1. When your __________ your tomorrow will be beautiful and future will be brighter.
a) well-planned life is long
b) well planning has long life
c) long well-planned is life
d) long life is well-planned

2. The __________ is thick with rumours.
a) environment
b) air
c) atmosphere
d) climate

3. His problem is that he is ____________ in battle mode.
a) promptly
b) hardly
c) constantly
d) fairly

4. Juvenile crime _________ are shocking and on the rise.
a) figures
b) signal
c) rate
d) digits

5. When Nehru chose Le Corbusier to _________ Chandigarh after partition, his justification signalled the hopes of a brighter future for the country.
a) constitute
b) destroy
c) reform
d) design

6. My stock broker always advises me to put my cash into “blue-chip” stocks.
a) new
b) sure finan-cial winners
c) foreign
d) loss-making

7. Let us sit on the verandah and “chew the fat” for a while.
a) have a conversation
b) have a cup of tea
c) have a breakfast
d) take rest for a while

8. My sister told me to “chill out” when I began getting irritated with my brother’s taste in ramp music.
a) co-operate
b) rebuke
c) praise
d) cool down

9. In Hong Kong everything is so expensive that couples go out to drink and eat “Dutch treat”.
a) cheap foods
b) share the cost equally
c) foot the bill separately
d) avoid costly meals

10. Don’t “zoom off” so quickly.
a) be angry
b) decide
c) depart
d) spend money

11. The executives are likely to “get the axe”.
a) lose the job
b) get incentive
c) get promotion
d) get transferred

12. Examine the report with a “fine-tooth comb”.
a) cursory glance
b) routine job
c) avoid the importance
d) examine something carefully