15. TEST 2 – MONEY & BANKING 01

When you are an old age pensioner, you have to learn to _____ a very small income.

• live up to

• live on

• live out

• live down

People work mainly to _____ money.

   

• pay 

• finance

• earn

• wina

She gives each of her children fifty pence a week _____ money.

• pocket

• free

• ready 

• spare

The girl who found the ring received a generous _____ of $5.

    

• prize 

• allowance

• cash

• reward

Tax _____ deprives the state of several million pounds a year.

 

• retention

• desertion

• evasion

• escapisma

They were left a lot of money in their aunt’s _____.

  

• will

• testament

• heritage

• inheritance

As his aunt’s only beneficiary, he came _____ a fortune on her death.

• upon

• across

• into

• up against

We don’t take cheques, so you’ll have to pay in _____.

     

• coins

• money

• change

• cash

Many elderly people have to live on the money they _____ when they were working.

  

• laid up

• put back

• put aside

• set up

He manages to get _____ his monthly salary in a couple of weeks.

     

• over

• round

• by

• through