ESL Blues

Progress Test Higher Levels 12b

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1. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

I get along fine with my boyfriend. It's true that he sometimes talks way too much, but _____ that, he's a great guy.






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2. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

It's when you think you have perfectly mastered your craft that you begin to _____ and make mistakes. Don't get overconfident.





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3. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

My ski poles are too long and yours are too short. Give me yours and I'll give you mine. That's a fair _____. What do you think?





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4. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

I'm glad the police arrived in time to stop the riot. _____ would have been a lot of injuries and even deaths if they had not come. It would have been terrible.





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5. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

They don't want the epidemic to _____ so they are closing schools, libraries, movie theaters and concert halls. Better late than ever.





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6. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

Why is Julie leaving her job? It _____ no sense. She gets along with her colleagues, loves meeting customers, and the salary is great.






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7. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

I would certainly have helped you get out of your financial hole _____ been in contact just before you went bankrupt.





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8. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

Having _____ the initiative and then lost it through no fault of my own, I was determined to regain it whatever it cost in time, money and effort.






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9. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

My neighbors _____ me crazy with their huge outdoor bluetooth speaker that they insist on playing at full volume, with maximum base.






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10. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

I wanted to go over and talk to the new girl in my computer science course, but then I got _____. She seemed so sure of herself that I became convinced she'd snub me.





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