ESL Blues

Progress Test Higher Levels 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

I feel cheated. We had an agreement, and now I realize that you never intended to _____ your end of the bargain.

Question 2 of 10

2. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

A majority of the voters found _____ with the government's feeble response to the increased flooding of recent years and turfed them out of office.

Question 3 of 10

3. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

It stands to reason that if pur party pursues policies that benefit the majority at the _____ of the very rich, we will be reelected.

Question 4 of 10

4. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

The prime minister threatened to resign if inexpert academic opinions were _____ on a subject to which he had given so much thought.

Question 5 of 10

5. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

It was one of those rare occasions when my boss _____ me a compliment. He stated that I deserved a raise, and would have given me one already had the economy been in better shape.

Question 6 of 10

6. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

My friends were having a heated political discussion. They asked if I would _____ an argument for them. I refused, of course. There was no way I was going to take sides.

Question 7 of 10

7. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

The boss told us we had to _____ our act together and finish the project if we wanted to keep our jobs.

Question 8 of 10

8. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

The study recommends that one way to _____ emergency room overcrowding would be to allow nurses and pharmacists greater latitude in the treatment of patients.

Question 9 of 10

9. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

My parents taught me to live within my means, and I do my best, but it is sometimes very hard to make ends _____.

Question 10 of 10

10. Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:

I think you'll find the cathedral at the _____ center of the city.

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