Question 21: Kate found the course hard but she_____it and completed it successfully.

A. kept at                  B. kept away             C. kept from                                D. kept on

Question 22: Every day, my father usually reads the papers to _____what's happening in the outside world.

A. keep in with          B. keep up at             C. keep up with                                D. keep away from

Question 23: Liz_____till the midnight with her loud music last night.

A. picked me up        B. kept me up            C. cheered me up                                D. put me down

Question 24: He_____trying after the worst failures and succeeded in the end.

A. kept out                B. kept in                  C. kept down                                D. kept on

Question 25: The middleweight champion_____his opponent in the fourth round of the fight.

A. knocked around    B. knocked back       C. knocked out                                D. knocked over

Question 26: Failure to keep the chemicals at the right temperature could_____an explosion.

A. lead to                  B. lean on                 C. listen up                                D. live out

Question 27: Who is going to_____the children while their mother is in hospital?

A. take after              B. look after              C. go after                                D. call after

Question 28: When_____on over my life, I admit I didn't always do the right thing.

A. looking back        B. bringing back       C. cutting back                                D. dying back

Question 29: Angela thinks they_____her because she neither goes to college nor has a job.

A. look forward to     B. look out for          C. look in on                                D. look down on

Question 30: Many young people migrate to big cities to _____better career prospects, professional growth and work opportunities.

A. block up               B. look for                C. ease up                                D. call up

Question 31: Steven was_____working with the new Prime Minister.

A. moving on to                                        B. hanging back from                        

C. looking forward to                                                                D. ending up with

Question 32: The specialized agencies have been set up to_____the problem and come back when they have the information.

A. look into               B. break into             C. hook into                                D. dip into

Question 33: She didn't know how to pronounce this word so she had to_____in the dictionary.

A. make it up            B. look it up              C. call it off                                D. put it down

Question 34: Please_____my baby sister while I am missing from home.

A. bang on about       B. cast about for        C. fit out with                                D. look out for

Question 35: Duck had a few minutes before the meeting to_____what I had written.

A. look over              B. hand over             C. fawn over                                D. get over

Question 36:_____Grace is a popular girl so a lot of the younger ones_____her.

A. look forward to     B. look out for          C. look up to                                D. look down on

Question 37: I think it's very unkind of you to_____stories about him.

A. make after            B. make up               C. make for                                D. make over

Question 38: She must work extra hours to_____the time she had missed.

A. make away with    B. make do with        C. make off with                                D. make up for

Question 39: The burglars_____in a stolen car before the police arrived.

A. made off               B. came off               C. got off                                D. blasted off

Question 40: Before the interview, she decided to go to the beauty salon with viewing to_____.

A. getting over          B. going over            C. making over                                D. coming over

Question 41: She's terribly upset because her father_____after a serious illness last week.

A. gave away            B. passed away         C. broke away                                D. took away

Question 42: These traditional stories have been_____from parent to child over many generations.

A. passed down         B. handed down        C. turned down                                D. put down

Question 43: Could you lend me a helping hand and_____these sandwiches for the children at orphanage?

A. turn around           B. walk around          C. travel around                                D. pass around

Question 44: At this time tomorrow morning, he will be driving to the airport to _____Susan.

A. come up               B. pick up                 C. back up                                D. check up

Question 45: The police are_____the ruins, searching for survivors.

A. going through       B. seeing through      C. picking through                                D. pulling through

Question 46: I'm not going to_____my neighbor's noise any longer because it's driving me mad.

A. put up with           B. do away with        C. come up with                                D. catch up with

Question 47: Natural resources are_____as a result of the excessive exploitation of human activities.

A. getting out            B. coming out           C. running out                                D. helping out

Question 48: UNESCO_____the United Nations educational scientific and cultural organization.

A. stands for             B. looks for               C. bargains for                                D. calls for

Question 59: She was expecting 50 people to come the press conference, but half of them never_____.

A. came up               B. showed up            C. cooked up                                D. broke up

Question 50: They offered her the job with a high-paid salary, but she_____.

A. picked it up          B. got it out               C. drew it up                                D. turned it down