TEST 8 Proverbs

1. An Englishman's home is his _____. 11. John was a very lazy pupil. During the school years he didn't learn
his lessons and always played truant. When the examination
A) church B) house
time came he was also to take his exams. But, alas, he didn't pass
C) out doors D) castle
them and he cried bitterly.
E) bank
A) Living dog is better than a dead man.
2. "False friends are _____." B) The rotten apple injures its neighbors.
C) The appetite comes with eating.
A) as clear as day B) out of mind
D) A good beginning makes a good ending.
C) better than riches D) worse than open enemies
E) You have made your bed and you must lie on it.
E) good to be true
12. Promise little _____.
3. A good name is better _____.
A) who laughs last B) but do much
A) than richness B) than never
C) that ends well D) while the sun shines
C) than in bad company D) than promise long
E) never found again
E) than a friend
13. Joe had a very big supper. When he asked for a piece of bread and
4. After the long school holidays, Mrs. Hay went to talk to Betty's
butter at bedtime, his mother said, " I've never seen anyone eat
teacher. "Betty is glad that school has started", she said. "She is as
so much. You are always as hungry as _____."
_____."
A) a lark B) a wolf
A) hungry as a wolf B) busy as a bee
C) a bee D) a horse
C) as happy as a lark D) as slow as a tortoise
E) a mouse
E) as clever as an owl
14. The last drop makes _____.
5. So _____ so done.
A) both ends meet B) the cat out of the bag
A) thought B) done
C) a horse laugh D) the cup run over
C) had D) saw
E) a cat laugh
E) said
15. _____ makes the world go round.
6. "While there is _____ there is hope."
A) love B) hatred
A) will B) wish
C) gravity D) money
C) love D) life
E) poor mouse.
E) water
16. _____ repeats itself.
7. "Better face a danger than be always in _____.
A) children B) language
A) favor B) moon
C) everybody D) stories
C) fear D) fire
E) history
E) flight
17. One of our classmates fell ill, and was taken to hospital. In three
8. I have a young sister. From her childhood she dreamt of becoming
months he was out and about, but lagged behind the pupils with
a pianist. When she was seven our mother sent her to the music
his studying. He asked many pupils to help him, nobody came to
school. At first it was difficult for a little girl to spend hours
his rescue, but me. After that we became friends.
playing the piano and she could not achieve much progress; but
my sister didn't give up. Time passed. From year to year she A) Facts are stubborn things
became more skillful and succeeded in her dream. B) Experience is the mother of wisdom
C) Live and learn
A) Practice makes perfect.
D) Everything is good in its season
B) As clear as a day.
E) A friend in need is a friend indeed
C) Everything is good in its season.
D) East of west - home the best.
18. A man's best friend is his _____.
E) There is no place like home.
A) shirt B) bag
9. Mr. Brown was very afraid of dentist. Once he had a terrible C) dog D) house
toothache, and couldn't sleep. The next day, he decided to go to E) money
the dentists and have his tooth extracted.
19. Lost time is _____.
A) While there is life there is hope.
B) Where there is smoke, there is fire. A) known by its tree. B) never found again.
C) Where there is a will, there's a way. C) not so black as he painted. D) never too late to learn.
D) An able sailor hails in stormy weather. E) makes the cup run.
E) Better face a danger than be always in fear.
20. "Out of sight-out of _____.
10. An hour in the morning _____.
A) light B) fight
A) as near as today and tomorrow C) guide D) might
B) is better than richness E) mind
C) has wings
D) is worth two in the evening 21. Everything is _____.
E) as clear as day A) shooting without aim
B) better than saying
C) good in its season
D) better to do well than to say well
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22. My friend Ann is a very clever girl. She is quick in everything she 30. Your friend has been suffering from a bad toothache for a long time as
does. She is not lazy. She always does everything in time. She he is afraid to go to the dentist. How would you urge him to overcome
doesn't like lazy people who always try to put off their work and his fear.
she says _____.
A) He laughs best who laughs last.
A) Speech is silver but silence is gold. B) The devil is not so black as is painted.
B) A bad wound is cured, not a bad name. C) A burnt child dreads the fire.
C) What is done can't be undone. D) One swallow doesn't make a summer.
D) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. E) If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
E) As is the workman so is the work.
31. A.: It's risky to take an exam without reading the whole book.
23. My mother loves my younger sister very much and the latter B.: But it's my last chance. _____.
makes use of it. She always asks to buy her nice dresses, sweets.
A) New brooms sweep clean.
My sister likes only to play and is a poor pupil. My sister is just a
B) No new is good news
bad naughty girl. I say this because I always _____.
C) Once bitten, twice shy.
A) call the shots D) Sink or swim.
B) change horses in midstream E) Poverty is no sin.
C) call a spade a spade
D) cry over spilt milk 32. A.: You say this green dress doesn't suit me and I look dull in it.
E) give someone the cold shoulder What about the blue one?
B.: Oh, it's quite different. You must always wear it, you are
24. - Hello, Ann? I haven't seen you for ages. Where have you been? lively in it.
- I've been to Moscow. I was there for a month and came back last A.: You see, and my mother hates it. _____.
week. I'm glad I'm at home.
A) Rome wasn't built in a day.
A) I liked Moscow very much. B) A round peg in a square hole.
B) East or West, home is best. C) There is no place like home.
C) I met our friends there. D) That's another pair of shoes.
D) My family stayed in Moscow. E) Tastes differ.
E) Have you been to Moscow?
33. A.: What kind of person is our director?
25. Nobody expected them to part so suddenly. They loved each B.: Can't make out. Neither kind nor strict. _____.
other and they were to get married. One day he told her he was
A) Neither fish nor flesh. B) Too good to be true.
going to Italy on business. He stayed 2 years there. Meanwhile
C) To turn over a new leaf. D) Woken pigs fly.
she completely forgot him and married Mr. Black, a rich man.
E) Well begun is half done.
A) A bad wound is cured, not a bad name.
B) No news good news. 34. _____, soonest mended.
C) As is the workman so is the work.
A) If the sky falls B) All covet
D) Out of sight - out of mind.
C) As you make your bed D) As you sow
E) False friend are worse than open enemies.
E) Least said
26. Mother gave Ann some money. The girl wanted to go to the
35. When angry _____.
cinema very much; at the same time she wanted to buy a book,
but there was not enough money for both, "I'll buy the book and A) do as the Romans do B) sweep clean
go to the cinema next time when I have money" she said. C) you will catch neither D) you shall mow
E) count a hundred
A) A man can die but once.
B) A cat in gloves catches no mice.
36. Many men, many _____.
C) You cannot eat your cake and have it.
D) He laughs best who laughs last. A) servants B) hands
E) So many men, so many minds. C) minds D) ways
E) thoughts
27. _____ loose all.
37. Well begun is half _____.
A) He that never climbed
B) Grasp all A) gone B) done
C) If you run after two hares C) undone D) a way
D) If wishes were horses E) come
E) Least said
38. East or West _____ is best.
28. What will the travelers say when they come safe to the end of
A) castle B) hut
their journey, having gone through many dangerous adventures?
C) home D) palace
A) To take the bull by the horn. E) country
B) To kill two birds with one stone.
C) Two heads are better than one. 39. A bird in the hand _____.
D) There is no smoke without fire.
A) is worth two in the bush B) makes even a cat laugh
E) All is well that ends well.
C) has brought forth a mouse D) speaks louder than words
E) changes his spots
29. What would you say to a grumbling group mate who is finding
fault with everything around?
40. We have got two neighbors. One of them is a clever and polite
A) Better late than never. man. He is an educated, cultural man. The other is rather selfish
B) East or West, home is best. and stupid. He thinks he can buy everything as he is rich enough.
C) To get out of bed on the wrong side. He is a narrow-minded person. We don't like him.
D) Promise little, but do much.
A) As the tree so the fruit.
E) Make hay while the sun shines.
B) Health is above wealth.
C) No pains, no gains.
D) It's never too late to learn.
E) Better short of pence than short of sense.

