Quiz Inglese: Difesa – 3° livello – pagina 55

Domande e risposte 5401–5500

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5401. “How... experience have you had?”

      • any
      • many
      • ✅ much
      • few
5402. “I haven't read … of these books but George has read … of them.”

      • ✅ any/some
      • none/some
      • no/some
      • any/any
5403. “Jane and John saved and saved, and finally they … buy the house of their dreams.”

      • could have
      • can
      • ✅ managed to
      • couldn't
5404. Come tradurresti la frase "The wind broke many branches last night."?

      • si sono rotti molti rami la scorsa notte
      • la scorsa notte il vento soffiava tra i rami
      • ✅ il vento ha rotto molti rami la scorsa notte
      • c'è stato molto vento la scorsa note
5405. Per indicare il compiere commissioni si usa la seguente espressione:

      • ✅ to run an errand
      • to perform a commitment
      • to run a tasking
      • to go on an errant
5406. “Jane's dress is the same... Mary's.”

      • of
      • like
      • ✅ as
      • then
5407. “You must concentrate more … what you are doing.”

      • in
      • for
      • ✅ on
      • at
5408. “She's … fat.”

      • such
      • such a
      • ✅ so
      • so a
5409. “Go... and turn left at the traffic lights.”

      • over
      • ✅ straight
      • all
      • by car
5410. “Sorry, but I didn't do it ….”

      • by purpose
      • ✅ on purpose
      • to purpose
      • of purpose
5411. “Several plans have recently been … to help reduce our consuption.”

      • put in
      • ✅ put forward
      • put aside
      • put up
5412. “The company was … by a bigger one.”

      • ✅ taken over
      • taken away
      • taken after
      • taken in
5413. “I advised him to wear a..., so that no one would recognise him:”

      • whim
      • wick
      • whip
      • ✅ wig
5414. “I just can't imagine Bill ____ such a thing.”

      • to do
      • to have done
      • to doing
      • ✅ doing
5415. “Who … make pizza?”

      • liking
      • like
      • lick to
      • ✅ likes to
5416. “That boy is … good pupil.”

      • what a
      • ✅ such a
      • how a
      • so a
5417. “Her parents want... to the University.”

      • her going
      • ✅ her to go
      • she to go
      • she will go
5418. “If she is …, she will meet Prince Harry!”

      • horrible
      • ✅ lucky
      • luckily
      • fortune
5419. “I've … had two cups of tea.”

      • ✅ already
      • still
      • though
      • yet
5420. “Without funds this project will never get... the ground.”

      • into
      • in
      • to
      • ✅ off
5421. “the cake is in the ….“

      • ✅ kitchen
      • cellar
      • chicken
      • attic
5422. When you left for the North Pole, we trusted that you... soon.

      • returned
      • ✅ would return
      • had returned
      • would have returned
5423. We fully rely on our new marketing campaign and we are sure we... new market shares.

      • managed to gain
      • put off gaining
      • might be able to gaining
      • ✅ will succeed in gaining
5424. They shouldn't be held responsible. The blame for this shameful situation lies ….

      • somewhere
      • someone else
      • ✅ elsewhere
      • anyhow
5425. My grandmother remembers... in the field when she was a child.

      • to work
      • ✅ working
      • work
      • used to work
5426. Children... to go to bed late at night.

      • are not expected
      • are expected
      • ✅ are not supposed
      • are supposed
5427. He was a successful business manager... he had very little experience as a CEO.

      • if
      • ✅ even though
      • in spite of
      • despite
5428. How lazy our boy is! He only goes and visits his grandparents ….

      • ✅ once in a while
      • never again
      • each time
      • at a time
5429. The article I was reading was about a man who... his wife two years before.

      • murdered
      • ✅ had murdered
      • was murdering
      • has murdered
5430. We should consider... their offer.

      • to accept
      • ✅ accepting
      • we accepted
      • to be accepted
5431. I would never follow a vegan diet,... it may be.

      • good enough
      • any good
      • ✅ however tasty
      • so delicious
5432. Finding a good job is getting ….

      • the more and more difficult
      • the most difficult
      • ✅ harder and harder
      • much harder than
5433. Some people... Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic.

