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C1 Multiple Choice 4

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