Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 11

They live in ________ building situated a few miles outside central Beijing.

1. a concrete ten-story ugly
2. a ten-story ugly concrete
3. an ugly concrete ten-story
4. an ugly ten-story concrete

Far below, the river ________ like a tiny silver thread.

1. was wounding
2. winded
3. wound
4. wounded

I worked in a restaurant for a year before I ________ to college.

1. had been gone
2. had gone
3. have gone
4. went

The hardest thing about lecturing is the questions because you cannot look forward ________ what questions are coming.

1. for seeing
2. to
3. to see
4. to seeing

Government officials say that repairs are already ________ way and that the damage is not as bad as first believed.

1. by the
2. in the
3. on its
4. under

She always gets mad when she's treated ________ a child. She's 16 for God's sake!

1. as
2. as well as
3. like
4. likely

I don't know if it's ________ place as Paris but it's definitely worth visiting.

1. an as romantic
2. as a romantic
3. as romantic
4. as romantic a

The water ________ beer must be purified and all the ingredients must be of the finest quality.

1. is used to make
2. is used to making
3. used to make
4. used to making

Not only ________ punk music, she's also dyed her hair green.

1. does Sarah like
2. likes Sarah
3. Sarah does like
4. Sarah likes

Yesterday I finally sold the car that I ________ to get rid of for a year now.

1. am trying
2. had been trying
3. have been trying
4. was trying

Ronna's always trying to ________ her nose into other people's business.

1. dip
2. jab
3. poke
4. pry

When I was in high school, I still had my parents to fall ________. It all changed when I started college.

1. back on
2. for
3. onto
4. out to

He was ________ with envy when I told him that I hooked up with Patti last night.

1. blue
2. green
3. pale
4. red

I asked Philip for advice concerning the job offer and he said that if he ________ it.

1. had been me, he would take
2. were me, he would have taken
3. were me, he would take
4. would be me, he 'd have taken

I love the way she smiles and twiddles her ________ when she talks to me.

1. hair
2. head
3. nose
4. wrists