      • ✅ in
      • at
      • on
      • with
5434. There are... five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is... most famous city.

      • even/my
      • between/his
      • ✅ about/its
      • among/your
5435. A long time ago, there... many forests, but now there are only a....

      • ✅ were/few
      • are/much
      • was/lot
      • is/little
5436. He was the first to use many new inventions,... sound and colour.

      • bringing
      • supporting
      • containing
      • ✅ including
5437. In 1907 Alice... to New York where she started her own film company.

      • transported
      • ✅ moved
      • entered
      • ran
5438. She was... successful, but, when Hollywood became famous, the best days of the independent New York film companies were....

      • next/after
      • ✅ immediately/over
      • recently/behind
      • once/down
5439. When she died in 1968, hardly anybody... her name.

      • reminded
      • repeated
      • ✅ remembered
      • realised
5440. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers,... that is often the... they are reported to be.

      • ✅ because/shape
      • so/type
      • although/size
      • therefore/look
5441. The... "flying saucers" were seen in 1947 by an American pilot.

      • last
      • next
      • oldest
      • ✅ first
5442. Even people experienced at watching the sky,... as pilots, report seeing UFOs.

      • that
      • ✅ such
      • like
      • so
5443. A television... went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs.

      • actor
      • director
      • ✅ cameraman
      • announcer
5444. The teacher encouraged her students... to an English pen‐friend.

      • write
      • wrote
      • ✅ to write
      • should write
5445. They spent a lot of time... at the pictures in the museum.

      • to looking
      • for looking
      • ✅ looking
      • at look
5446. Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to... wrong.

      • come
      • ✅ go
      • turn
      • end
5447. … from Michael, all the group arrived on time.

      • besides
      • except
      • ✅ apart
      • other
5448. She... her neighbour's children for the broken window.

      • accused
      • ✅ blamed
      • denied
      • complained
5449. As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went... the homework with me.

      • by
      • on
      • ✅ over
      • after
5450. Whether she's a good actress or not is a... of opinion.

      • subject
      • point
      • case
      • ✅ matter
5451. The decorated roof of the ancient palace was... up by four thin columns.

      • built
      • supported
      • ✅ held
      • carried
5452. Would it... you if we came on Thursday?

      • like
      • agree
      • ✅ suit
      • fit
5453. This form... be handed in until the end of the week.

      • hasn't got
      • doesn't need
      • ✅ needn't
      • doesn't have
5454. If you make a mistake when you are writing, just... it out with your pen.

      • clear
      • wipe
      • ✅ cross
      • do
5455. Although our opinions on many things..., we're good friends.

      • oppose
      • ✅ differ
      • disagree
      • divide
5456. This product must be eaten... two days of purchase.

      • ✅ within
      • under
      • by
      • before
5457. The newspaper report contained... important information.

      • ✅ a lot of
      • any
      • a
      • the
5458. Have you considered... to London?

      • to be moving
      • to move
      • move
      • ✅ moving
5459. It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their... of vitamins.

      • upturn
      • upkeep
      • ✅ intake
      • in
5460. I thought there was a... of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune.

      • part
      • branch
      • ✅ touch
      • piece
5461. Why didn't you... that you were feeling ill?

      • tell
      • advise
      • ✅ mention
      • remark
5462. James was not sure exactly where his best interests....

      • ✅ lay
      • rested
      • stood
      • centred
5463. He's still getting... the shock of losing his job.

      • ✅ over
      • through
      • across
      • by
5464. New York has perhaps the... skyscraper of the world, the Empire State Building.

      • first-rate
      • well-built
      • top-class
      • ✅ best-known
5465. The... beneath the streets is rock,... enough to take the heaviest load without sinking, and is therefore well‐suited to bearing the... of tall buildings.

      • dirt/stiff/height
      • ✅ ground/hard/weight
      • field/forceful/size
      • soil/powerful/scale
5466. Scrabble is the world's most popular word game. Alfred Butts, an architect, invented it … he found himself out of....

      • ✅ when/work
      • what/income
      • where/job
      • while/earning
5467. He decided that there was a... for a board game based on words and... to design one.

