Test yourself for Proficiency Test 1

General Custer was confident of victory despite being vastly ______ by the enemy.

• outnumbered

• outclassed

• overcome

• overtaken

Don't tell me you've read War and Peace ______!

• yet

• still

• already

• just

The ministry refused to ______ the figures to the press.

• release

• leak

• show

• add

Steve ______ his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question.

• threw out

• threw off

• threw away

• threw in

Mr Jones gave his sons some money to ______ them up in business.

• get

• set

• out

• make

______ comes a time when you have to make a decision and stick to it.

• It

• Therefore

• There

• That

James had, ______, saved the manuscript of his fist novel from the burning house.

• lastly

• at last

• lately

• at least

Mr Nixon refused to answer the questions on the ______ that the matter was confidential.

• reasons

• excuses

• grounds

• foundations

The lawyer insisted that his client ______ never have been arrested in the first place.

• should

• must

• ought

• would

As they came under heavy fire, the captain ordered his men to ______.

• fall away

• fall back

• fall over

• fall out