Prepositions And Phrasal Verbs Advanced Level Test – Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 9

When two aircraft ___ after taking off from Moscow last year, investigations revealed many ways in which bombs could be put on planes for cash.

In Hiroshima, of a resident civilian population of 250,000, it was estimated that 45,000 died on the first day and a further 19,000 during the _____ four months.

Professional athletes usually have short careers due to injuries suffered by trying to perform at the limits of their capacity and _____ chronic pains and injuries.

Almost all countries have signed the WHO's tobacco-control treaty, committing themselves to _____ the marketing of cigarettes, curbing smoking in public and helping smokers to quit.

The troops will distribute aid and help dig any remaining survivors ______ the rubble and bring food and drinking water _____ those made homeless.

Identical twins ______ genetically as the years pass, according to a study showing the genetic code which does not change, but rather chemical changes after birth alter the way the gene is expressed.

Attendance at that new play is so low that the producers are trying to _____ it _____ by advertising heavily.

More homeowners with shaky credit are _____ on their mortgage payments, especially in such states as Ohio, Alabama, where job losses have struck the local economies.

Election season _____ begins with the candidates’ announcing their campaigns; it truly begins with the first knife fight on tv.

The letter was so badly written that I could not ______ what she was trying to say.

Several weeks ago, Kansas regulators denied permits for two proposed coal-fired power plants because their _____ would contribute unacceptably to global warming.

Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic lower vertebrates, such as cattle, sheep, goats, camels, antelopes, and other herbivores, but it can also occur in humans when they are _____ infected animals or tissue from infected animals.

Malaria vaccine in African infants serves as the first proof of concept in the population that the vaccine has a ______ safety and tolerability profile.

It would be difficult for one so ____ to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, colour and creed.

The rising importance of the world's new giants will not only boost growth it will also shift relative prices, _____ those of oil and the dollar.

No matter how much money you invest in your business without _____ implementation strategies your business would not progress and would eventually collapse.

One of the most memorable images of the war was created when U.S. troops _____ the statue of Saddam Hussein in Fardus Square.

Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable _____ through a complex network of producers and consumers.

Hollywood viewers have become accustomed to mediocrity and so _____ to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of the quality of the production before them.

Scientists opposed to human cloning have cited instances of early death, unpredictable genetic deformities, and _____ triggered diseases such as cancer in animal clones.

A child should not be ____ as being either very shy or over-aggressive.

The sweetly flowing tones of the flute succeeded in ______ his tense nerves.

Mother dolphins ____ reduce their sleeping hours for one week after giving birth in order to focus on rearing their newborn calves.

The bomb might have ______ if the children had tried to move it.

Identical twins may start out with the same genetic make-up but they _____ genetically as the years pass.