If you do not have a _______, when you eventually stop working your income will drop - perhaps dramatically.
A.
loan
B.
retirement plan
C.
mortgage
2.
People who _______ their litter in the streets should have to pay heavy fines.
A.
figure
B.
rid
C.
discard
3.
You bought a a yoghurt that is two days past its ______.
A.
expire
B.
sell-by date
C.
prime
4.
We live in a(n) ______ of instant communication.
A.
era
B.
history
C.
the times
5.
Most were in their teens during the last _____ panic, the Black Monday crash of 1987.
A.
retirement plan
B.
pension scheme
C.
stock market
6.
The band was soon offered a recording _____ with Columbia Records.
A.
contact
B.
contract
C.
agree
7.
Who shall I make the _____ out to?
A.
cheque
B.
money
C.
debit card
8.
Government _______ show that job losses in April were the worst ever due to the pandemic.
A.
figurines
B.
figures
C.
number
9.
They want to ______ their own import–export business.
A.
starting
B.
kick
C.
set up
10.
We're always ______ at the end of the month.
A.
penniful
B.
scrounge
C.
broke
11.
America’s airlines have been badly hit by the world _______.
A.
recession
B.
economy
C.
savings
12.
I picked up some real bargains in the January ______ this year.
A.
discount
B.
sales
C.
splurge
13.
It was a big _______ for her to leave the band and go solo.
A.
pay-off
B.
debt
C.
gamble
14.
I had to take out a ______ to buy my car.
A.
loan
B.
debt
C.
pension
15.
He fell behind with the ________ when he lost his job and eventually lost his home.
A.
debt
B.
mortgage
C.
interest rate
16.
The ______ on the loan is 16% per year.
A.
debt
B.
account
C.
interest
17.
I’d like to _______ £500 from my current account.
A.
get off
B.
take off
C.
withdraw
18.
'The restaurant _________ us £70 for the wine.' 'Daylight robbery, if you ask me.'
A.
ask
B.
charged
C.
set up
19.
He asked for help from a colleague who _______ him a favour.
A.
got
B.
owed
C.
lent
20.
You are allowed to ________ six books from the library at a time.
A.
lend
B.
owe
C.
borrow
21.
Many smaller companies simply can not ______ to buy health insurance for employees
A.
afford
B.
owe
C.
borrow
22.
Many believe that state aid is a _______ of taxpayers’ money.
A.
discard
B.
splurge
C.
waste
23.
Can you _______ me £10 until tomorrow?
A.
lend
B.
raise
C.
save
24.
The band gave a concert to ______ money for charity.
A.
save
B.
lend
C.
raise
25.
The Bank of England £10 _______, also known as a tenner, bears the image of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and the image of author Jane Austen on the reverse.
