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Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
Pat had a lifelong interest in model railways and was a(n) ______ reader on the topic. He read as much as he could and whenever he could.
A. greedy
B. grabby
C. avid
D. indifferent
You can be ______ and serious in personal relationships while a light and playful attitude would be happier and healthier.
A. ardent
B. intense
C. greedy
D. avid
As they got to know each other better, their love grew deeper and more ______
A. passionate
B. avid
C. keen
D. enthusiastic
It sounded like a pipe dream, but he was so ______ that it was hard not to get excited for him.
A. intense
B. indifferent
C. greedy
D. enthusiastic
I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother’s ______ gaze.
A. indifferent
B. intense
C. public
D. shy
Football ran through his veins, and he was very ______ about it.
A. keen
B. avid
C. ardent
D. passionate
As a keen writer and ______ newspaper reader, Jenny has always wanted to be a journalist.
A. avid
B. indifferent
C. greedy
D. grabby
He took a keen interest in football and was a(n) ______ supporter of Christian Ronaldo.
A. greedy
B. grabby
C. intense
D. ardent
At first the kiss was simple and slow, but soon it became more ______, full of love and promise.
A. keen
B. avid
C. passionate
D. ardent
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
Grandpa often ______ wonderful stories about the old days.
A. speaks
B. says
C. talks
D. tells
He always looks down when he is ______.
A. telling
B. speaking
C. talking
D. saying
I was ______ to Richard Moss the other day about the golf club.
A. speaking
B. saying
C. talking
D. telling
The committee ______ yes, so we can go ahead.
A. said
B. told
C. spoke
D. talked
They ______ us to come back the next day.
A. spoke
B. said
C. talked
D. told
I phoned your office and ______ to your assistant.
A. told
B. spoke
C. said
D. talked
She started ______ loudly to her friends about the film they'd just seen.
A. telling
B. saying
C. talking
D. telling
A legendary football coach once ______, ‘Winning is everything.’
A. told
B. spoke
C. told
D. said
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
Sometimes she thought about swimming the river, but the Blackwater Rush was wide and deep, and everyone agreed that its currents were wicked and ______
A. threatening
B. treacherous
C. safe
D. risky
Peter’s friend Jack, jealous of Peter’s popularity in the game, accepted a ______ challenge of walking between two buildings on a ladder.
A. risky
B. threatening
C. life-threatening
D. vulnerable
We need better regulations regarding the transportation of ______ waste along public roads.
A. hazardous
B. risky
C. high-risk
D. threatening
Even a brief exposure to radiation is very ______.
A. threatening
B. safe
C. dangerous
D. vulnerable
Miners are a ______ group for certain types of gastric cancer.
A. risky
B. dangerous
C. threatening
D. high-risk
These are ______ chemicals that can cause death if inhaled.
A. threatening
B. vulnerable
C. risky
D. hazardous
Experiments that are too ______ to do in a classroom can be conducted in a virtual setting online.
A. dangerous
B. threatening
C. high-risk
D. insecure
Moving patients between wards is bad practice, particularly with ______ patients.
A. life-threatening
B. risky
C. treacherous
D. high-risk
The man was taken to hospital with ______ injuries - a deep wound to his side had punctured a lung.
A. life-threatening
B. safe
C. risky
D. unsafe
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
I’m afraid I can't let you see the letter, so you'll just have to take what I’m saying on ______.
A. belief
B. trust
C. confidence
D. faith
His lies and deception shattered my ______ in him.
A. assurance
B. credit
C. conviction
D. trust
She is an outstanding woman with quiet ______ - she’s always willing to share her opinions and is prepared to accept that sometimes she's wrong and she doesn’t need to seek external validation as she has a strong belief in her selfworth.
A. trust
B. belief
C. confidence
D. faith
Before the match, the captain of the football team said he had every ______ in his men. That might have contributed to the victory of the team on that day.
A. trust
B. confidence
C. belief
D. assurance
When the drugs failed to cure her, she put her ______ in herbal medicine.
A. faith
B. credit
C. assurance
D. conviction
Receiving compliments from my work colleagues has boosted my ______ to start the project.
A. faith
B. belief
C. trust
D. confidence
They have a shared ______ in the power of education.
A. conviction
B. assurance
C. belief
D. confidence
Winning the award has given me much more ______ in my writing.
