Verbal Skills Test

We sometimes find it difficult to imagine where we come from and believe that we are in fact ......... from apes.
directed
departed
devolved
descended

Although he hadn't actually done anything, he looked as if he might and he was arrested for being outside the house with ......... to burgle it.
purpose
reason
intent
inclination

Not only did he pay for them to go on holiday but he ......... provided them with spending money.
addition
also
either
too

I don't mind sleeping on an uncomfortable bed in a hostel as anything is ......... to sleeping in a tent.
preferable
preferred
preferring
prefers

I know you trust him but I have my doubts about him and must admit to being ......... of him.
suspect
suspecting
suspicious
suspected

You needn't worry about that regulation as it has nothing to do with you and doesn't ......... to your situation.
adhere
apply
attract
attach

The Government published a report clearing the minister of any guilt and ......... that he had acted correctly.
concluded
conducted
conferred
confided

They are in fact twins but are not at all alike physically but are not ......... from one another in attitude.
separate
divided
diverse
different

Like all good philosophers in ......... of truth she is always looking for new perspectives.
sight
reach
search
enquiry

Let's look at it this way — it's not so much a problem ......... a challenge to our efforts.
as
since
for
it