REVIEW TEST FOR LESSON 15

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. When police arrived, the thieves ran ______.

(A) about

(B) away

(C) over

(D) through

2. The car suddenly stopped, and I realized that we had ______ of gasoline.

(A) finished

(B) run out

(C) used up

(D) exhausted

3. Look out, or you will be run over.

(A) driving over

(B) run fast

(C) knocked down and passed by

(D) gone over

4. You will be running ______ of getting caught by the police if you are drunk driving.

(A) the risk

(B) a fever

(C) an errand

(D) a tight ship

5. Jenny runs ______ to the store for her mother.

(A) works

(B) tasks

(C) errands

(D) messages

6. Emily has been running ______ with her classmates these days.

(A) off

(B) away

(C) out

(D) around

7. Your opinions run ______ to what we discussed yesterday over the telephone.

(A) around

(B) counter

(C) away

(D) after

8. Someone must have run ______ with my wallet. I can't find it anywhere.

(A) over

(B) around

(C) off

(D) down

9. The children run ______ when there is no teacher in charge.

(A) confusion

(B) chaos

(C) mess

(D) riot

10. Cathy ran ______ and went to see a doctor yesterday.

(A) a fever

(B) a risk

(C) a tight ship

(D) an errand

■ ANSWER

1. (B)

2. (B)

3. (C)

4. (A)

5. (C)

6. (D)

7. (B)

8. (C)

9. (D)

10. (A)