Vocabulary Test About RENTING A FLAT Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 114

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Question 1

The scarcity of housing accommodation means that people can no longer afford to _____ where they live.

A	buy and sell
B	come and go
C	look and see
D	pick and choose

Question 1 Explanation:

To pick and choose means to choose carefully from many options. When there are very few homes, people must take what they can get and cannot be choosy. Not come and go, which means to arrive and leave freely.

Question 2

Considering how few services we get, the rates we pay are _____.

A	daylight robbery
B	down to earth
C	out of this world
D	peanuts

Question 2 Explanation:

Daylight robbery is an informal phrase for a price that is far too high. The clue is how few services we get: we pay a lot for very little. Not peanuts, which means a very small amount of money and does not fit the complaint.

Question 3

The squatters are fighting _____ and nail not to be evicted from the houses they have occupied.

A	finger
B	hammer
C	toe
D	tooth

Question 3 Explanation:

The fixed idiom is fight tooth and nail, meaning to fight very hard and with great determination. Example: She fought tooth and nail to keep her job. The other words do not form this idiom.

Question 4

He lives a (an) _____ throw from the station.

A	apple's
B	arrow's
C	knife's
D	stone's

Question 4 Explanation:

A stone's throw means a very short distance. Example: The hotel is a stone's throw from the beach. The other options do not make this fixed expression.

Question 5

You've managed to find a cheap flat near Piccadilly Circus. _____ you!

A	Happy
B	Fortunate
C	Lucky
D	Merry

Question 5 Explanation:

Lucky you! is a common spoken phrase used when something good happens to someone, often with a little envy. Not Fortunate, which is correct in meaning but is not used in this short exclamation.

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