ESL Blues
Progress Test Higher Levels 8
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1.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
It is exceptionally difficult to draw an animal in motion. _____ hard one tries, the end result is invariably unnatural or stiff. It takes a great artist to tease out the lightness in the movements.
a) So
b) However
c) However much
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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2.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
When it comes to human-like robots, I am _____. I long for intelligent computers, but I also worry about them.
a) confused
b) distracted
c) of two minds
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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3.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
My fears regarding robots endowed with human intelligence _____ something along the lines of what the directors and screenwriters envisioned in the Terminator movies.
a) does
b) leads
c) goes
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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4.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
I often lose my keys, although they are not really lost. They always _____ somewhere in the house.
a) turn up
b) come up
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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5.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
Don't work yourself to death. It's not worth it. You don't want to _____.
a) burn up
b) burn out
c) burn down
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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6.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
I am in my seventies with chronic back pain that necessitates that I use a cane _____ fall.
a) lest I
b) so that I don't
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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7.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
Dementia is the most dreadful condition to ever afflict humankind. My once dear mother has it, and she has _____ a monster.
a) turned out to be
b) turned into
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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8.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
I am trying to take care of my sick mother, and it is _____ the life out of me. I am emotionally drained.
a) taking
b) drawing
c) sucking
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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9.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
Please find a cure for this degenerative disease. I would not _____ this brain disorder on my worst enemy.
a) hope
b) want
c) wish
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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10.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
We adopted a new approach to the treatment of this common disease, and it has finally _____ fruit in a much higher cure rate than was possible previously.
a) given
b) delivered
c) borne
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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