Use of English 33

They said that I had stolen the money, but it was ________.

1. a nonsense
2. nonsense
3. nonseses
4. the nonsense

He is a ________ journalist. Now he works as a publisher.

1. former
2. last
3. latter
4. used

The museum is very modern. It ________ last year.

1. has been being built
2. has built
3. was been built
4. was built

What's the ________ of studying something that you will never need in your life?

1. meaning
2. point
3. reason
4. way

When her brother went on holiday, Lucy ________ advantage of the situation and used his car every day to go to work.

1. had
2. made
3. took
4. used

She ________ twenty last month.

1. became
2. got
3. turned
4. went

We drank lots of wine and ate lots of ________.

1. cheese
2. cheeses
3. the cheese
4. the cheeses

He smelled strongly ________ beer.

1. after
2. by
3. from
4. of

Your car is just like mine, ________ mine is red.

1. apart from
2. besides
3. but for
4. except that

My parents have decided to do ________ all the junk in our cellar. It will take all weekend!

1. away with
2. in
3. up
4. without