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Destination C1/C2: Unit 12

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ... of one winning the lottery is hardly worth even considering.

a)

hazard

b)

luck

c)

fortune

d)

likelihood

2.

I didn't know my guess was going to be right - it was just ... .

a)

pot luck

b)

odds

c)

draw

d)

gamble

3.

Do you believe in that old ... about not walking under a ladder?

a)

curse

b)

misfortune

c)

uncertainty

d)

superstition

4.

This government doesn't seem to have a plan and is just reacting to events in a ... manner.

a)

haphazard

b)

spontaneous

c)

freak

d)

superstitious

5.

Aren't ... people just looking for a way to control things that are really out of their control?

a)

jinxed

b)

inadvertent

c)

odd

d)

superstitious

6.

(adj) inadvertent

a)

uncommon

b)

careless

c)

very weak

d)

not intentional

7.

We were walking through the woods when we ... a trap set by hunters.

a)

chanced upon

b)

dug up

c)

split up

d)

threw out

8.

It's a huge risk, and we can't afford to ... or everything will go wrong.

a)

come across

b)

slip up

c)

spring up

d)

store up

9.

Isn't it amazing how how quirrels ... nuts to make sure they have enough to eat in the winter?

a)

die out

b)

store up

c)

put down to

d)

throw up

10.

As I was flicking through the magazine, I ... an article about the local nature reserve.

a)

came across

b)

went off

c)

dug up

d)

sprung up

11.

1/ Have you ever ... yourself wondering what it would be like to be someone else?

2/ I'm surprised you ... the test so difficult after all that revision.

3/ After wandering in the forest for an hour, Gale finally ... her way out.

(a)  

12.

1/ The problem of conservation is essentially economic in ... .

2/ It's only human ... to want to acquire more wealth.

3/ I'm quite a calm person by ..., but things like this make me really angry.

(a)  

13.

1/ Let's go through things again; I don't want to leave anything to ... .

2/ Excuse me, but are you Mr.Whitehouse, by any ...?

3/ I mean it - this is your last ... and next time you make a mistake, you're out.

(a)  

14.

1/ I haven't been at work all week because I've been a bit under the ... .

2/ According to the ... forecast, we're in for thunderstorms.

3/ We've had some really awful ... lately, haven't we?

(a)  

15.

1/ I was wondering how to get home when, as ... would have it, Ben drove past in his car.

2/ The assistant said that I was in ... and that they only had one pair left but they were my size.

3/ You've won by betting on red the last three times, but don't push your ... !

(a)  

16.

1/ It so ... that I've already decided to do that, anyway.

2/ As it ..., we can cancel the demonstration because the council have changed their mind.

3/ When a freak storm ..., we are not always given any warning of it.

(a)  

17.

1/ I have to admit to feeling a ... amount of fear as I stepped into the lions' cage.

2/ The press are ... to find out about this, and then it'll be all over the papers.

3/ A ... Mr.Pratt rang this afternoon about your donation to the WWF.

(a)  

18.

1/ I ... you must be right about the weather - it feels hot!

2/ Don't ask me to ... at her age as I'd be miles out.

3/ You'd never ... they were married from the way they act in public, would you?

(a)  

19.

What is the idiom the picture refers to?

(a)  

20.

Draw a picture to describe the idiom "an act of God"!