This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Cpe > Cpe Use Of English – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cpe Use Of English Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Most animals ..... in spring. A) Produce. B) Generate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produce. 2. I thought that you, ..... , would support me. A) Of all people. B) All along people. C) For all people. D) All in all people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of all people. 3. He hated her but there was ..... admiration in his voice. A) Fair. B) Snubbing. C) Alike. D) Grudging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grudging. 4. I have no knowledge ..... this incident. A) Of. B) About. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 5. He introduced a lot of changes when he ..... power. A) Achieved. B) Attained. C) Succeeded. D) Reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attained. 6. This agreement is ..... odds with our company policy. A) On. B) At. C) Against. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At. 7. She played with a ..... lock of hair. A) Stray. B) Lost. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stray. 8. He made ..... (= fabricated) the whole story; it was just a figment of his imagination. A) Into. B) Over. C) Up. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up. 9. We are heading for sunnier ..... next holiday. A) Milieu. B) Environment. C) Clime. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clime. 10. I'm fine, as ..... as rain. A) Right. B) Well. C) Good. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 11. "Is there any news about the ex-President?" "Well, he's reported ..... the country last night." A) To have left. B) To leave. C) That he left. D) To be leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have left. 12. Half the staff are ..... the flu this week. A) Down to. B) Up to. C) Down on. D) Down with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down with. 13. The concert was brilliant-it ..... up to all our expectations. A) Met. B) Was. C) Lived. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lived. 14. All in all-All in all, we finished the work and left home. A) Considering. B) Nearly. C) For this reason. D) In conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In conclusion. 15. I'm longing ..... my carefree childhood. A) For. B) After. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 16. Dating university students by academic teachers is frowned ..... A) Upon. B) Onto. C) Into. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upon. 17. In some countries education is still a ..... A) Presage. B) Pejorative. C) Peroration. D) Prerogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prerogative. 18. When I ..... the news of the company's bankruptcy to her, she started crying. A) Spread. B) Broke. C) Told. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 19. "How did his speech go?" "With all the noise outside, he couldn't ..... himself heard." A) Be made. B) Have made. C) Make. D) Be making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 20. This job ..... a lot of travel. A) Entails. B) Obliges. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entails. 21. This issue ..... a heated discussion. A) Generated. B) Produced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generated. 22. Your theory is sound but your calculations ..... wrong. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 23. The development of railway ..... of mass tourism. A) Spawned the rise. B) Spawned the emergence. C) Spawned the raise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spawned the rise. 24. ..... clear of alcohol and cigarettes until you come of ages. A) Come. B) Show. C) Go. D) Steer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steer. 25. This problem ..... from past negligence. A) Steps. B) Roots. C) Stems. D) Accounts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stems. 26. Which of the following aren't nouns? A) Likelihood and hazard. B) Resilience and finesse. C) Admonition and worthiness. D) Wholesome and oblique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wholesome and oblique. 27. It's hard time we all ..... up for our rights around here. A) Got. B) Get. C) Stood. D) Stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stood. 28. The ecological disaster was caused by excessive algae ..... A) Blossom. B) Flowering. C) Bloom. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bloom. 29. They settled ..... (= decide on) the Ritz as the best place for the reception. A) About. B) Up. C) For. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 30. "Did you enjoy your graduation ceremony?" "Oh yes; I didn't like ..... photographed all the time, though." A) It to be. B) Having been. C) To have been. D) Being. 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