Exercise 5      1. When Tet holiday comes, Vietnamese people often feel inclined to  ____ their houses. A. do up B. do through C. do over D. do in 2. Bob has a bad lung cancer and his doctor advised him to  ____ smoking. A. turn up B. give up C. take up D. put up 3. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man  ____ the exit as quickly as possible. A. made off B. made for C. made out D. made up 4. The government is thinking of bringing  ____ a law to make it compulsory for cyclists to wear crash helmets. A. on B. up C. in D. round 5. Susan was alone in the house when the fire  ____ A. broke out B. broke down C. broke up D. broke away. 6. I think you need to  ____ your ideas more clearly so that the reader doesn't get confused. A. dawn on B. set out C. get on with D. give in 7. Susie and Fran  ____ us last night, so I had to quickly defrost a pizza. A. turned up B. dropped in on C. came across D. went through 8. Rebecca  ____ on our conversation to tell us that James had just been rushed into hospital. A. broke up B. got ahead C. faced up D. cut in 9. Is it a compulsion that the scheme  ____ next Friday? A. carry out B. will carry out C. carried out D. be carried out 10. No one knows where Sam is living now. The last time that I  ____ was about four years ago. A. ran into him B. ran him out C. ran him down D. ran after him 11. All his plans for starting his own business fell  ____ A. in B. through C. down D. away 12. Whenever a problem  ____ , we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon as possible. A. comes in B. comes up C. comes off D. comes by 13. The computer isn't working - it broke  ____ this morning. A. out B. into C. down D. over 14. The final year at the secondary school is the time for teenagers to get  ____ thinking about choosing jobs. A. off with B. by in C. behind with D. down to 15. On Friday night, some of our friends came to the party and  ____ for the weekend. A. fell behind B. waited up C. stayed on D. kept up 16. I have been looking  ____ this book for months, and at last I have found it. A. over B. up C. for D. at 17. You can always  ____ Ann to give you sound advice. A. bank of B. bank for C. bank at D. bank on 18. The new manager  ____ very strict rules as soon as he had taken over the position. A. settled down B. put down C. laid down D. wrote down 19. Everyone knows about pollution problems , but not many people have  ____ any solution. A. come up with B. looked into C. thought over D. got round to 20. The speaker fails to get his message  ____ to his audience. A. around B. in C. across D. out  

1. When Tet holiday comes, Vietnamese people often feel inclined to  ____ their houses.
A. do up B. do through C. do over D. do in
2. Bob has a bad lung cancer and his doctor advised him to  ____ smoking.
A. turn up B. give up C. take up D. put up
3. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man  ____ the exit as quickly as possible.
A. made off B. made for C. made out D. made up
4. The government is thinking of bringing  ____ a law to make it compulsory for cyclists to wear
crash helmets.
A. on B. up C. in D. round
5. Susan was alone in the house when the fire  ____
A. broke out B. broke down C. broke up D. broke away.
6. I think you need to  ____ your ideas more clearly so that the reader doesn't get confused.
A. dawn on B. set out C. get on with D. give in
7. Susie and Fran  ____ us last night, so I had to quickly defrost a pizza.
A. turned up B. dropped in on C. came across D. went through
8. Rebecca  ____ on our conversation to tell us that James had just been rushed into hospital.
A. broke up B. got ahead C. faced up D. cut in
9. Is it a compulsion that the scheme  ____ next Friday?
A. carry out B. will carry out C. carried out D. be carried out
10. No one knows where Sam is living now. The last time that I  ____ was about four years ago.
A. ran into him B. ran him out C. ran him down D. ran after him
11. All his plans for starting his own business fell  ____
A. in B. through C. down D. away
12. Whenever a problem  ____ , we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon as possible.
A. comes in B. comes up C. comes off D. comes by
13. The computer isn't working - it broke  ____ this morning.
A. out B. into C. down D. over
14. The final year at the secondary school is the time for teenagers to get  ____ thinking about
choosing jobs.
A. off with B. by in C. behind with D. down to
15. On Friday night, some of our friends came to the party and  ____ for the weekend.
A. fell behind B. waited up C. stayed on D. kept up
16. I have been looking  ____ this book for months, and at last I have found it.
A. over B. up C. for D. at
17. You can always  ____ Ann to give you sound advice.
A. bank of B. bank for C. bank at D. bank on
18. The new manager  ____ very strict rules as soon as he had taken over the position.
A. settled down B. put down C. laid down D. wrote down
19. Everyone knows about pollution problems , but not many people have  ____ any solution.
A. come up with B. looked into C. thought over D. got round to
20. The speaker fails to get his message  ____ to his audience.
A. around B. in C. across D. out