REVIEW TEST FOR LESSON 6

REVIEW TEST FOR LESSON 6

DIRECTIONS:

In this section, you will read a sentence, short paragraph or dialogue containing one of the phrases presented in the lesson. The phrase is printed in boldface type so you can easily identify it. After reading the sentence, your task is to identify which of the four choices— (A) , (B) , (C) , or (D) —listed below the sentence, most closely defines the phrase or best completes the sentence. Only one answer is the correct answer.

1. I was able to get a head start on my reading during the holidays.

(A) start with no experience

(B) get around

(C) start earlier

(D) get started

2. They can't get along without money.

(A) agree

(B) contend

(C) manage

(D) consent

3. The child got ants in his pants while waiting for dinner to be served.

(A) stepped in an ant hill

(B) became impatient

(C) started crying

(D) played with his toys

4. I didn't really understand what the writer was ______.

(A) getting at

(B) looking for

(C) trying out

(D) making for

5. She thought she could do it without being caught, but her blushes gave her away.

(A) get away with it

(B) take up

(C) fall back on

(D) slacken up

6. She was getting ______ the way of my ambitions.

(A) out

(B) for

(C) in

(D) to

7. He was tried for forgery in a lawcourt but was lucky enough to ______.

(A) get off

(B) get on

(C) get through

(D) get away

8. I'll go back to work, when I ______ this sickness.

(A) turn into

(B) get over

(C) go without

(D) take in

9. He easily got the better of her in that argument.

(A) controlled

(B) made the best of

(C) satisfied

(D) won over

10. We have to get through with it today.

(A) endure

(B) finish

(C) continue

(D) pass through

11. He promised that everybody who followed him would ______.

(A) get a break

(B) get a fortune

(C) take a break

(D) have a rest

12. You will ______ what he meant after reading the letter.

(A) have a look at

(B) take up of

(C) get through

(D) get a grasp of

13. What the kids did to that handicapped finally got a rise out of him.

(A) made him cry

(B) made him angry

(C) made him laugh

(D) made him sad

14. She swore that sooner or later she would take revenge on the man who betrayed her.

(A) take advantage of

(B) get back at

(C) pay a visit

(D) make fun of

15. Children ______ during the festival.

(A) get lost

(B) get credit

(C) get in touch

(D) get carried away

■ ANSWER

1. (C)

2. (C)

3. (B)

4. (A)

5. (A)

6. (C)

7. (A)

8. (B)

9. (D)

10. (B)

11. (A)

12. (D)

13. (B)

14. (B)

15. (D)