Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 8

Have you done the assignment yet? – Homework is the last thing ________ mind right now, believe me.

1. at
2. at my
3. in
4. on my

I'm sorry to ________ in at this point with something so trivial, but I really have to say this.

1. butt
2. drop
3. jot
4. kick

This needs to be done ________ seven, so hurry up!

1. by
2. in
3. till
4. until

My secretary ________ my e-mails so that might be the reason why yours never reached me.

1. filters
2. monitors
3. screens
4. sieves

There ________ of reasons for homeschooling. One of them is the decreasing quality of school education.

1. are a deal
2. are a number
3. is a deal
4. is a number

You'll have to hurry up if ________ there in time for the show.

1. we'll be
2. we're
3. we're going to be
4. we're to be

Don't worry. He'll come back once ________ that there's nowhere like home.

1. he'll have realized
2. he'll realize
3. he's realized
4. he's to realize

They couldn't ________ an agreement even after two weeks of intensive negotiations.

1. achieve
2. assume
3. conceive
4. reach

The rescuers were working ________ time because the miners had air purifiers capable of generating fresh air for only a few hours.

1. against
2. out of
3. short of
4. without

I ________ a millionaire now. If only I had taken part in that competition!

1. could be
2. could have been
3. was able to be
4. was allowed to be

The conservation group used flamboyant tactics to ________ the issue of deforestation.

1. highlight
2. illuminate
3. lighten
4. shine

The law allows ________ of ‘reasonable force’ in order to defend oneself.

1. the use
2. to use
3. to using
4. using

That howl made his blood ________. He had never been so scared in his life.

1. boil
2. run cold
3. stiff
4. thick

Many Christians are uncertain about ________ God exists.

1. if
2. provided that
3. supposing that
4. whether

She ________ managed to pass the test even though it was really difficult.

1. anyhow
2. anyway
3. somehow
4. somewhat