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22. My friend Ann is a very clever girl. She is quick in everything she

does. She is not lazy. She always does everything in time. She
doesn't like lazy people who always try to put off their work and
she says _____.

A) Speech is silver but silence is gold.
B) A bad wound is cured, not a bad name.
C) What is done can't be undone.
D) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
E) As is the workman so is the work.

23. My mother loves my younger sister very much and the latter

makes use of it. She always asks to buy her nice dresses, sweets.
My sister likes only to play and is a poor pupil. My sister is just a
bad naughty girl. I say this because I always _____.

A) call the shots
B) change horses in midstream
C) call a spade a spade
D) cry over spilt milk
E) give someone the cold shoulder

24. - Hello, Ann? I haven't seen you for ages. Where have you been?

- I've been to Moscow. I was there for a month and came back last
week. I'm glad I'm at home.

A) I liked Moscow very much.
B) East or West, home is best.
C) I met our friends there.
D) My family stayed in Moscow.
E) Have you been to Moscow?

25. Nobody expected them to part so suddenly. They loved each

other and they were to get married. One day he told her he was
going to Italy on business. He stayed 2 years there. Meanwhile
she completely forgot him and married Mr. Black, a rich man.

A) A bad wound is cured, not a bad name.
B) No news good news.
C) As is the workman so is the work.
D) Out of sight - out of mind.
E) False friend are worse than open enemies.

26. Mother gave Ann some money. The girl wanted to go to the

cinema very much; at the same time she wanted to buy a book,
but there was not enough money for both, "I'll buy the book and
go to the cinema next time when I have money" she said.

A) A man can die but once.
B) A cat in gloves catches no mice.
C) You cannot eat your cake and have it.
D) He laughs best who laughs last.
E) So many men, so many minds.

27. _____ loose all.

A) He that never climbed
B) Grasp all
C) If you run after two hares
D) If wishes were horses
E) Least said

28. What will the travelers say when they come safe to the end of

their journey, having gone through many dangerous adventures?

A) To take the bull by the horn.
B) To kill two birds with one stone.
C) Two heads are better than one.
D) There is no smoke without fire.
E) All is well that ends well.

29. What would you say to a grumbling group mate who is finding

fault with everything around?

A) Better late than never.
B) East or West, home is best.
C) To get out of bed on the wrong side.
D) Promise little, but do much.
E) Make hay while the sun shines.

30. Your friend has been suffering from a bad toothache for a long time as

he is afraid to go to the dentist. How would you urge him to overcome
his fear.

A) He laughs best who laughs last.
B) The devil is not so black as is painted.
C) A burnt child dreads the fire.
D) One swallow doesn't make a summer.
E) If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.

31. A.: It's risky to take an exam without reading the whole book.

B.: But it's my last chance. _____.

A) New brooms sweep clean.
B) No new is good news
C) Once bitten, twice shy.
D) Sink or swim.
E) Poverty is no sin.

32. A.: You say this green dress doesn't suit me and I look dull in it.

What about the blue one?
B.: Oh, it's quite different. You must always wear it, you are
lively in it.
A.: You see, and my mother hates it. _____.

A) Rome wasn't built in a day.
B) A round peg in a square hole.
C) There is no place like home.
D) That's another pair of shoes.
E) Tastes differ.

33. A.: What kind of person is our director?

B.: Can't make out. Neither kind nor strict. _____.

A) Neither fish nor flesh.

B) Too good to be true.

C) To turn over a new leaf.

D) Woken pigs fly.

E) Well begun is half done.

34. _____, soonest mended.

A) If the sky falls

B) All covet

C) As you make your bed

D) As you sow

E) Least said

35. When angry _____.

A) do as the Romans do

B) sweep clean

C) you will catch neither

D) you shall mow

E) count a hundred

36. Many men, many _____.

A) servants

B) hands

C) minds

D) ways

E) thoughts

37. Well begun is half _____.

A) gone

B) done

C)  undone

D) a way

E) come

38. East or West _____ is best.

A) castle

B) hut

C) home

D) palace

E) country

39. A bird in the hand _____.

A) is worth two in the bush

B) makes even a cat laugh

C) has brought forth a mouse

D) speaks louder than words

E) changes his spots

40. We have got two neighbors. One of them is a clever and polite

man. He is an educated, cultural man. The other is rather selfish
and stupid. He thinks he can buy everything as he is rich enough.
He is a narrow-minded person. We don't like him.

A) As the tree so the fruit.
B) Health is above wealth.
C) No pains, no gains.
D) It's never too late to learn.
E) Better short of pence than short of sense.

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Book 3