Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 7

We were going to spend the weekend in the mountains but she took a ________ check because her mom had fallen ill. We'll go some other time.

1. rain
2. shine
3. snow
4. wind

Now, in this modern age, the Internet ________ a vital role in people's lives.

1. does
2. makes
3. means
4. plays

I'm counting on you, Frederico. – Don't worry, I won't ________.

1. jot you down
2. let you down
3. make you up
4. put you off

Meteorology is closely related ________ physics.

1. by
2. in
3. to
4. with

I have no idea if ________ here for the party or not. Why don't you call her and find out?

1. she were
2. she'll be
3. she'll have been
4. she's

I know that the title sucks. I've been ________ my brains for a better one but I haven't been able to come up with anything good so far.

1. blowing
2. picking
3. racking
4. scraping

Where's my bag? It was right here but now it ________!

1. has gone
2. has left
3. is gone
4. is left

His cell rang just as he was ________ kiss her.

1. about to
2. almost to
3. supposed to
4. to

She makes the same mistake ________.

1. for the nth time
2. time and again
3. time and time
4. time to time

I was never really a believer. I went to church because I ________.

1. ought to have to
2. should
3. should have
4. was supposed to

She burst out ________ although I hadn't even finished the joke.

1. a laugh
2. laughing
3. to laugh
4. with laughing

My grandfather is almost 80 years old but he's as fit as a ________.

1. feather
2. fiddle
3. figure
4. fish

I feel really ________. I've been studying all night.

1. worn off
2. worn out
3. wound down
4. wound off

Because of the construction of a new highway they cut down a tree that ________ there for hundreds of years.

1. had stood
2. has been standing
3. stood
4. was standing

The fashion industry is trying to imitate colors and patterns found in ________ nature.

1. ---
2. a
3. an
4. the