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TEST U2 Upstream Advanced

The document is a test containing multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises assessing proficiency with English idioms, phrasal verbs, and vocabulary. It contains 5 sections with a total of 50 questions testing knowledge of fixed phrases, completing sentences, idioms, selecting appropriate words, and choosing the correct verb forms.

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TEST U2 Upstream Advanced

The document is a test containing multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises assessing proficiency with English idioms, phrasal verbs, and vocabulary. It contains 5 sections with a total of 50 questions testing knowledge of fixed phrases, completing sentences, idioms, selecting appropriate words, and choosing the correct verb forms.

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TEST Unit 2 Upstream Advanced

1. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs given.


PUT ASIDE, PUT UP, PUT UP WITH, SET IN, PUT OFF, SET OFF, PUT SB THROUGH,
PUT SB DOWN, PUT BACK, SET BACK
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

I'm not going to ____________________ their smoking any longer.


We ____________________for London just after ten.
The repairs could ______________ you ____________ over 200.
We _____________ some money _____________ every month for our retirement.
Why did you have to _______________ me __________ in front of everybody like
that?
6. The rain seemed to have ____________________for the day.
7. The building was ____________________about 100 years ago.
8. If you use something, ____________ it __________!
9. She ______________ him __________ with the excuse that she had too much work
to do.
10. I'm sorry to ___________ you ___________ this ordeal.

2. Fill in the blanks using one of the fixed phrases below.


AT LEAST, AT LARGE, AT LAST, AT PRESENT, AT A LOSS, AT TIMES, AT ODDS
WITH, AT A STANDSTILL, AT A GLANCE, AT A LOOSE END
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

It's a small house but ____________________ there's a garden.


Her killer is still ____________________.
______ long __________ the government is starting to listen to our problems.
____________________ she's working abroad.
Im ____________________to explain what happened.
You can be really annoying ____________________, you know.
Her version of events was ____________________the police report.
Then gold-mining, after being long ____________________, began again to make
headway.
9. He could tell ____________________that something was wrong.
10. If you find yourself ____________________, you could always clean the bathroom.

3. Idioms: Complete the sentences using only one word.


1. The clown sang a duet with the talking horse,
which brought the _______________ down every night.
2. Mary broke a dining-room window and
had to _______________ the music when her father got home.
3. The party gives you a chance to let your _______________ down at the end of the
week.
4. We wanted to find a camping site that was a little bit off the _______________ track.
5. The film was made on a _______________ budget.
4. Fill in the blanks using the following words: PRISTINE, GAGGLE, SMIRK,
RAVENOUS, UNPARALLELED, AVID, RAUCOUS, DISMAY, STERN, CONTEMPTIBLE
1. "I told you it would end in disaster," said Polly with a self-atisfied _______________
on her face.

TEST Unit 2 Upstream Advanced

2. The news has been greeted with _______________ by local business leaders.
3. Her voice was _______________.
4. Washing machine for sale - only two months old and in _______________ condition.
5. They enjoyed success on a scale _______________ by any previous rock band.
6. A politician was followed by a _______________ of supporters.
7. He took an _______________ interest in the project.
8. I've never met a more selfish, _______________ person.
9. Growing boys have _______________ appetites.
10. The party was becoming rather _______________.

5. Fill in the blanks using appropriate forms of the following words:


HAMPER, PROTRUDE, SWAY, LUMBER, GRATIFY, REPEL, DERIDE, ENDURE
1. Fierce storms have been _______________ rescue efforts and there is now
little chance of finding more survivors.
2. He is _______________ the world's best football player.
3. I shall be left with many _______________ memories of the time I spent in India.
4. She was _______________ by his ugliness.
5. A rotting branch _______________ from the swamp like a ghostly arm.
6. In the distance, we
could see a herd of elephants _______________ across the plain.
7. The trees were _______________ in the wind.
8. It must be very _______________ to see all your children grown up and happy.
9. They treated his suggestion with _______________.

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