A. confidence
B. faith
C. belief
D. trust
She has no ______ in the security of online banking.
A. conviction
B. assurance
C. trust
D. confidence
Our ______ in the government has been badly shaken by the recent scandals.
A. belief
B. faith
C. assurance
D. conviction
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
Microsurgery and improved chemotherapy have made treatment less risky, and therefore an option for ______ patients.
A. fine
B. faint
C. unwell
D. frail
The animal was severely injured. It was ______ from loss of blood.
A. weak
B. ill
C. sick
D. unhealthy
Recalling his first trip in the air, Jack said he felt very ______ and even vomited.
A. bedridden
B. unhealthy
C. sick
D. frail
She looks so weak and ______ from all her depression, but there's a strength in her now that was never there before.
A. fine
B. faint
C. well
D. feeble
Finally another man went down to check and found him weak and ______ from exertion and lack of air.
A. faint
B. unhealthy
C. ill
D. sick
She ran to her bathroom and vomited, relieving the ______ sensation a bit, but not entirely.
A. unwell
B. faint
C. sick
D. unhealthy
Mentally ______ patients have the same rights as anyone else.
A. unwell
B. ill
C. faint
D. bedridden
The miners worked in very ______ conditions.
A. ill
B. sick
C. feeble
D. unhealthy
She was ______ after breaking her hip, and the only person coming in or out of her apartment was a nurse who stopped by for two hours each day.
A. faint
B. bedridden
C. unhealthy
D. well
He no longer worked the ferryboat; his eyes were becoming ______, also his arms and hands, but unchanged and radiant were the happiness and the serene well-being in his face.
A. ill
B. sick
C. weak
D. faint
He has such a(n) ______ lifestyle - smoking, drinking, eating too much.
A. unwell
B. faint
C. feeble
D. unhealthy
My wife had pneumonia recently, and she is still ______ from it.
A. ill
B. weak
C. well
D. sick
He was ______ and immobile, and literally nothing but skin and bone by the end.
A. bedridden
B. faint
C. well
D. unhealthy
She is ______ today, so her class will be taken by another teacher.
A. well
B. unwell
C. unhealthy
D. frail
His grandfather had a ______ heart.
A. frail
B. bedridden
C. faint
D. weak
His skin looked pale and ______.
A. unhealthy
B. faint
C. ill
D. bedridden
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
Eventually, their problems with money ______ their marriage.
A. destroyed
B. disfigured
C. devastated
D. defaced
Some of them reportedly ______ posters of the singer in the lobby, writing comments and tossing drinks on her pictures.
A. devastated
B. defaced
C. disfigured
D. demolished
His low test scores ______ his chances of getting into a good school.
A. disfigured
B. devastated
C. demolished
D. ruined
Don't ______ your appetite by snacking too much.
A. spoil
B. devastate
C. destroy
D. damage
They used spray paint to ______ the sign.
A. destroy
B. demolish
C. deface
D. devastate
His face was ______ by a long red scar.
A. destroyed
B. disfigured
C. devastated
D. damaged
This part of the old town has been ______ by ugly new buildings.
A. destroyed
B. damaged
C. devastated
D. disfigured
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The cultural aspects of the introduction of tea to Europe ______ with those of coffee can cacao.
A. contrasted
B. discriminated
C. differentiated
D. distinguished
The software is speed-sensitive, so it can ______ the different conditions in city driving and faster roads or motorways.
A. differ
B. contrast
C. separate
D. distinguish
Those who ______ against others on the grounds of their sexuality cannot be effective team members nor can they provide a professional service to all their patients.
A. discriminate
B. distinguish
C. differentiate
D. separate
Jane's friendly nature is one of her most ______ characteristics.
A. differing
B. distinguishing
C. determining
D. separating
The device can ______ between the cancerous and the normal cells.
A. separate
B. contrast
C. determine
D. discriminate
Teachers have to learn to ______ between behaviour problems associated with learning difficulties and behaviour problems linked to something else.
A. differ
B. distinguish
C. contrast
D. determine
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
I ______ to paying that much for milk because it's unnecessary.
A. objected
B. opposed
C. disagreed
D. rejected
The court ______ the argument and found the defendant not guilty.