      • commerce/made for
      • ✅ market/set out
      • purchase/took up
      • sale/got round
5468. Eventually he made a... from it, in spite of the fact that his original... was only three cents a game.

      • cash/allowance
      • fund/benefit
      • ✅ fortune/profit
      • wealth/receipt
5469. Roger's manager... to make him stay late if he hadn't finished the work.

      • insisted
      • ✅ threatened
      • announced
      • warned
5470. By the time he has finished his week's work, John has hardly... energy left for the weekend.

      • same
      • ✅ any
      • no
      • much
5471. As the game... to a close, disappointed spectators started to leave.

      • led
      • approached
      • ✅ drew
      • neared
5472. I don't remember... the front door when I left home this morning.

      • ✅ locking
      • to have locked
      • locked
      • to lock
5473. I... to other people borrowing my books: they always forget to return them.

      • dislike
      • disagree
      • avoid
      • ✅ object
5474. Andrew's attempts to get into the swimming team have not... with much success.

      • ✅ met
      • associated
      • joined
      • concluded
5475. Although Harry had obviously read the newspaper article carefully, he didn't seem to have... the main point.

      • ✅ grasped
      • clutched
      • clasped
      • gripped
5476. A lot of the views put forward in the documentary were open to....

      • query
      • ✅ question
      • wonder
      • enquiry
5477. The new college... for the needs of students with a variety of learning backgrounds.

      • supplies
      • ✅ caters
      • furnishes
      • deals
5478. I find the times of English meals very strange – I'm not used... dinner at 6pm.

      • having
      • to have
      • have
      • ✅ to having
5479. Man is first … in the British Isles in the Ice Age, when Britain … still part of the Continent.

      • founded/was
      • finding/were
      • ✅ found/was
      • finded/are
5480. The first inhabitants … the Britons, a population of Celtic stock, who … a Celtic ….

      • are/spoke/vocal
      • was/speaking/idioms
      • ✅ were/spoke/language
      • is/told/glossary
5481. I expect you think I'm... because I don't understand that.

      • crazy
      • ✅ stupid
      • bored
      • deaf
5482. Does anyone honestly... what a politician says nowadays?

      • credit
      • think
      • discover
      • ✅ believe
5483. I'm sure you're quite... but many people disagree with you.

      • all right
      • ✅ right
      • write
      • serious
5484. Do you know where the President of America...?

      • leaves
      • live
      • inhabits
      • ✅ lives
5485. I've tried those tablets and they haven't done me any ….

      • benefit
      • best
      • ✅ good
      • better
5486. I'm going... for a few days so don't send me any more work.

      • off
      • over
      • ✅ away
      • out
5487. This summer we went... holiday to Greece.

      • by
      • off
      • in
      • ✅ on
5488. If you can't reach me at home, send me a ….

      • brief
      • email
      • postscript
      • ✅ letter
5489. I believe it is... to hold a door open for a lady.

      • political
      • politic
      • ✅ polite
      • politeness
5490. It is considered bad... to shout at someone.

      • custom
      • ✅ manners
      • habits
      • ways
5491. You must not drink and then... a car.

      • guide
      • lead
      • ✅ drive
      • take
5492. Please be... when you cross this road.

      • carefree
      • ✅ careful
      • careless
      • caring
5493. Do what you like, I really don't ….

      • dislike
      • ✅ mind
      • concern
      • interested
5494. If you want to... that book remember to bring it back.

      • loan
      • ✅ borrow
      • owe
      • lend
5495. When your train arrives, I'll... you from the station.

      • ✅ fetch
      • take
      • bring
      • remove
5496. I always get... early in the summer.

      • ✅ up
      • on
      • over
      • through
5497. When you first meet someone, you usually shake them... the hand.

      • in
      • ✅ by
      • with
      • on
5498. I have never... her before.

      • seeing
      • saw
      • ✅ seen
      • see
5499. The teacher asked her students to do their …

      • ✅ homework
      • home duty
      • house job
      • housework
5500. The police officer told the children always to tell the …

      • facts
      • ✅ truth
      • true
      • information