ESL Blues
Progress Test Higher Levels 3 Revision
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1.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
There are so many things we take _____. We underestimate their importance until we lose them, and then, it's too late.
a) for granted
b) down
c) as you see me
d) on
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:
You're act number three in the show. You're on in about 20 minutes if we manage to _____ the timetable. Just be ready.
a) follow on
b) stay with
c) stick to
d) take on
e)
All of the above
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3.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
The government manages to stay in power by keeping everyone _____ about what is happening to the economy. Ignorance is their ally.
a) in the dark
b) in the darkness
c)
Both of the above
d)
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:
This hotel is horrible, I know, but all the good hotels are full. Just _____ with it as best you can so you enjoy your vacation.
a) take up
b) deal
c) tolerate
d) play
e)
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:
He's a terrible leader. He lies all the time and never keeps his promises. It's intolerable behavior from a politician, and I don't understand how we _____ it for so long.
a) 've tolerated
b) 've put up with
c)
Both of the above
d)
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'll be ten more minutes, but no need to wait. You can leave right now, no problem. I'll _____ the football field and I'll catch up with you.
a) cut into
b) cut
c) cut across
d) cut over
e)
All of the above
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7.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
I wish to thank you all for coming here to support me in my candidacy. It really _____ a lot to me.
a) does
b) means
c) shows
d)
All of the above
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8.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
He loved his wife dearly and has had a very difficult time coming to _____ with her passing. He is still grieving, five years after she died.
a) acceptance
b) terms
c) an agreement
d) a deal
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:
I will pay you a third now, a third half-way through the contract, and the rest upon its satisfactory completion; _____, when I, not you, have determined that you have done what you promised to do.
a) in other words
b) put another way
c) that is to say
d) simply put
e)
All of the above
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10.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
They won the election fair and square. I hope they don't lose sight of the working-class values they _____.
a) believe in
b) stand for
c) support
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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