A. disturbance
B. riot
C. demonstration D. rally
4. It was such a sad movie that we were all reduced ______ tears. A. for
B. with
C. into
D. to
5. Serena is still ______ ignorant of the fact that she is about to be made redundant. A. blissfully
B. decorously
C. jubilantly
D. ecstatically
A. actually
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6. At the end of the competition, all the runner were ______ exhausted. B. wholly
C. utterly
D. eventually
7. No decision has been taken about the building of the new airport. The authorities are still ______.
B. comparing apples and oranges
C. sitting on the fence
D. holding all the aces
O
A. beating about the bush
B. harassed
C. condemned
D. confined
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A. inflicted
N
8. The inconsiderate driver was ______ for parking his vehicle in the wrong place.
H
9. It’s important to keep your ______ about you when you are walking through the A. wits
B. heads
N
African bush.
C. brains
D. minds
Y
10. His appearance at the reception with the late Mayor’s widow caused something of a B. rumour
C. wonder
Q
A. confusion
U
______.
D. stir
M
11. Derek had no experience of white-water canoeing, so it was extremely______ of him
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to try and shoot the rapids. A. hazardous
B. intrepid
A. practice
B. wield
C. perilous
D. foolhardy
ẠY
12. Members of the aristocracy don’t ______ a great deal of power nowadays. C. sway
D. manage
D
13. Why do you object to him being taken on – he’ll be a(n) ______ to the company? A. property
B. estate
C. asset
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D. material