Advanced English Test 1

1. My mother's __________ name, before she married, was Karadia.
   1.   ?    maiden
   2.   ?    married
   3.   ?    single
2. She has had to work hard to __________ her name after the accusations.
   1.   ?    clear
   2.   ?    clean
   3.   ?    repair
3. We're planning on getting our own place, but for the moment, __________ with friends.
   1.   ?    we're staying
   2.   ?    we stay
   3.   ?    we'll be stayed
4. I can't believe how long I __________ for someone to take my call. I'm just listening to music.
   1.   ?    've been waiting
   2.   ?    've been waited
   3.   ?    wait
5. Excuse me, __________ to you?
   1.   ?    does this pen belong
   2.   ?    is this pen belonginig
   3.   ?    does this pen belonged
6. I'm __________ to take a romantic view of things.
   1.   ?    prone
   2.   ?    tend
   3.   ?    forever
7. As __________, I like to be in charge of these matters myself.
   1.   ?    a rule
   2.   ?    an inclination
   3.   ?    a tendency
8. My family have a __________ to exaggerate.
   1.   ?    tendency
   2.   ?    tend
   3.   ?    prone
9. She noticed lots of unexpected things, and made some very __________ comments.
   1.   ?    perceptive
   2.   ?    apathetic
   3.   ?    obstinate
10. Small children are forever asking questions. They have such __________ minds.
    1.   ?    inquisitive
    2.   ?    rebellious
    3.   ?    over-ambitious
11. My father is eighty-six, and he's very __________ in his ways.
    1.   ?    set
    2.   ?    fixed
    3.   ?    settled
12. She's a lovely girl, but she's an incredible __________.
    1.   ?    chatterbox
    2.   ?    black sheep
    3.   ?    whiz kid
13. I __________ they must be in their seventies, wouldn't you say?
    1.   ?    suppose
    2.   ?    say
    3.   ?    hazard
14. She __________ to me to be happy with the situation.
    1.   ?    seems
    2.   ?    supposes
    3.   ?    says
15. I'd __________ a guess that there are problems in the relationship.
    1.   ?    hazard
    2.   ?    reckon
    3.   ?    wonder
16. The Prime Minister came under __________ for introducing the controversial policy.
    1.   ?    attack
    2.   ?    review
    3.   ?    effect
17. You must trust your __________ in business.
    1.   ?    instincts
    2.   ?    qualification
    3.   ?    feeling
18. __________ how strongly they would react, I simply wouldn't have told them.
    1.   ?    Had I known
    2.   ?    Did I know
    3.   ?    I had known
19. I wish I __________ earlier what was going on, then I might have been able to do something about it.
    1.   ?    'd realised
    2.   ?    would have realised
    3.   ?    didn't realise
20. If he hadn't experienced so many problems in the early stages, he __________.
    1.   ?    might have won
    2.   ?    won
    3.   ?    would win
21. I wanted to confront him about the issue, but then I had __________ thoughts.
    1.   ?    second
    2.   ?    first
    3.   ?    third
22. I think the problem is that the managers can be very __________.
    1.   ?    narrow-minded
    2.   ?    perspective
    3.   ?    stereotype
23. __________ to appear stupid, he kept quiet.
    1.   ?    Not wanting
    2.   ?    Not have wanted
    3.   ?    He was wanting not
24. Sam was always __________ by the other children.
    1.   ?    being picked on
    2.   ?    be picked on
    3.   ?    been picked on
25. They were thought __________ by the back door.
    1.   ?    to have escaped
    2.   ?    of having escaped
    3.   ?    to have escaping
26. I'm going to play devil's __________ here and say that I don't see why not.
    1.   ?    advocate
    2.   ?    friend
    3.   ?    partner
27. You were absolutely right to speak your __________.
    1.   ?    mind
    2.   ?    words
    3.   ?    ideas
28. As far as I __________, they can do what they like.
    1.   ?    'm concerned
    2.   ?    concern
    3.   ?    'm concerning
29. Look at it this __________, we all stand to lose.
    1.   ?    way
    2.   ?    direction
    3.   ?    how
30. From what I __________, there isn't a better solution.
    1.   ?    can see
    2.   ?    do see
    3.   ?    should see