Nobody ever really expected my Uncle Peter to make much money. When he (1)______ school, he didn’t have any plans for a career, and he got a job in a second-hand record shop. Peter’s mother couldn’t
(2) _____________ it. Her other children had both (3) ______ to get places at university, and she was quite (4) ________ that a young person needed a good education to get on in life. To (5) ________ things worse, this was the time when vinyl records were being phased out,and everyone wanted to buy CDs. It looked as though my uncle would soon be looking for (6) __________ somewhere else.
Then, all of a (7) ____________ Peter’s luck changed. He announced he was going to start collecting records and set (8) _____a mail order business selling rare records. I have to admit that nobody really
(9) ________ him seriously at first. We just couldn’t believe that old records would ever have any (10)________ again. Who would be interested in a technology that’s out of date? Vinyl records have since become collectors’ items, and my uncle is now a very rich man.
1 A completed B concluded C left D ended
2 A come over B take over C get over D pass over
3 A achieved B succeeded C accomplished D managed
4 A convinced B persuaded C determined D convicted
5 A get B make C bring D drive
6 A work B job C career D profession
7 A once B moment C sudden D minute
8 A up B out C off D in
9 A took B believed C thought D gave
10 A worth B price C cost D value
Solution:
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. D
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1. C
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. D
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