EX2: Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences.

1. UNESCO ______________ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

A. stands for        B. brings about    C. takes after       D gets across

2. There is an inflation. The prices __________.

A. are going on     B. are going down          C. are going over  D. are going up

3. Remember to _______ your shoes when you are in a Japanese house.

A. take care          B. take on             C. take over         D. take off

4. It’s cold outside. __________ your coat.

A. Put on              B. Put down                   C. Put off             D. Put into

5. Linda never turns up in time for a meeting.

A. calls                 B. arrives            C. reports            D. prepares

6. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A. do                    B. let                   C. delay                D. leave

7. Both Ann and her sister look like her mother.

A. take after         B. take place        C. take away                  D. take on

8. The bomb ________ when he started his car.

A. went over        B. went on                     C. went out          D. went off

9. The two boys _______ to the building easily because there was no security.

A. broke in           B. put in                        C. came in           D. checked in

10. We were so late, the plane nearly __________ without us!

A. took off           B. got off                       C. went off                     D. set off

11.Were you brought ___________ in the city or in the country?

A. up                    B. forward                     C. over                           D. off

12. Everything is _______ you. I cannot make _______ my mind yet.

A. out off / on      B. up to / up         C. away from /for          D. on for / off

13. If something urgent has ______ up, phone me immediately and I will help you.

A. picked              B. come                C. kept                 D. brought

14. The organization was established in 1950 in the USA.

A. come around    B. set up                        C. made out          D. put on

15. Do you know who's______________his pottery workshop?

A. bring out                   B. taking over        C. passing down          D. turning down

16. I've___________the product catalogue and decided to buy this table.

A. found out                  B. closed down              C. looked through          D. lived on

17. This scorts centre is so small that it cannot____ the demands of local residents.

A. keep up with     B. face up to       C. deal about                 D. set up

18. Be careful! The tree is going to fall.

A. Look out          B. Look up           C. Look on                     D. Look after

19. My father gave up smoking two years ago.

A. liked                B. continued                  C. stopped          D. enjoyed