Proficiency Test

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1. If you don't take exercise you ___ the risk of getting ill.
   a. stand
   b. face
   c. run
   d. suffer
   Answerc

2. He was ___ with embezzlement and sentenced to three years in prison.
   a. accused
   b. convicted
   c. charged
   d. arrested
   Answerc

3. If you are ___ with this test, perhaps you should attempt an easier one.
   a. stumbling
   b. stressed
   c. struggling
   d. straining
   Answerc

4. Insulation was fitted to ___ further heat loss from the building.
   a. guard
   b. protect
   c. save
   d. prevent
   Answerd

5. We are all ___ the opinion that hydrocarbons in the atmosphere contribute to global warming.
   a. in
   b. on
   c. of
   d. with
   e. at
   Answerc

6. ___ had we sold out our stock when the markets crashed.
   a. If only
   b. Just
   c. Seldom
   d. Hardly
   e. No sooner
   Answerd

7. I can't ___ thinking that we made a mistake in our calculations -- the total is too high.
   a. help
   b. bear
   c. stand
   d. be
   Answera

8. I dread ___ what would have happened if there'd been an accident.
   a. thinking
   b. to think
   c. to thinking
   d. the thought
   Answerb

9. Can you wait thirty seconds while I ___ in to the Post Office for some stamps?
   a. saunter
   b. breeze
   c. break
   d. pop
   e. go
   Answerd

10. The chess players tried very hard to ___ each other with every move in the tournament.
    a. outnumber
    b. outclass
    c. outweigh
    d. outcome
    e. outwit
    Answere

(C) 2001 by Michael Sierpowski