Advanced ESL

Professor Fuller’s research has ________________ the reputation of the subject at a time when some had begun to doubt it.

• restored

• reverted

• evolved

Next month, on 15th August, is the anniversary of the day this company was set up. By then, we ........... this place together for two years.

• will have been running

• will have run

• will be running

An hour before the president ________________ a statement about the economy, the Central Bank agreed to lend his country more money.

• had made

• was going to make

• was due to make

In his old age, Thomas _______________ the old house and walk along its corridors.

• would visit

• was to visit

• used to visit

‘Prices have doubled overnight in a way that was sudden and unexpected.’ The change was:

• volatile

• sharp

• moderate

‘Oil prices went up by a small amount over the weekend.’ The change was:

• significant

• volatile

• moderate

Increasing rental costs may ________________ a housing crisis in the future.

• account for

• attribute to

• result in

Economic improvements have ________________ the discovery of mineral resources in the country.

• arisen from

• given rise to

• triggered

In the end, the team decided to ............ their attempt to extract the chemicals.

• cease

• give up

• pass on

Tim ........................... a list of complaints that he had prepared before the meeting

• reeled off

• recited

• teamed up