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C1 Multiple Choice 4

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