Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 27

Aristotle said: “Inferiors revolt ________ that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior.”

1. as
2. because
3. for
4. in order

What is the square root of ________.

1. 25? – It's 12.5
2. 25? – It's 5
3. 5? – It's 1
4. 5? – It's 25

________ what to say to each other, they sat in silence.

1. Knowing not
2. Not having known
3. Not knowing
4. Unknown

A staff usually begins with a ________.

1. treble clef
2. treble key
3. violin clef
4. violin key

What is it ________ makes a song great?

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

The common ________ of all our problems is a lack of communication.

1. denominator
2. numerator
3. operator
4. terminator

________ another chance, would you choose the same career?

1. Been given
2. Given
3. Giving
4. Having given

Their hatred ________ from their religious beliefs.

1. branches
2. leaves
3. roots
4. stems

If you want to lose some weight, 40 minutes on a ________ every day should do the trick.

1. rolling mill
2. running mill
3. treadmill
4. windmill

He had ________ idea.

1. a generous
2. a genial
3. a genius
4. an ingenious

Let's go out tomorrow night. ________ all my work by then.

1. I shall do
2. I'll do
3. I'll have done
4. I'm going to do

He suggested ________ a surprise party for Annie.

1. for us to throw
2. throwing
3. to throw
4. us to throw

What time ________ tomorrow? – Let me see. It says here 5.25 PM.

1. does the train leave
2. is the train leaving
3. will the train be leaving
4. will the train leave

The woman lived in ________ building on a back street.

1. a repulsive old wooden
2. a wooden repulsive old
3. an old repulsive wooden
4. an old wooden repulsive

Bear with me. It's the first time ________ this.

1. I do
2. I had been doing
3. I'm doing
4. I've done