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104. He stood up slowly and ______.

A) with difficulty

B) too difficult

C) very difficult

D) too much difficulty

105. A: I’m afraid we can expect ______ temperatures over the holiday.

B: I’m ______ sorry about it.
A) extreme / extremely

B) extremely / extremely

C) extremely / extreme

D) extreme / extreme

106. I thought______ of the idea.

A) highly

B) extraordinary     C) clear

D) thorough

107. The supper looked ______.

A) badly

B) delicious

C) well

D) awfully

108. It’s ______ to use and ______ to carry than other computers.

A) simple / easy

B) simply / easily

C) simpler / easier

D) more simply / more easily

109. Yesterday the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. It hasn’t

been so cold this year. Yesterday was ______ day of the year.
A) very cold

B) too cold

C) such a cold

D) the coldest

110. The Taylors have three sons. They are all clever, but Bill is outstanding.

He is ______ of all.
A) a lot clever

B) the least cleverest

C) the cleverest

D) far much cleverer

111. There were ______ people in the queue that it was impossible to

get on the bus.
A) so many

B) so much

C) so few

D) such a lot

112. “There was a lot of traffic. The bus took half an hour to get from 5

th

Avenue to Broadway.” means

: ______.

A) The traffic was heavy but we could get to Broadway in half an

hour.

B) The traffic was heavy. That is why we got to Broadway late.
C) If the traffic hadn’t been heavy, we could have got to Broadway

earlier.

D) There was so much traffic that it took us half an hour to get to

Broadway.

113. She went ______ a sheet when she heard the news.

A) as white as

B) as light as

C) as mute as

D) as deaf as

114. The ______ the problem ______ it is to find a solution.

A) more complicated / hardly
B) most complicated / the hardest
C) more complicated / the harder
D) more complicated / the hardest

115. ______ we leave, ______ we’ll arrive.

A) The sooner / the earlier

B) Sooner / earlier

C) The soonest / the earliest

D) The soonest / earlier

116. The car went______ and ______ down the hill.

A) very fast / dangerous

B) silently / safe

C) faster / faster

D) later / slow

117. Although we hear about terrible air crashes, flying is still the ______

way to travel. It is much ______ than walking down the road!
A) safer / a lot safe

B) safest / safer

C) less safer / safer

D) least / a lot safer

118. A Volvo is expensive. A Mercedes is very much more expensive,

but a Rolls Royce is ______.
A) by far the most expensive

B) far more expensive

C) a lot more expensive

D) too expensive

119. I backed three horses. Night Star ran ______ . The Sun ran ______

and Wind ran the______.
A) bad / badly / worst

B) badly / worse / worst

C) good / better / best

D) well / best / better

120. He has ______ Rolls Royce and ______ Audi 7 and ______ MG.

A) a / a / a

B) an / an / a

C) a / an / an

D) the / _ / an

121. His father is ______ architect; quite ______ expert.

A) an / a

B) the / __

C) an / an

D) _ / an

122. We’d booked the table for eight, and we got there fifteen minutes

______
A) very late

B) lately

C) too late

D) late

123. The food looked perfectly ______ to me.

A) well

B) nicely

C) deliciously

D) good

124. He works so hard that there are ______ minutes in the day when

he’s not busy doing something.
A) some

B) few

C) none

D) a few

125. ______ way is acceptable.

A) Either

B) Both

C) None

D) All

126. There was ______ anyone could do to help.

A) a little

B) none

C) few

D) little

127. They were all strangers to me. I’d met______ of them before.

A) either

B) neither

C) none

D) all

128. I suppose he wanted to get home as ______ as ______.

A) quickly / possibly

B) quick / possibly

C) quick / possible

D) quickly / possible

129. It seemed ______ that we would ______ have a crash.

A) certain / final

B) certain / finally

C) certainly / finally

D) certainly / final

130. I think ______ truthfulness is______ greatest value.

A)  __ / a

B)_/_

C) a / the

D) __ / the

131. Everything is fair in ______ love and ______ war.

A)__ / the

B) a / _

C)_ / _

D) the / the

132. What______ terrible news!

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) _

133. In ______ past______ most people lived by ______ agriculture.

A) the / the / __

B) _ / _ / _

C) _ / the / _

D) the / _ / _

134. In ______ fog or rain, you should reduce______ speed.

A) the / _

B) _ / _

C) __ / a

D) a / _

135. He’s studying ______ chemistry at ______ university at____ present.

A) __ / the / the

B) a / the / _

C) _ / _ / _

D) _ / a / the

136. She turned this way and that, admiring ______ in the mirror.

A) himself

B) herself

C) hers

D) him

137. The couple in the flat upstairs are making ______ unpopular by

shouting ______ at the top of their voices every night.
A) themselves / each other

B) them / one another

C) herself / one another

D) as / each other

138. She expresses ______ very clearly, though sometimes she doesn’t

remember______ the right word.
A) himself / _

B) herself / her      C) her / _

D) herself / _

139. They were fighting with ______ and making ______ cry, but then

their mother told them to behave ______.
A) each other / themselves / themselves
B) _ / _ / themselves
C) each other / each other / themselves
D) each other / _  / yourselves

140. The story seems to be ______ ______.

A) true / whole

B) wholly / true

C) truly / wholly

D) wholly / truly

141. I make ______ mistakes much too ______.

A) stupid / frequent

B) stupidly / frequently

C) stupidly / frequent

D) stupid / frequently

142. It’s____ low season now, and____ most of____ hotels are half empty.

A) the / _ / the B) a / _ / the

C) _ / _ / the

D) a / _ / _

143. ______ great improvement in ______ patient’s condition was brought

about by ______ use of ______ newly developed antibiotic.
A) _ / the / _ / a

B) A / the / _ / _

C) The / the / _ / _

D) A / the / the / a

144. ______ abnormal behavior can be caused by ______ fear, but there

are ______ other causes as well.
A) _ / _ / _

B) An / _ / _

C) An / _ / the

D) The / _ / the

145. Only doctors and nurses can go into the Intensive Care Unit. ______

is allowed inside.
A) Anybody else

B) No one else

C) Anyone else

D) Someone else

146. You looked ______ this morning but you look a bit______ now.

A) depressing / happy

B) depressed / happier

C) depressed / happily

D) depressingly / happily

147. The teacher looks ______.

A) sadly

B) angry

C) angrily

D) nicely

148. The teacher is looking ______.

A) good

B) angry

C) angrily

D) nice

Pronouns - Adverbs (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)

Book 1 Part B