Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 1

Men don't usually like ________ women. It's as if their intelligence intimidated them or something.

1. brainy
2. cleverly
3. mindful
4. sensuous

If you ________ so stubborn, you'd find it easier to make friends.

1. didn't
2. wasn't
3. weren't
4. wouldn't

________ his demanding job he's a caring and devoted father.

1. Although
2. Despite
3. In spite
4. Opposite

I'm having second thoughts about marrying Tom. I think I'll ________ while I still can.

1. break it down
2. break it off
3. break it out
4. break it up

The flight was canceled due to bad weather ________.

1. conditions
2. environs
3. surroundings
4. terms

The new sports stadium ________ yesterday by the mayor.

1. got open
2. got opened
3. opened
4. was opened

I will love you no matter ________.

1. where you go
2. where you'll go
3. wherever will you go
4. wherever you go

I was supposed to send them my application yesterday but it completely ________ my mind.

1. blew
2. lost
3. skipped
4. slipped

________ it later if you drop out of school now.

1. You will be regretting
2. You'll regret
3. You're going to regret
4. You're regretting

________ your time. There's no hurry. The train leaves in half an hour.

1. Leave
2. Make
3. Spare
4. Take

I ________ my keys so I had to get in through the window.

1. can't have found
2. couldn't find
3. couldn't have found
4. didn't able to find

Too much stress can ________ in a nervous breakdown.

1. cause
2. effect
3. lead
4. result

I started losing hair when I was twenty. I was depressed at first but then I tried ________ some special vitamin pills and they worked!

1. take
2. taking
3. the taking of
4. to take

Reading that discussion on the Internet made my blood ________! The comments there were so annoying.

1. boil
2. drain
3. flow
4. thick

My hard disk crashed and I was only able to ________ a very small amount of data from it.

1. recall
2. receive
3. remove
4. retrieve