Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 2

I know it may look like you are never going to speak to each other again but I'm sure you'll ________. Just give it time.

1. make it out
2. single it out
3. sort it out
4. turn it out

We couldn't even read because it ________ really dark in the room.

1. had been
2. has been
3. was
4. was being

We wanted a room with a sea ________ but unfortunately there was none available.

1. look
2. lookout
3. spectacle
4. view

I only passed by the skin of my ________. If I had gotten one point less, I would have failed.

1. ears
2. hair
3. nose
4. teeth

Since we've just covered everything in point two, let's go on ________ about point three.

1. for talking
2. talk
3. talking
4. to talk

Due ________ a small misunderstanding we were at the terminal an hour too early.

1. because
2. for
3. of
4. to

The robbers ________ disappear before the police arrived, so no one was arrested.

1. could
2. could have
3. succeeded to
4. were able to

I played a game on my cell phone just to ________ some time.

1. kill
2. save
3. spare
4. take

The oysters we had for dinner must have been bad. I think ________ puke.

1. I maybe
2. I will
3. I'm due to
4. I'm going to

Please ________ in mind that we are only providing information. We do not gain any benefit and have no connection with the companies we are referring to.

1. bear
2. hold
3. set
4. take

I want to buy the new Mercedes M-Class ________.

1. however expensive it is
2. however it is expensive
3. however the expenses
4. no matter how the expenses

It would be ________ to go through all the options first and then go for the most economical one.

1. sensible
2. sensitive
3. sensual
4. sensuous

He loved her ________ she didn't love him back.

1. despite
2. even if
3. however
4. yet

Jerry had promised his son to take him to the movies but he ________ again. That's so typical of him.

1. broke him down
2. let him down
3. put him down
4. stood him down

I feel a bit ________ this morning. I shouldn't have drunk so much last night.

1. like greased lightning
2. snowed under
3. under cloud nine
4. under the weather