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Book 1 Part B
Pronouns - Adverbs (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)

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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