English Idioms from English Musicals 4a - Evita

Tento muzikál je poměrně dlouhý a obsahuje velké množství idiomů. Proto jsem se rozhodl rozdělit test na čtyři různé části. V této první, určené pro úroveň Pre-Intermediate, je vaším úkolem u každé otázky vybrat výraz, který se nejlépe hodí do vyznačených mezer v textu.

1. EVA'S BROTHER:
            Seems to me there's no point in resisting.
            She'­s made up her ________, you've no choice.
            Why don't you be the man who discovered her.
            You'll never be remembered for your voice.

   1. brains
   2. decision
   3. head
   4. mind

2. PERÓN'S MISTRESS:
            I don't expect my love affairs to last for long,
            never fool myself that my dreams will come ________.

   1. forward
   2. full
   3. true
   4. truth

3. PERÓN'S MISTRESS:
            Being used to trouble I anticipate it
            but all ________ same I hate it, wouldn't you?

   1. is
   2. that
   3. the
   4. will be

4. CHE:
            We don't like to rush, but your case has been packed.
            If she's missed anything, you could ________ her a ring
            but she won't always answer the phone.

   1. call
   2. get
   3. give
   4. put

5. EVA:
            Oh, but it's sad when a love affair dies.
            The parting, the closing of doors.
            But we must be honest, stop fooling ourselves.
   CHE
            Which means “up ________!”

   1. course
   2. go
   3. then
   4. yours

6. EVA:
            Oh, but it's sad when a love affair dies.
            The decline into silence and doubt.
            Our passion was just too intense to survive.

   CHE
            For God's ________, get out!

   1. life
   2. right
   3. sake
   4. will

7. ARMY:
            Peron is a fool, breaking every taboo,
            installing a girl in the army H.Q.
            And she's an actress - the last ________!
            Her only good parts are between her thighs.
            She should stare at the ceiling, not reach for the skies.

   1. drop
   2. hair
   3. kiss
   4. straw

8. EVA:
            This is crazy defeatist talk!
            Why commit political suicide, there's no risk.
            There's no call for any action at all
            when you have unions on your ________.

   1. end
   2. side
   3. site
   4. way

9. CHE:
            You won't care if they love you
            - it's been done before.
            You'll despair if they hate you.
            You'll be drained of all energy.
            All the young who've made ________ would agree.

   1. it
   2. something
   3. that
   4. themselves

10. EVA:
             I came from the people, they need to adore me
             so Christian Dior me from my head to my ________.
             I need to be dazzling, I want to be Rainbow High.
             They must have excitement, and so must I.

    1. breasts
    2. heel
    3. nails
    4. toes

11. PERÓN:
             ________ you are, I told you so,
             makes no difference where she goes.
             The whole world over just the same.
             Just listen to them call her name.
             And who would underestimate the actress now?

    1. Here
    2. That
    3. There
    4. Why

12. OFFICERS:
             That was the over-the-top, unacceptable suggestion.
             We didn't approve but we couldn't prevent
             the games of the wife of the president
             but to give her pretensions encouragement,
             she'­s out of her depth, and ________ of the question.

    1. not
    2. off
    3. out
    4. way