Quiz 6

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Vocabulary and Use your English

Choose the correct answers.

1 He saw her for the first time and thought her ____ 8 Before Alice could move into her rented flat, she
delightful. Everything about her was charming. had to sign a ____.
a content a contract
b countenance b mortgage
c encounter c merger
d aspect d settlement
2 I can’t believe Simon had the ____ to ask you for 9 I don’t approve of bribery, but it seems that nothing
money! ever happens here unless you’re prepared to give
a terror ____.
b fear a stimulus
c esteem b red tape
d temerity c misuse
d backhanders
3 Nathan ____ his inheritance and was broke before
he was 40. 10 I’ve spent my last £1. I’m totally ____ now.
a maximised a tight-fisted
b compensated b squandered
c squandered c thrifty
d reimbursed d skint
4 They ____ a lot of expenses when they refurbished 11 Anita comes from a ____ family. She’s never known
the restaurant but it was worth it – it looks fantastic. what it’s like to be poor.
a incurred a well-kept
b valued b moneyed
c offset c lavish
d reimbursed d thrifty
5 The price of oil ____ in the 1970s, and peaked in 12 I’m not being ____, you know. I got this in the sale –
1980. it was half price.
a reimbursed a penny-pinching
b soared b opulent
c valued c extravagant
d gambled d well-to-do
6 Once she’d taken the compromising photos of the 13 Fred isn’t stingy, he’s ____. He just wants to live
politician, she went on to ____ him. within his means.
a bribe a thrifty
b abuse b miserly
c blackmail c crooked
d contract d spendthrift
7 The ____ of the university was the ceremonial head 14 Will ____ all his possessions on the first day of his
rather than the executive leader. holiday. Luckily they were insured.
a bureaucrat a robbed of
b minister b was robbed of
c chancellor c rip off
d treasurer d was ripped of

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15 We’re going to ____ bullying in all our schools. 18 I have a full-time job, but I make a little money ____
a dole out by baby-sitting.
b tip off a on the lane
c go without b on the side
d crack down on c at the side
d on the resort
16 I think John must have ____ a lot of money recently.
He’s got a new car and he’s buying a flat. 19 He was once minted and lived life in the ____ lane –
a tipped off now he’s flat broke.
b come to a side
c come into b slow
d gone without c wide
d fast
17 Only as a last ____ would I ever borrow any money.
a case 20 I’m a bit ____ for cash just now. Any chance you can
b resort lend me £20?
c inclination a strapped
d reason b stripped
c flat
d flush
( ___ / 20 marks)

Grammar
Choose the correct answers.

1 ____ she’d left university had Mary been so broke. 7 ____ did Marie get into debt.
a Not only a Not only
b Not since b Not once
c At no time c Only after
d Seldom d No sooner
2 Not only ____ pay rent, he also had to pay electricity 8 ____ about her debts that they offered to pay
and gas bills. them all.
a had Peter to a Her parents so worried were
b had to Peter b So worried her parents were
c Peter had to c So worried were her parents
d did Peter have to d Were so worried her parents
3 Under no circumstances ____ Susan any money. 9 ____ the door when Carl asked him for money.
She’ll never pay you back. a Had scarcely Tim walked through
a you should lend b Tim had walked through scarcely
b should you lend c Scarcely had Tim walked through
c should you borrow d Tim had walked scarcely through
d you should borrow
10 Not until I’ve got my first pay cheque ____ any
4 ____ did Mark agree to pay for her holiday. new clothes.
a Little a will I buy
b Not only b I will buy
c At no time c I’ve bought
d Hardly d have I bought
5 ____ that Charlotte would become a millionaire. 11 ____ will you find a more trustworthy employee.
a We imagined little a No sooner
b Little we imagined b Hardly
c Imagined we little c Nowhere
d Little did we imagine d Barely
6 ____ does such a brilliant opportunity come up. 12 Only after they’d been married for a few months
a Seldom ____ he was a real spendthrift.
b Not only a realised she
c Only b had she realised
d Barely c she realised
d did she realise

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13 ____ their need, they had no choice but to beg 17 Lars ____ penny-pinching than flat broke.
for a loan. a would wish was
a So was b would rather was
b Such was c would prefer be
c Such it be d would rather be
d So be it
18 I’d ____ from me than from your friends.
14 ____ that we didn’t think he’d ever get over it. a rather you to borrow
a So great his sorrow was b prefer you to borrow
b So great was his sorrow c prefer you borrow
c So his sorrow great was d wish you borrow
d His sorrow so great was
19 It’s time ____ so extravagant and started being a bit
15 If only ____ instead of renting a flat. thriftier.
a I will buy a house a you will stop being
b a house I can buy b you had stopped being
c I could buy a house c you stopped being
d I would buy a house d you don’t be
16 I wish ____ pay your rent late. 20 Ursula had better ____ her nest egg secret or
a you wouldn’t always everyone will think she’s minted.
b you don’t always a to keep
c you always don’t b kept
d you can never c keep
d keeping
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