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C1 U4 NTE

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They are bound to notice it's missing.

a)

Be certain or destined to

b)

to facilitate or to ease

2.

Are you a 'computer nerd'?

a)

someone who isn't inordinately preoccupied with using computers

b)

someone who is inordinately preoccupied with using computers

3.

Are you a 'technophobe'?

a)

person who dislikes, fears  new technology

b)

person who likes, hails new technology

4.

"it probably will not" means ...

a)

likely to happen

b)

unlikely to happen

5.

What are you up to this Sunday?

a)

to get something

b)

to be doing something

6.

If you are at a loose end come over to my place.

a)

have nothing specific to do

b)

have some trouble

7.

I'm completely snowed under at the moment.

a)

to have so much work

b)

to have nothing lined up

8.

I've got nothing lined up for the weekend.

a)

to be tied up

b)

arranged

9.

it might fall through but it looks as if it will go ahead.

a)

to proceed (to go on) ... to fail (to come to nothing)

b)

to fail (to come to nothing) ... to proceed (to go on)

10.

I cannot get out of it.

a)

to avoid, escape

b)

to take part, participate

11.

I should call off the meeting.

a)

to support

b)

to cancel

12.

If you want to wind down ...

a)

to relax

b)

to line up

13.

We are meeting there as long as nothing else crops up.

a)

to come, occur

b)

to fall through

14.

time to put my feet up and take it easy

a)

time to go

b)

to not work

15.

'once in a blue moon' means

a)

very often

b)

very rarely

16.

hotbed of prodigies

a)

nappy

b)

nursery

17.

'it was nothing short of a miracle'

a)

it was nothing else but a miracle

b)

it was nothing else but a disaster

18.

aches and pains

a)

serious illness

b)

minor pains and discomforts

19.

these are tried and tested security procedures

a)

ineffective or unreliable

b)

effective or reliable

20.

'out and about' means

a)

going to different places

b)

to be impatient

21.

a method which has been used successfully many times

a)

tried and tested

b)

trial and error

c)

law and order

22.

no way would I do it.

a)

I would ever never

b)

I would never ever

23.

... that I am asked such a difficult question.

a)

not often it is

b)

not is it often

c)

it is not often

24.

on no ... should I be disturbed during the night.

a)

time

b)

account

c)

way

25.

no ... should you be made to pay the difference.

a)

means

b)

cases

c)

way