REVIEW TEST FOR LESSON 8

REVIEW TEST FOR LESSON 8

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. A: I'll pay for this lunch.

B: Oh, no!You shouldn't do that. ______. We are both students after all.

(A) Let's go Dutch

(B) I'd like to

(C) That's a good idea

(D) Yes, please

2. When a person goes off the deep end, he ______.

(A) dives into the deeper water

(B) acts rashly

(C) loses his self-control

(D) falls into the deep valley

3. He died, but his work went on.

(A) went away

(B) kept away

(C) continued

(D) disappeared

4. The sales representatives were asked to go over the figure in their reports before the conference.

(A) relate

(B) revise

(C) review

(D) calculate

5. Mr. Sun, some people can stand more pain than others. I don't know if you can go ______ with it.

(A) out

(B) in

(C) through

(D) under

6. His company struggled to get out of financial crunch. But, at last, it went ______.

(A) out

(B) down

(C) under

(D) off

7. This tie and that red shirt do not go together.

(A) match

(B) affect

(C) distinguish

(D) concern

8. This company is going to go broke if you don't stop spending money foolishly.

(A) go blank

(B) go bankrupt

(C) go bad

(D) go behind

9. They went out of their way to please the foreign investor.

(A) failed to

(B) tried to

(C) did little to

(D) took efforts to

10. When Jerry heard the bad news about his sister, he almost went ______.

(A) whole hog

(B) all out

(C) for broke

(D) to pieces

11. The girl can go to any length to help her friend who is in trouble.

(A) go through

(B) make every effort

(C) go places

(D) go sky high

12. A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can ______ if they get too warm.

(A) go bananas

(B) go bad

(C) go astray

(D) go to pieces

13. There's nothing wrong with a drink or two on Friday night, but don't ______.

(A) go off the deep end

(B) go haywire

(C) go hog wild

(D) go overboard

14. Please ______on the criticism; you can criticize the things I do without criticizing me.

(A) go downhill

(B) go cold turkey

(C) go easy

(D) go bad

15. The young man is so smart that he will______ one day.

(A) go places

(B) go sky high

(C) go the distance

(D) go scot-free

■ ANSWER

1. (A)

2. (B)

3. (C)

4. (C)

5. (C)

6. (C)

7. (A)

8. (B)

9. (D)

10. (D)

11. (B)

12. (B)

13. (D)

14. (C)

15. (A)