Quiz Junior 1 Lesson 6 Closest in Meaning

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• doing very little

• making small efforts

• trying very hard

• not trying at al

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

Father knows Sandy has a sweet tooth, so he advises her not to eat too many candies and chocolates because they are bad for her.

• toothache

• a love for sweets

• making candies

• cavity

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

Jack would have been playing ball until the cows came home, if it hadn’t been for Mother dragging him home for dinner.

• Jack was just about to stop playing ball.

• Jack didn’t even want to play ball to begin with.

• Jack prefer herding cows than playing ball.

• Jack would have continued playing ball for a long time.

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

I hate to speak in public, but she’ll get up on stage at the drop of a hat.

• She takes a long time to do it.

• She can do it easily and immediately.

• She can do it by dropping her hat.

• She needs a hat to do it.

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

Aldo is a real couch potato and doesn't like to participate in any activity that makes him tired or sweaty.

• Aldo likes to eat potatoes and sits on a couch.

• Aldo sells potatoes and couches.

• Aldo likes to watch television and does not like exercising.

• Aldo is fat like a potato sitting in a couch.

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my tongue.

• stop myself from saying it out

• bite my tongue when I wanted to say it

• tell other people about it

• tell him honestly

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

A local charity is working to build bridges between different races of people in the area.

• build new bridges in that area

• replace old bridges with new ones in that area

• make more business with the people in that area

• improve relationships between the races in that area

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

When they realized that the company was in serious financial trouble, quite a few of the staff jumped ship.

• The staff left the company.

• The staff went on a cruise ship for holiday.

• The staff jumped on a ship and sailed away.

• The staff jumped for joy.

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

You can't talk about Fred and Ted in the same way! They're like apples and oranges.

• Fred likes apples and Ted likes oranges.

• Fred and Ted likes to eat fruits.

• Fred and Ted are vegetarians.

• Fred and Ted are two different kinds of people.

Closest in Meaning: Choose the best meaning for the phrase underlined.

You need to stop sweeping your problems under the carpet. Nothing will get resolved like that!

• getting a new carpet

• ignoring your problems

• sweeping away your problems

• telling everyone about your problems