ESL Blues

Progress Test Higher Levels 8

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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:

It is exceptionally difficult to draw an animal in motion. _____ hard one tries, the end result is invariably unnatural or stiff. It takes a great artist to tease out the lightness in the movements.

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When it comes to human-like robots, I am _____. I long for intelligent computers, but I also worry about them.

Question 3 of 10

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My fears regarding robots endowed with human intelligence _____ something along the lines of what the directors and screenwriters envisioned in the Terminator movies.

Question 4 of 10

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I often lose my keys, although they are not really lost. They always _____ somewhere in the house.

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Don't work yourself to death. It's not worth it. You don't want to _____.

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I am in my seventies with chronic back pain that necessitates that I use a cane _____ fall.

Question 7 of 10

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Dementia is the most dreadful condition to ever afflict humankind. My once dear mother has it, and she has _____ a monster.

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I am trying to take care of my sick mother, and it is _____ the life out of me. I am emotionally drained.

Question 9 of 10

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Please find a cure for this degenerative disease. I would not _____ this brain disorder on my worst enemy.

Question 10 of 10

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We adopted a new approach to the treatment of this common disease, and it has finally _____ fruit in a much higher cure rate than was possible previously.

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