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C1 Multiple Choice 4

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  • Don't read in such dim light: it will ______ your eyesight.
    decrease
    contract
    dwindle
    impair
  • The gift was a _____ of his gratitude.
    token
    segment
    receipt
    specimen
  • I don‘t know how on earth he can get by on such _____ wages.
    adequate
    satisfactory
    meager
    high
  • Connors was _______ at the police station tor further questioning.
    detained
    contained
    taken
    restrained
  • Employees who have a ______ are encouraged to discuss it with the management.
    hindrance
    grievance
    disturbance
    precaution
  • They were able to set sail when the storm _____.
    permitted
    enraged
    abated
    shrank
  • It's high time we ______ the procedure.
    tortured
    commenced
    soothed
    occurred
  • The judge decided to ______ the trial till the following week.
    admire
    admit
    adjust
    adjourn
  • The examiner's cold stare _____ Mary.
    disconcerted
    amazed
    imperiled
    dumbfounded
  • If I was to do that, it would ______ my employer‘s displeasure.
    recur
    occur
    incur
    concur
  • A few political extremists _______ the crowd to attack the police.
    stirred
    animated
    incited
    agitated
  • Mr. Smithers ______________ to comment on the news.
    decreased
    declined
    retained
    upheld
  • He spent his entire life ______ round the world, never settling down.
    exploring
    scattering
    roaming
    transporting
  • They ______ his proposal before accepting it.
    overlooked
    ignored
    scrutinised
    rejected
  • I'd love to live in these ______ surroundings.
    bashful
    desolate
    serene
    gloomy
  • Decrepitude seriously ___________ vision and hearing.
    withers
    shrinks
    impairs
    enhances
  • I wouldn't like to ____ my good name and reputation.
    jeopardise
    prolong
    constrain
    enrich
  • Law-abiding people are the people who _______ the law.
    protect
    observe
    defy
    offend
  • This kind of occupation does not offer any _____ for creative thinking.
    orbit
    infection
    rope
    scope
  • The number of people going to soccer matches seems to be _____ steadily.
    dwindling
    narrowing
    withering
    contracting
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