Miscellaneous Advanced Test 8

The outbreak ________ eating diseased meat.

1. caused by
2. resulted in
3. was effected with
4. was the result of

I believe a computer virus ________ my PC useless.

1. caused
2. drove
3. evoked
4. rendered

In this weather you should stay home. Don't risk your ________ trying to drive on the icy roads.

1. head
2. neck
3. skin
4. throat

His parents are really rich but they ________ when he decided to drop out of school.

1. cut him away
2. cut him down
3. cut him off
4. cut him out

It's ten years now since we ________.

1. first met
2. had first met
3. have first met
4. were first met

What would you have done if you ________ me?

1. had been
2. was
3. were
4. would have been

At a very young age she was ________ to pursue a modeling career by her father.

1. said
2. suggested
3. urged
4. wanted

They're unbelievable. They will ________ a quarrel over anything!

1. bring
2. make
3. pick
4. pull

Research shows that one in five men would love to get back in contact with an old ________.

1. burn
2. fire
3. flame
4. spark

We didn't know it then, but we were ________ like brothers many years later.

1. about to become
2. going to become
3. supposed to become
4. to become

The quality of the pictures might be low, in ________ case we will simply publish the text.

1. that
2. what
3. whatever
4. which

________ me what the letter said nor why she did not send it.

1. Neither she told
2. She didn't either tell
3. She didn't tell
4. She neither told

I couldn't keep ________ face when she started talking about her encounters with the supernatural. She's so funny.

1. a serious
2. a square
3. a straight
4. an even

I taught myself ________ last year.

1. snowboard
2. snowboarding
3. to snowboard
4. to snowboarding

After each presentation the students got a ________ out of ten.

1. grade
2. mark
3. point
4. score