1. I love this painting of an old man. He has such a beautiful ______________ smile.
A. childlike
B. childish
C. childless
D. childhood
2. His name is Maximilian, but we just call him Max ___________ short.
A. for
B. in
C. at
D. with
3. Hey, guys. Finish your lunch and _______________ business right away.
A. get up on
B. get down to
C. get down on
D. do over with
4. The manager of the company ___________ they ____________ five new branches in the city the following month.
A. has said – would open
B. is saying – have opened
C. said- were opening
D. would say – had opened
5. ______ people were able to really understand what the speaker said, since the subject of the lecture was so obscure.
A. Another
B. None of
C. Very few
D. Quite a few
6. “There’s a baseball game tonight.” - “_________________”
A. Great. Let’s go.
B. I’m not a real fan of hers.
C. Don’t mention it
D. Thanks. I’d love to.
7. Her early aspirations ____________ a writer were strengthened when a local newspaper published a poem she wrote about New Mexico ___________ statehood.
A. having become – to obtain
B. becoming – to be obtaining
C. to become – obtaining
D. to have become - obtain
8. I am not able to go anywhere this weekend because I am up to my ____________ in work.
A. neck
B. nose
C. head
D. eyes
9. Iain Banks’ debut novel The Wasp Factory is _____________ disturbing tale of ____________ adolescence.
A. a – ϕ
B. the – some
C. one – any
D. the – an
10. The gangsters avoided arrest for several weeks because they _____________ the state.
A. thought about leaving
B. were thought to have left
C. were thinking to leave
D. were thought to be leaving