Jumat, 14 Februari 2014

CONTOH SOAL IDIOM



A.    MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.      To pick holes
a.       To find some reason to quarrel
b.      To destroy something
c.       To criticise someone
d.      To cut some part of an item
e.       None of these
2.      To be the question
a.       To refer to
b.      To take for granted
c.       To raise objections
d.      To be discussed
e.       None of these
3.      To catch a tartar
a.       To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
b.      To catch a dangerous person
c.       To meet with disaster
d.      To deal with a person who is more than one's match
e.        None of these
4.      To drive home
a.       To find one's roots
b.      Back to original position
c.       To return to place of rest
d.      To emphasise
e.       None of these
5.      To have an axe to grind
a.      A private end to serve
b.      To fail to arouse interest
c.       To have no result
d.      To work for both sides
e.       None of these
6.      To cry wolf
a.       To listen eagerly
b.      To give false alarm
c.       To turn pale
d.      To keep off starvation
e.       None of these
7.      To end in smoke
a.       To make completely understand
b.      To ruin oneself
c.       To excite great applause
d.      To overcome someone
e.       None of these
8.      To be above board
a.      To have a good height
b.      To be honest in any business deal
c.       They have no debts
d.      To try to be beautiful
e.       None of these
9.      To put one's hand to plough
a.       To take up agricultural farming
b.      To take a difficult task
c.       To get entangled into unnecessary things
d.      Take interest in technical work
e.       None of these
10.  To make clean breast of
a.       To gain prominence
b.      To praise oneself
c.       To confess without of reserve
d.      To destroy before it blooms
e.       None of these
11.  To leave someone in the lurch
a.       To come to compromise with someone
b.      Constant source of annoyance to someone
c.       To put someone at ease
d.      To desert someone in his difficulties
e.       None of these
12.  To play second fiddle
a.       To be happy, cheerful and healty
b.      To reduce importance of one's senior
c.       To support the role and view of another person
d.      To do back seat driving
e.       None of these
13.  To keeps one's temper
a.       To become hungry
b.      To be in good mood
c.       To preserve ones energy
d.      To be aloof from
e.       None of these
14.  A black sheep
a.       An unlucky person
b.      A lucky person
c.       An ugly person
d.      A partner who takes no share of the profits
e.       None of these
15.  A man of straw
a.      A man of no substance
b.      A very active person
c.       A worthy fellow
d.      An unreasonable person
e.       None of these
16.  To smell a rat
a.       To see signs of plague epidemic
b.      To get bad small of a bad dead rat
c.       To suspect foul dealings
d.      To be in a bad mood
e.       None of these
17.  To hit the nail right on the head
a.      To do the right thing
b.      To destroy one's reputation
c.       To announce one's fixed views
d.      To teach someone a lesson
e.       None of these
18.  To set one's face against
a.      To oppose with determination
b.      To judge by appearance
c.       To get out of difficulty
d.      To look at one steadily
e.       None of these
19.  Sobhraj could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance.
a.       Toppled over
b.      Bribed
c.       Given advance information
d.      Threatened
e.       None of these
20.  I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder.
a.       scolded me
b.      insulted me
c.       abused me
d.      ignored me
e.       To look at one steadily
B.     ESSAY
1.      I’m sorry I have crashed your car. But_____ your hair on! It’s not the end of the world.
Answer: Keep
2.      The exam is over now and it all end very well. So you can____ your hair down and relax.
Answer: let
3.      When the president of our firm was kidnapped , he didn’t____ a hair. He was brave.
Answer: turn
4.      I was listening to bus drivers speaking on the news and some of the stories they were talking about_____ my hair____ on end!
Answer: make, stand
5.      When my mother realized that she was beginning to lose her ____, she sold her company and began spending more time with the family.
Answer: grip
6.      I would like to drive but every time I have to pass the driving test I lose my ____ and can’t do anything but fail.
Answer: nerve
7.      He used to be an excellent barrister , but because he lost a prominent murder case he felt that he was losing his_____ .
Answer: touch
8.      My sister has to write a short story for next week. I thought it was a simple task but she seems to be making heavy _______ of it.
Answer: weather
9.      Two hotel guests were making a ______ in the hotel lobby. It was mostembarrassing for the manager.
Answer: scene
10.  I’ve paid off all my debts and it’s a good feeling to be in _____   the  again.
Answer: black
11.  After the accident, Karen was _____and _____ but luckily she was alive.
Answer:  black  , blue
12.  Peter can get anything to grow- he’s really got _____ fingers.
Answer: green
13.  I don’t want to go to the cinema tonight, so I’ll tell Paul I have to study for a test. A ____ lie is better than hurting his feelings.
Answer: white
14.  When Katherine knows you are going to go to Miami and not her, she’ll be ____ with envy.
Answer: green
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