ESL Blues

Progress Test Higher Levels 6b

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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:

You're falling behind in your studies. You won't be able to _____ the rest of the class.

Question 2 of 10

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

We thought the new system worked perfectly, but there was, of course, a _____ or two that we had not foreseen.

Question 3 of 10

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

The young man looked extremely uncomfortable and _____, surrounded as he was by people much older than him, most of whom were billionaires.

Question 4 of 10

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

Incriminating documents, revealed at the trial, _____ on the enormity of the financial scam.

Question 5 of 10

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

Because foreign purchasers of property have pushed up prices beyond the reach of the average wage-earner, there is _____ likelihood that the government will be forced to do something about it.

Question 6 of 10

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

I want you to help me run my business, and that includes _____ any employee who does not pull his or her weight.

Question 7 of 10

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

Job interviewers nowadays are more interested in your personal life than your qualifications; _____, in my latest job interview they asked me questions about embarrassing pics on my facebook page.

Question 8 of 10

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

When I lost my job I became very depressed. But then I _____ to finding a new and better job, and thanks to my resolve and a bit of luck, was successful.

Question 9 of 10

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

I wasn't expecting so much snow. No worry! I'll get us home, _____. It's only a few more miles and we have good snow tires.

Question 10 of 10

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

They cite stronger hurricanes, massive forest fires, rising sea levels; for many scientists there is _____ evidence of global warming.

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