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in England in the past , in a small boarding-house at the seaside. One year, however, Mr Williams made a lot of money in his business , so they decided to go to Rome and stay at a really good hotel while they went around and saw the sights of that famous city.

. Underline the word (in brackets) which has similar meaning to the first three words in each line.
1. Mount, soar, rise (depart, arrive, retire, ascend)
2. Hail, greet, salute (alarm, habit, welcome, ignore)
3. Support, help, aid (abandon, remedy, assist, ignore)
4. Pleased, happy, delighted (friendly, agreeable, kind, cheerful)
5. Conquer, defeat, overcome (bully, retire, vanquish, submit)

. Place the following idioms in the most suitable places. You may need to adjust some words or verbs.

by hook or by crook
to be behind the times
to be in the same boat
to turn a deaf ear
to let the cat out of the bag
to make a mountain out of a molehill
to be a wet blanket
to fall on your feet
1. Mum ……………….. to my demands for a new bicycle.
2. The teacher warned us that …………………….. we had to learn all the expressions.
3. Someone who is in the habit of exaggerating makes …………………… .
4. If you …………………, you are lucky.
5. You and I are …………..……. because we have the same problems.
6. Nobody likes working with Mike since he is such a …………………………
7. She gives the impression that she is ………………….. because her dresses are all old–fashioned.
8. You can’t rely on Sean, he often …………………………………. .

. Choose the correct answer.
1. American families ... to have at least one pet.
a) is said
b) are said
c) said
d) speaking
2. What … at 9 p.m. last night?
a) had they done
b) have they been doing
c) were they doing
d) did they do
3. Would you like … a taxi for your friend?
a) us getting
b) we getting
c) us to get
d) us get
4. Zelda … for 10 hours before she managed to finish her task.
a) been working
b) had been working
c) was working
​ d) worked
5. Kate pretended … when her father came into the room.
a) studying
b) to be studying
c) study
d) was studying
6. They can’t afford … house this year.
a) moving
b) move
c) to move
d) in order to move
7. You shouldn’t run people … . Nobody’s perfect.
a) down
b) off
c) into
d) out
8. This time next week, I … on a sandy beach.
a) am lying
b) will be lying
c) lie down
d) lie
9. We gave the assistant a cheque … 60 dollars.
a) in
b) to
c) for
d) from
10. If she had been prepared for the meeting with a new client, the meeting … a disaster.
a) won’t be
b) should not be
c) would not have been
d) have not been