Intermediate Composition Unit 2 Review Quiz

What word best completes the sentence: I try to _______ my friendship with Sarah, but it's difficult to keep a relationship going when we're separated by so many miles.

• respond

• deprive

• maintain

• revise

What word best completes the sentence: My best friend knows a lot about headphones, so I've asked her to _______ me as I decide which ones to buy.

• exclaim

• deprive

• recollect

• classify

What word best completes the sentence: Annie _______ before jumping off the high dive; it's scary to think of falling so far.

• advises

• hesitates

• occurs

• consents

What word best completes the sentence: That restaurant doesn't accept reservations for small groups. The _______ number of people in your party must be five.

• vague

• complex

• current

• minimum

What word best completes the sentence: It has been said that the practice of drinking tea _______ in China thousands of years ago when some tea leaves accidentally fell into a pot of boiling water.

• originated

• misinterpreted

• vanished

• recollected

What word best completes the sentence: My parents used to _______ me for misbehaving at the supper table by making me sit on the stairs, where I could hear the conversation but not take part in it.

• interpret

• penalize

• revise

• classify

What word best completes the sentence: Playing outdoors for hours is more _______ than watching TV for hours.

• reluctant

• awkward

• eager

• wholesome

What word best completes the sentence: Everyone made suggestions about what to do with the empty supermarket building. I _______ that it be turned into a skating rink.

• vanished

• resorted

• endured

• proposed

What word best completes the sentence: Although Fran's car is old, it is still _______; it gets her to work every day.

• abrupt

• reliable

• miserable

• ultimate

What word best completes the sentence: Don't put the houseplant in that dark corner. It will die if you _______ sunlight.

• resort

• endure

• propose

• deprive