56

53. A: What do you think of politics?

B: Oh, I find politics really ______.
A) depress

B) depressing

C) depressed

D) be depressed

54. I agree. I get terribly ______ when people talk about politics.

A) depression

B) depressing

C) depressed

D) be depressed

55. I find people who spit in the street ______.

A) offensive

B) offensively

C) offender

D) offence

56. Since divorce became easier to obtain in Europe, the divorce rate

has gone up ______.
A) dramatic

B) dramatically C) dramatics

D) to be dramatic

57. They play the guitar ______.

A) beautiful

B) beautifully

C) very beautiful D) a lot beautiful

58. I’m going to ______ next term, because the exams are getting closer.

A) study hard

B) hardly study C) study hardly

D) studying hard

59. The migration of the ducks was due to the ______ of colder weather.

A) arriving

B) arrive

C) arrival

D) arrived

60. Since the old lady’s husband died, she’s been living ______.

A) herself

B) on her own

  C) by itself

D) by her

61. The weather changed ______. There was an ______ change in the

weather.
A) unexpected / unexpectedly B) unexpectancy / unexpected
C) unexpectedly / unexpected

D) unexpectedly / unexpectation

62. Her condition improved ______. There was a ______ improvement

in her condition.
A) steady / steadiness

B) steadiness / steady

C) steady / steadily

D) steadily / steady

63. Fleming discovered penicillin ______.

A) accidentally   B) accidental

C) accident

D) on accident

64. The ______ discovery of penicillin by Fleming in 1928 made the

effective treatment of many bacterial diseases possible.
A) accidental

B) by chance

C) accident

D) accidentally

65. The ______ of the forest will result in the ____ of many animal species.

A) destruction / disappear

B) destruction / disappearance

C) destructing / disappear

D) destruct / disappearance

66. A: Who told you they were moving?

B: They told me ______.
A) by themselves

B) on their own

C) themselves

D) himself

67. The toes of her shoes are open. She always wears open ______

shoes.
A) toe

B) toehold

C) tiptoe

D) toed

68. I didn’t buy the sweater because it wasn’t ______.

A) washing

B) washable

C) washer

D) washed

69. My chest hurts ______ I breathe.

A) whenever

B) whatever

C) wherever

D) whichever

70. Larry is a friendly person. He meets new people ______ he goes.

A) whenever

B) whatever

C) wherever

D) whoever

71. You must do ______ he says.

A) whomever

B) whatever

C) whenever

D) wherever

72. ______ solved that problem must be very smart.

A) Whomever

B) Whatever

C) Who

D) Whoever

73. We haven’t enjoyed ______ so much for years.

A) myself

B) oneself

C) ourselves

D) us

74. Have you heard about Sally? She killed______.

A) itself

B) herself

C) on her own

D) by herself

75. Her children are too young to look after______.

A) them

B) by themselves

C) on their own

D) themselves

76. That is a beautiful dress you’re wearing. Did you make it______?

A) you

B) yourselves

C) yourself

D) herself

77. Many lakes and rivers are being ______ polluted.

A) dangers

B) danger

C) dangerous

D) dangerously

78. Vitamins are produced synthetically in large quantities. This has made

them ______ and ______ available to most of the population.
A) cheaply / easily

B) cheap / easy

C) cheap / easily

D) cheaply / easy

79. Several new dams are being constructed. This will help to control

floods and provide water for______.
A) irrigate

B) irrigated

C) irrigating

D) irrigation

80. A problem of fundamental ______ for the developing countries is

that of slowing down population growth.
A) importance B) vital

C) urgent

D) serious

81. “The Alfa River is 100 km long. The Beta River is 200 km long.”

means: The Beta River is ______ the Alfa River.
A) shorter than

B) half as long as

C) twice as long as

D) half as short as

82. “Lake Beta is 20 m deep. Lake Alfa is 80 m deep.” means: The

depth of Lake Beta is ______ that of Lake Alfa.
A) one-fourth

B) four times

C) one-third

D) three times

83. The height of Mt Vesuvius is about 1200 m and that of Mt Blanc is

4800 m. Mt Blanc is the ______ of the two mountains. Its height is
about ______ of Mt Vesuvius
A) higher / one fourth that

B) highest / one fourth

C) highest / four times that

D) higher / four times that

84. A: Will you boil the potatoes?

B: Yes. I like ______ potatoes.
A) boiling

B) boiled

C) boil

D) boiler

85. A: Shall I write the recipe?

B: Yes, please. I need a ______ recipe.
A) wrote

B) write

C) writing

D) written

86. We didn’t have much money, so we stayed at a/an ______ hotel.

A) luxurious

B) inexpensive C) comfort

D) quietness

87. The nurse is very ______. She spoke ______.

A) politely / politely

C) polite / politely

B) politely / polite

D) polite / polite

88. Annie ______ lives in London. She moved to Bristol.

A) any more

B) any longer

C) no longer

D) any better

89. I don’t want to stay here ______.

A) any more    B) no longer      C) never

D) no more

90. Are you ______ or do you want me to switch on the heating ?

A) warm enough

B) too warm

C) pretty cold

D) quite cold

91. I’ve got ______ a lot to do today. I’m really busy.

A) such

B) so

C) very

D) too

92. I’ve made _____ many mistakes in this letter. I think I’ll type it again.

A) such

B) so

C) very

D) too

93. The poor girl looked ______ ______.

A) miserable / unhappy

B) miserably / unhappy

C) miserable / unhappily

D) miserably / unhappily

94. This is not______.

A) a big enough van

B) big a enough van

C) an enough big van

D) a van enough big

95. The boss looked at him ______.

A) astonishing B) unhappy

C) angrily

D) hardly

96. It was ______ hot in the train.

A) extreme

B) intolerable

C) worse

D) terribly

97. She ran ______ to the telephone.

A) very quick

B) hopefully

C) impatient

D) miserable

98. “Shall we go?” David looked ______ at Susan.

A) happily

B) surprised

C) astonishing

D) glad

99. The child looked ______.

A) neglected

B) a beggar

C) hunger

D) poverty

100. The world has gone ______.

A) difficult

B) coldness

C) crazy

D) foregoing

101. The situation resolved itself ______ than I had expected.

A) much more easily

B) the most easily

C) a lot easier

D) much easier

102. The young man struck his boss and______ killed him.

A) sudden

B) accidentally C) bloody

D) angry

103. Every child reacts ______ ______.

A) rather / different

B) quite / differ

C) a lot / difference

D) somewhat / differently

Book 1 Part B

Pronouns - Adverbs (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)