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41. When faced with a difficult problem, it is better to consult other people. 49. A man mustn't think that his task is too difficult before he begins
doing it.
A) To kill two birds with one stone.
B) Two heads are better than one. A) Everything comes to him who waits.
C) If you want a thing well done, do it yourself. B) No living man all things can.
D) The devil is not so black as he is painted. C) Live not to eat but eat to live.
E) East or West home is best. D) Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
E) Don't cross the bridge before you come to it
42. First catch your _____ then cook it.
50. Still waters run _____.
A) hare B) hair
C) heir D) car A) quick B) important
E) bear C) careful D) deep
E) strong
43. A stitch in time _____.
51. Be slow to promise and _____.
A) saves nine B) before they hatch A) speak little B) life is short
C) makes a good ending D) before they are easy C) never fell D) quick to perform
E) makes perfect E) half is done

44. Mr. Smith was rather lazy. He didn't like to work hard and always 52. - I am lucky today, your turn will come later on. Tomorrow our
spared himself. He was sure that his father would support him all positions may be reversed.
his life. But his father died and Mr. Smith had a miserable life. - Yes, _____.

A) Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. A) Deeds not words
B) Speech is silver but silence is gold. B) Every dog has his day
C) No sweet without sweat. C) Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
D) As the tree so the fruit. D) Everything is good in its season
E) First think then speak. E) All is well that ends well

45. It was raining very hard. A lot of people were standing at the bus- 53. If you _____ to be a friend, never borrow, never _____.
stop and were sorry they had not taken their umbrellas with
them. But one man among them was cheerful and pleased. He A) want / lend B) wanted / lent
always repeated "the harder it rains the better I like it." Asked C) wants / lends D) will want / lend
why he was happy with rain he answered ... E) want / lent

A) Like to like.
B) The fist blow is half the battle.
C) Actions speak louder than words.
D) An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
E) One man's meat is another man's poison.

46. - What time do you get up on Sundays?

- About half past six.
- Why so early?
- I get up at that time on week-days, and _____, you know.

A) deeds, not words

B) neck or nothing
C) custom is a second nature
D) no rose without a thorn
E) when angry, count a hundred

47. Mr. Brown was the owner of our local newspaper. He was a good
and clever man but he had the habit of talking to himself all the
time. One day my friend came and asked him why he did that.
"Well, there are two reasons," he said. "First I like to hear a wise
man speak, secondly, when I speak it is a pleasure to have an
intelligent audience."

A) Hear much speak little.

B) Penny-wise and pound-foolish.
C) He laughs best who laughs last.
D) Wealth is nothing without health.
E) Hunger is the best source.

48. Some people use fine words when they talk about what they
have done, but their actions may be quite different and not at all
fine.

A) Fine words dress ill deeds.

B) You can't eat your cake and have it.
C) Fortune favors the brave.
D) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
E) An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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