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301To cry wolf __________?

A.To listen eagerly

B.To give false alarm

C.To turn pale

D.To keep off starvation

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302To end in smoke ________?

A.To make completely understand

B.To ruin oneself

C.To excite great applause

D.To overcome someone

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303To put one’s hand to plough __________?

A.To take up agricultural farming

B.To take a difficult task

C.To get entangled into unnecessary things

D.Take interest in technical work

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304To pick holes _________?

A.To find some reason to quarrel

B.To destroy something

C.To criticize someone

D.To cut some part of an item

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305To leave someone in the lurch _________?

A.To come to compromise with someone

B.Constant source of annoyance to someone

C.To put someone at ease

D.To desert someone in his difficulties

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306A man of straw _________?

A.A man of no substance

B.A very active person

C.A worthy fellow

D.An unreasonable person

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307To smell a rat _______?

A.To see signs of plague epidemic

B.To get bad small of a bad dead rat

C.To suspect foul dealings

D.To be in a bad mood

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308To hit the nail right on the head _______?

A.To say something that is exactly right or completely true

B.To destroy one’s reputation

C.To announce one’s fixed views

D.To teach someone a lesson

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309To set one’s face against __________?

A.To oppose with determination

B.To judge by appearance

C.To get out of difficulty

D.To look at one steadily

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310He could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance. tipped off means _____________?

A.Toppled over

B.Bribed

C.Given advance information

D.Threatened

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311I met him after a long time, but he gave me “the cold shoulder”.

A.scolded me

B.insulted me

C.abused me

D.ignored me

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312He “passed himself off” as a noble man.

A.Was regarded as

B.Pretended to be

C.Was thought to be

D.Was looked upon

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313In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to “die in harness”.

A.die on a horse back

B.die in the battlefield

C.die while still working

D.die with honour

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314Do no trust a man who “blows his own trumpet”

A.flatters

B.praises others

C.admonishes others

D.praises himself

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315It was he who “put a spoke in my wheel”.

A.tried to cause an accident

B.helped in the execution of the plan

C.thwarted in the execution of the plan

D.destroyed the plan

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316A bitter pill means ___________?

A.Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy

B.A controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with

C.A situation or information that is unpleasant but must be accepted

D.When an attempt fails, and it’s time to start planning all over again

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317“A hot potato” means _________?

A.The one tiny drawback that ruins it

B.To go to bed to sleep

C.To find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favor

D.A controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with

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318“Ace in the hole” means __________?

A.A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage

B.A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength

C.Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy

D.Without any hesitation; instantly

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319“Achilles’ heel” means ________?

A.To action a task; to initiate work

B.A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength

C.A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage

D.To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable

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320“Elephant in the room” means _________?

A.An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive nature

B.In good physical health

C.Someone can perceive things and events that are outside of their field of vision

D.You learned something through means of a rumor

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