat a delicious steak, it is c. stir
best to ________ it on charcoal. 28. We are _____________ with a company
a. fry that supplied us our spare parts.
b. grill a. associated
c. stir b. reduced
20. When I have a headache, i take an c. interested
aspirin, which is a ___________. 29. They are ___________ visitors to all the
a. pill museums of Athens- they go twice a
b. monk week.
c. vegetable a. infrequent
21. The opposite of sweet foods are b. frequent
___________ foods like pretzels. c. liquid
a. bitter 30. You must ___________ your flight 24
b. tasty hours before flying.
c. savory a. chop
22. I shop at the open air market, b. maintain
because the __________ of the fruits c. confirm
and vegetables is excellent. 31. First you ________ the onion into little
a. quality pieces and then you fry it.
b. produce a. chop
c. nutrition b. stir
23. We should all eat ____________ food c. chew
so that we maintain good health. 32. The hotel will __________ all the
a. religious necessary equipment for water skiing.
b. savory a. benefit
c. nourishing b. grill
24. In the winter we eat a lot of fruit like c. provide
apples and __________. 33. What is the ___________ of learning
a. steaks foreign languages?
b. pears a. evidence
c. cucumbers b. quality
25. Greece ____________ the most c. benefit
delicious olive oil in the world. 34. There are some people who believe
a. takes in that a ________ food diet is better for
b. confirms you.
c. produces a. raw
b. cook
c. surface

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35. Where do you find a _________? in the 44. Did you ever go _______ to Venice
kitchen. again? No, we didnt.
a. wardrobe a. back
b. cooker b. in
c. bookcase c. to
36. Chefs _________ but engineers dont
engineer. 45. Good __________ is important for our
a. cook health. eat right and stay well.
b. provide a. benefits
c. believe b. quality
37. A person who lives in a monastery is c. nutrition
called a ___________.
a. farmer
b. monk
c. producer
38. I came __________ my missing pen last
night. What a surprise!
a. out
b. up
c. across
39. These pants are too big. i need to take
them ________.
a. in
b. out
c. off
40. You are making too much noise- please
break it _________.
a. up
b. off
c. out
41. Ill buy a new computer when prices
come __________.
a. over
b. up
c. down
42. You have to chop ______ the
vegetables into small pieces for the
soup.
a. over
b. out
c. up
43. Put the _______ of wine on the table
please.
a. can
b. bowl
c. jug

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Grammar
8. I was doing my homework, when the
doorbell ____________.
a. was ringing
b. rang
c. has rung
1. I cant get ________ to getting up early 9. We use ________ when we talk about a
in the morning. memory in the past.
a. use a. used to
b. used b. would
c. using c. could
2. In the old days people didnt _________ 10. I didnt _________ his name- i felt like
buy food at supermarkets. an idiot.
a. use to a. remembered
b. used to b. remember
c. using c. to remember
3. Doctors are used to ____________ in 11. My father ______________ the Real
the middle of the night for sick patients. Madrid football game when the lights
a. get up went out.
b. getting up a. were watching
c. got up b. was watching
4. Where were you ________ the c. was watched
earthquake happened? 12. While Mike was playing Farmville, I
a. during ____________ with his Nerf guns.
b. when a. played
c. while b. am playing
5. When I was very young, we ________ c. Was playing
stay at my grandmothers village during 13. Living in Greece, we are ________
the summer. frequent earthquakes.
a. used a. used to
b. would b. didnt sued to
c. didnt use c. using to
6. He ________________ studying day 14. He got used to _________ __ in the
and night for tests. desert after many years.
a. used to a. living
b. isnt used to b. lived
c. would c. lives
7. While I was eating a pepperoni pizza, 15. He didnt _________ to the cinema,
my brother ____________ a computer hes at home.
game. a. went
a. isnt playing b. go
b. didnt played c. gone
c. was playing

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16. The sun ____________ and the birds
were singing.
a. is shining
b. were shining
c. was shining
17. Did Manchester United win the game
last night? Yes, they ________.
a. was
b. did
c. didnt
18. Were the soldiers shooting at the
target? No, they _____________.
a. didnt
b. wasnt
c. werent
19. When the games ended, ___________
for joy?
a. were you jumped
b. were you jumped
c. did you jump
20. While mom ____________ spinach for
the spinach pie, I was making the salad.
a. chop up
b. chopping up
c. was chopping up