My father ______ an interest in collecting stamps. He had a valuable stamp collection.

• got on

• kept in

• went over

• took up

We decided to ______ in Athens for a few days on our way home

• stop over

• put up

• set up

• close down

Tom ______ her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair too.

• looks in

• bring ups

• takes after

• turn down

Whenever problems ______, we discuss frankly and find solutions quickly.

• make up

• come up

• put up

• turn up

Because of heavy rain, the game was ______ for a few days.

• taken out

• put off

• set up

• cut down

His research has not been ______ because of a financial difficulty.

• set up

• put off

• turned on

• carried out

Garvin is ______ a new computer application to see whether it works.

• looking after

• putting on

• trying out

• turning up

Lucy was late for school this morning because the alarm didn’t ______ as usual.

• ring over

• get in

• go off

• take up

As soon as I ______smoking, I felt a lot better.

• carried out

• gave up

• held down

• took off

I applied for the job, but was ______.

• carried out

• turned down

• got over

• taken away