Advanced grammar&vocabulary Units 1-20 Test

I. Choose the correct item: 1. What I find most ________ about it is that he didnt even have the decency to say that he was sorry. A galling B furious C touchy D resentful 2. It was so embarrassing. We were in the middle of a crowded restaurant when they suddenly had a _________ row. A heated B blazing C stormy D smouldering 3. George wasnt in a particular good mood, but then he is always a bit ___________ in the morning. A irate B crotchety C indignant D infuriated 4. Harry was offered a scholarship to study in Spain and he _______ the opportunity with both hands. A grasped B held C passed D grabbed 5. Both the favourite and then the second favourite pulled out. Naturally, we thought we were __________ a chance. A up for B in for C in with D up with 6. I wish you would stop sitting on the ____________ and decide whose side you are on. A wall B middle C fence D hedge 7. The doors were hanging off their hinges and the paint was __________ off the walls. A splitting B scraping C snapping D peeling 8. Im absolutely __________ ! I could do with a large drink! A parched B peckish C hungry D famished 9. Thats the last time theyre coming to stay for the weekend. They ate us out of house and _______ . A kitchen B garden C home D larder 10. After three hours of walking in the hot summer sun, we were _________ for a drink. A gulping B sighing C panting D gasping II. Complete the sentences with an appropriate word: 1. wake up bright and ____EARLY___ 2. ones pride and ____JOY__ 3. looking spick and ___SPAN____ 4. spoilt children throwing a ___TANTRUM___ 5. a __DARK____ horse 6. to be up in ___ARMS___ about sth 7. to ___FLEX___ ones muscles 8. to __GRIT/CLENCH____ ones teeth 9. to ___BAT___ an eyelid 10. to think on ones __FEET____ 11. to jump ___AT___ the chance 12. to pull ones __SOCKS__ up 13. at the ___DROP__ of a hat 14. as different as _CHALK___ and cheese 15. a ___SPATE____ of break-ins 16. to hand __DOWN____ a sentence 17. to go to any __LENGTHS___ to do sth 18. to think the ___WORLD____ of sb 19. a ___HAIRPIN____ bend (sharp) 20. to work ___UP___ an appetite