TEST 3 KEY

TEST 3
KEY
1. It is very difficult to ___ the exact meaning of an idiom in a foreign language.
A. convert
B. convey
C. exchange
D. transfer
2. Half of the children were away from school last week because of ____ of
influenza.
A. a break-out
B. a break through C. an outburst
D. an outbreak
3. I have English classes ____ day – on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays.
A. all other
B. each other
C. every other
D. this and the other
4. Canada’s population ____ rapidly after 1945.
A. raised
B. rose
C. reached
D. stretched
5. Everyone is treated equally, irrespective of race.
A. irrelevant
B. discounting
C. notwithstanding D. irrespective
6. It’s vital that our children’s handwriting should be ____.
A. legible
B. legitimate
C. literate
D. illiterate

7. That was fantastic. Could I have a second ____, please?
A. plate
B. course
C. helping
D. service
8. He lost his ____with the post-office official.
A. humor
B. nature
C. mood
D. temper
9. Waiter. I can’t eat this meat. It’s under-____.
A. done
B. developed
C. nourished
D. well
10. The mild winter has created the ideal ____ for an ant population explosion.
A. state
B. circumstance
C. conditions
D. plights
11. As she didn’t understand his question she merely gave him a ____ look.
A. clear
B. blank
C. simple
D. useless
12. In order to ____ their goals in college, students need to invest the maximum
amount of time, money, and energy in their studies.
A. manage
B. catch
C. establish

D. achieve
13. My car isn’t ____. It’s always letting me down.
A. believable
B. reliable
C. trusty
D. unreliable
14. The storm has ____ 40 houses in the village.
A. destructive
B. destroyed
C. destroying
D. destroy
15. Natural ____ are limited.
A. sources
B. stores
C. resources
D. storage
16. The cost of solar, wind, and other forms of ____ energy is getting cheaper.


A. renewable
B. renewed
C. non-renewed
D. non-renewable
17. Jane is going to take extra lessons to ____ what she missed while she was away.
A. catch up on
B. cut down on
C. put up with
D. take up with
18. It is better to try to work ____ rather than against nature.
A. for

B. with
C. by
D. along
19. Let me give you a hand ____ those bags.
A. of
B. about
C. in
D. with
20. British and Australian people share the same language, but in other respects they
are as different as ____.
A. cats and dogs
C. chalk and cheese
B. salt and pepper
D. here and there