Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 23

I ________ it you've never heard of Priddy. Well, it's a very small town in Texas.

1. get
2. put
3. see
4. take

He was giving a talk to high school children about sex. At the beginning of his presentation he asked who ________. A few kids raised their hands tentatively.

1. a virgin is
2. a virgin was
3. is a virgin
4. was a virgin

She gave me an honest answer but now that I know how she really feels I wish she ________.

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

Every time I think everything is great, something goes horribly ________.

1. bad
2. badly
3. wrong
4. wrongly

My friends call me Topher but I'd ________ they called me Chris.

1. better
2. faster
3. nicer
4. sooner

What do you usually ask ________?

1. for your parents for your birthday
2. your parents for for your birthday
3. your parents for your birthday
4. your parents for your birthday for

If the train is not ________ time, the railway company does not compensate the passengers in any way.

1. in
2. in the
3. on
4. on the

For people who have never been to that part of the world it's very difficult to ________ in to the extreme poverty.

1. adjust
2. conceive
3. grasp
4. tune

Liz made a joke about being over ________ but she's not that old, really. She's only about 40.

1. her head
2. the edge
3. the hill
4. the moon

I managed to get an interview from the ________ wasn't very easy to do.

1. author which
2. author who
3. author, which
4. author, who

My school days were a nightmare. Everyone was constantly picking ________ me!

1. for
2. on
3. to
4. with

David Crystal is ________ of linguistics in the UK.

1. a professor
2. a Professor
3. professor
4. Professor

Barney is ________ coolest character on the show.

1. by far the
2. ever the
3. the most
4. the much

Parents should teach their children ________ up for what they believe in.

1. how to stand
2. stand
3. the way how they should stand
4. the way how to stand

Pete knows what it's like to take care of an animal. As a kid he ________ a ferret named Coco.

1. had had
2. used to have
3. was having
4. would have