Vocabulary Test About GAMBLING Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 176

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Question 1

If you've got a _____ of cards, I'll show you some tricks.

A	collection
B	pack
C	packet
D	set

Question 1 Explanation:

In British English we say a pack of cards (American English: a deck of cards). Not packet, which is used for small paper containers, e.g. a packet of crisps.

Question 2

Here's a coin. You call: _____ or tails?

A	Backs
B	Blanks
C	Heads
D	Tops

Question 2 Explanation:

When you toss a coin, the two sides are called heads (the side with a face) and tails. People ask: Heads or tails?

Question 3

We can't play with this pack of cards; the king of hearts and the ace of diamonds are _____.

A	absent
B	departed
C	lacking
D	missing

Question 3 Explanation:

Missing means not in the place where it should be: Two cards are missing from the pack. Not absent, which is used for people who are not at school or work.

Question 4

The tourists at the casino were playing for very high _____.

A	bets
B	bids
C	profits
D	stakes

Question 4 Explanation:

Stakes is the money you risk in a game. The fixed phrase is play for high stakes. Not bets: you place a bet, but we don't say play for high bets.

Question 5

_____ the cards before you deal.

A	Jumble
B	Muddle
C	Rattle
D	Shuffle

Question 5 Explanation:

To shuffle cards means to mix them so they are in a random order: Shuffle the cards before you deal. Jumble and muddle mean to mix things in an untidy way, but they are not used for cards.

Question 6

Did you go to the casino when you were in Monte Carlo?

No, I never _____.

A	risk
B	gamble
C	hazard
D	venture

Question 6 Explanation:

To gamble means to play games of chance for money, for example in a casino: No, I never gamble. Risk and hazard need an object (risk your money), so they cannot end the sentence here.

Question 7

If you can _____ the clues to this puzzle, you could win a prize.

A	unbind
B	unravel
C	unfasten
D	unwind

Question 7 Explanation:

To unravel something means to understand or solve something complicated: unravel the clues, unravel a mystery. Unwind means to relax, and unbind means to untie.

Question 8

Pete always puts money into gambling machines in the hope of winning the _____.

A	jackpot
B	rot
C	premium
D	share

Question 8 Explanation:

The jackpot is the biggest prize in a game or on a gambling machine: win the jackpot. Not premium, which is an amount paid for insurance or an extra charge.

Question 9

A lot of our free time is _____ chess.

A	given up to
B	handed over to
C	taken over by
D	taken up by

Question 9 Explanation:

If time is taken up by an activity, the activity uses that time: A lot of our free time is taken up by chess. Not taken over by, which means controlled by someone else, e.g. a company.

Question 10

Many people are taking up _____ activities in their spare time.

A	free
B	hobby
C	leisure
D	pleasure

Question 10 Explanation:

Leisure activities are things you do for fun in your free time. Not hobby: it is a noun, and we don't say hobby activities. Free doesn't fit either, because free activities means activities that cost nothing.

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