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12. Choose the right answer: I'm not sure if we should visit the mountains or the sea. Both are great. I guess it is ___.
a. six to one, half a dozen to the other b. put two and two together c. forty winks
13. Choose the right answer: Antibiotics are used to….. infection.
a)  treat b) cure c) prevent d) fight 
14. Choose the right answer: He has ….. severe head injury.
a) suffered b) experienced c) had 
15. Choose the right answer: He has just …. an important new contract with a chain of fitness centres.
a) won b) concluded c) made d) signed 
16. Choose the right answer: Competition to …. the contract was stiff.
a) earn b) win c) achieve 
17. Choose the right answer: You need a wide range of skills in order to … a successful business.
a) work b) run c) go
18. Choose the right answer: How long have you been…. business with China for?
a) doing b) making c) getting
19. Choose the right answer: We’ve been doing ….  business all morning.
a) rapid b) stiff c) brisk
20. Choose the right answer: ….. a way of speaking a language that is used only in a particular area or by a particular group of people.
a) Accent b) Dialect c) Jargon
21. Choose the right answer: Asthma is a disease that causes _________ .
a) severe headaches b) tightening of air pathways
c) relaxation of the lungs d) medication
22. Choose the right answer: Put this medicine on your arm and rub it into your skin until it's invisible. It will inhibit the infection's attempt to spread. What does “inhibit” mean?
A. Live in a certain place B. Block or slow down
C. Itch or burn D. Help to do something
23. Choose the right answer: It’s a wonder to me how anyone can still be undecided about this election. These two candidates are certainly distinct. Each would lead our nation in opposite directions. What does “distinct” mean?
A. Needing a bath B. Dishonest
C. Clearly different D. About the same age