A. opposed
B. rejected
C. objected
D. disagreed
I ______ with you - I think she's done a very good job.
A. reject
B. oppose
C. object
D. disagree
Many locals are strongly ______ to the development.
A. rejected
B. objected
C. opposed
D. disagreed
We ______ on most things, but on this question, we are at one with each other.
A. disagree
B. oppose
C. object
D. reject
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The watch was a very important ______ given by her father on her birthday.
A. gift
B. award
C. prize
D. reward
The Academy ______, popularly known as Oscars, have been held since 1929.
A. awards
B. prizes
C. gifts
D. rewards
The police offered a £100 ______ for any information about the robbery.
A. prize
B. gift
C. present
D. reward
Although his leg sustained some injuries, he still won first ______ in the race last year.
A. gift
B. present
C. award
D. prize
On her mother’s birthday, that little girl willingly got a little money from her piggy bank so that she could give her mother a meaningful ______.
A. award
B. prize
C. present
D. reward
The ______ of leading a positive life is that we know how to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
A. award
B. reward
C. prize
D. present
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
They have no option but to cross the bridge and pay the ______.
A. tolls
B. fares
C. fees
D. charges
Many doctors have a standard scale of ______.
A. fares
B. fines
C. fees
D. tolls
We were forced to borrow the money at an extortionately high ______ of interest.
A. charge
B. rate
C. fare
D. fine
The cheapest ______ at the moment is with Air Portugal from London.
A. toll
B. fee
C. fare
D. charge
The museum has introduced a £3 admission ______.
A. fare
B. toll
C. charge
D. fine
They face up to five years in prison and more than $1 million in ______.
A. fines
B. fees
C. fares
D. rates
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The restaurant is deservedly ______ with all who enjoy Mexican food.
A. common
B. popular
C. universal
D. general
She was Swiss and I am from Vietnam, so French was our ______ language.
A. common
B. universal
C. general
D. popular
This is a crucial year for your relationships in ______ and your love life in particular.
A. universal
B. popular
C. general
D. common
The wireless infrastructure provides ______ access to the internet for all residents.
A. common
B. general
C. popular
D. universal
The book makes a valuable contribution to studies of ______ culture in transnational contexts.
A. popular
B. common
C. universal
D. general
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The story is about a scientist who claimed that he could ______ the dead.
A. renew
B. revive
C. resurrect
D. restore
As they smiled at each other, harmony was ______ again.
A. restored
B. reintroduced
C. resurrected
D. resumed
In trying to save the kid, Eddie dies, but the medallion ______ him with a few curious after-effects - he now has superhuman powers and cannot be killed.
A. restores
B. renews
C. revitalizes
D. resurrects
An ambulance was called but efforts made to ______ her proved unsuccessful.
A. revive
B. renew
C. resume
D. revitalize
The new cream claims to ______ sun-damaged skin.
A. resume
B. revitalize
C. resurrect
D. reintroduce
Her kindness and sincerity ______ my faith in human nature.
A. reintroduced
B. renewed
C. restored
D. resurrected
The heat revived the sick puppy and left us believing that our mother was capable of ______ the dead.
A. resurrecting
B. resuming
C. renewing
D. restoring
My plants ______ as soon as I gave them some water.
A. restored
B. resumed
C. reintroduced
D. revived
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The ______ from the grinding of seeds and grain will be checked for starch and protein content.
A. leavings
B. rubbish
C. effluent
D. litter
One pipe had been blocked by fat from the kitchens, forcing raw ______ into the water course.
A. litter
B. sewage
C. leavings
D. trash
Decaying waste, polystyrene scraps, yellow factory ______ and dead animals seemed to clog every channel.
A. rubbish
B. litter
C. trash
D. effluent
This new council administration claims to be the party who will clean the borough up and get tough on the general public who drop ______ in our streets.
A. sewage
B. effluent
C. litter
D. lines
It has become dirtier over the years as most of the capital's sewage, farm pesticides from neighbouring states and industrial ______ from factory towns flow into the waterway despite laws against polluting.
A. effluent
B. garbage
C. rubbish
D. litter
Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of domestic ______.
A. sewage
B. waste
C. effluent
D. leavings
Two stolen paintings have been found dumped in a ______ bin.
A. leavings
B. effluent
C. sewage
D. rubbish