- advanced-51
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 51
Verbal Skills Test
Q1 We sometimes find it difficult to imagine where we come from and believe that we are in fact ....... from apes.
(a) directed (b) departed (c) devolved (d) descended
Q2 Although he hadn't actually done anything, he looked as if he might and he was arrested for being outside the
house with ....... to burgle it.
(a) purpose (b) reason (c) intent (d) inclination
Q3 Not only did he pay for them to go on holiday but he ....... provided them with spending money.
(a) addition (b) also (c) either (d) too
Q4 I don't mind sleeping on an uncomfortable bed in a hostel as anything is ....... to sleeping in a tent.
(a) preferable (b) preferred (c) preferring (d) prefers
Q5 I know you trust him but I have my doubts about him and must admit to being ....... of him.
(a) suspect (b) suspecting (c) suspicious (d) suspected
Q6 You needn't worry about that regulation as it has nothing to do with you and doesn't ....... to your situation.
(a) adhere (b) apply (c) attract (d) attach
Q7 The Government published a report clearing the minister of any guilt and ....... that he had acted correctly.
(a) concluded (b) conducted (c) conferred (d) confided
Q8 They are in fact twins but are not at all alike physically but are not ....... from one another in attitude.
(a) separate (b) divided (c) diverse (d) different
Q9 Like all good philosophers in ....... of truth she is always looking for new perspectives.
(a) sight (b) reach (c) search (d) enquiry
Q10 Let's look at it this way — it's not so much a problem ....... a challenge to our efforts.
(a) as (b) since (c) for (d) it
