4. Mrs Chen wanted to buy a new dress. Her husband suggested that she buy it from a shop near their home. Mrs. Chen disagreed because she had been cheated by that shop. Then she said , “I won’t go there again because ___________.”

3. Mr. Wang paid for a new school. Some people did not like the design of the school but they did not argue with Mr. Wang because_________.

2. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a quarrel. Their friend, Mr. Brown, went to mediate in them. What he did was that ___________.

A. Once bitten, twice shy

　 If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it again.

B. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

　 This means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in future.

C. “To pour oil on troubled water”　 is try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough.

D. “Don’t be a dog in a manger”　 means “don’t be selfish”. In a stable the manger is the place where the horse’s food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and it does not want to eat the hay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.

E. “He is sitting on the fence”　 means that somebody will not say whether he is in favor of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides, perhaps waiting to see which side will win.

F. He who pays the pipe calls the tune. A piper is a musician. The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out.

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1. Peter had a bicycle which was much too small for him but he did not want to let his younger brother ride it. His mother was angry and said to him “_________”.

15. I had to deal with the papers very carefully, otherwise they will _______ others.

　 A. be mixed with　 B. be broken with　 C. be lay with　 D. be mixed up with

14. The doctor advised ________ the heavy shoes for light ones.

　 A. he changed　 B. he changing　 C. he change　 D. him change

13. Laws that punish parents for their little children’s actions against the laws get parents _______.

A. worried　 B. to worry　 C. worrying　 D. worry

12. To finish their work on time, the head sat down to argue __________his group members _____ the problems they had.

　 A. with, against　 B. at, about　 C. with, about　 D. with, for

11. Eating less fat and sugar and taking ______can______ us healthy.

　 A. exercise, keep　 B. exercises, make　 B. exercise, makes　 D. exercises, keeping

10.Then you are not going to _______ your teacher’s advice, are you?

　 A. ask　 B. listen　 C. follow　 D. give