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121. We had to cancel the party last week.
A) break off
B) let off
C) put off
D) call off
122. Let’s postpone
the meeting till Friday.
A) put off
B) call off
C) hold off
D) carry out
123. I’ve had flu for a week now: I just can’t get rid of it.
A) shake it off
B) shake it out
C) shake it down
D) shake it up
124. His father often criticizes him.
A) takes him off
B) runs him down
C) puts him off
D) lets him down
125. My father was raised in a small village.
A) called up
B) brought up
C) taken off
D) come out
126. You are never too late to start
a new sport.
A) set up
B) take in
C) call up
D) take up
127. The meeting ended in disorder.
A) broke out
B) broke down C) broke up
D) broke off
128. His project has failed to be completed .
A) fallen through
B) fallen behind
C) fallen back
D) fallen off
129. She pretended
that she couldn’t swim.
A) turned out
B) made out
C) turned up
D) made up
130. My father has stopped
smoking.
A) taken out
B) turned down C) given up
D) given back
131. When you make a promise you must fulfill it.
A) carry it out B) carry it on
C) carry it off
D) carry it over
132. When she got thinner she had to make
her dress smaller.
A) make for
B) put off
C) make over
D) take in
133. He called me a liar and I told him if he didn’t apologize
I’d punch
him on the nose.
A) make it out B) make it over C) put it back
D) take it back
134. I am getting fat; I ought to start
tennis.
A) take up
B) make up
C) put up
D) set out
135. He was so astonished
that for a moment he was lost for words.
A) worn out
B) taken aback C) brought up
D) break down
136. I have so much work to do that I can’t accept
any more.
A) take in
B) take after
C) take up
D) take on
137. I didn’t feel like going to the dentist’s so I delayed
going there
until I had a really bad toothache.
A) put off
B) put by
C) put on
D) put out
138. I really must buy a car so I’m going to save
some money every
month until I can afford one.
A) put by
B) put up
C) put off
D) put on
139. His father died of lung cancer and the doctor attributed it
to the
fact that he was a heavy smoker.
A) took it off
B) carried it back
C) thought it over
D) put it down
140. He just seems to spend
money like water these days.
A) fall through B) go through
C) put off
D) give out
141. I had a wonderful idea to save money but it didn’t succeed
.
A) catch up
B) bring out
C) come off
D) come up
142. Please visit me
when you come to Ankara.
A) call me up
B) stand for me
C) look me up
D) look for me
143. That looks a nice flat. Shall we inspect
it if it is for sale?
A) look on
B) look over
C) look to
D) look through
144. Being the second child of three, he tends to admire
his elder
brother and despise
his younger sister.
A) look over / look up
B) make up to / make over
C) make for / make up to
D) look up to / look down on
145. As we had a long way to go, we left
at five in the morning.
A) set off
B) put up
C) stood for
D) set about
146. The Prime Minister established
a committee to discuss ways of
improving the Turkish economy.
A) set up
B) put out
C) kept up
D) found out
147. The factory has reduced
its workforce by 50%.
A) cut back
B) cut off
C) set off
D) taken in
148. The editor had to omit
several articles because of lack of space.
A) cut down
B) cut out
C) cut off
D) cut away
149. He gave a lift
to three students outside London and dropped
them off in Watford.
A) called up
B) brought up
C) took up
D) picked up
150. Our radio can receive
the Voice of America very clearly.
A) get on
B) take off
C) pick out
D) pick up