Having planned our weekends to watch football we

5. Having planned our weekends to watch football, we found the news of the home team’s players’ strike
most ________.
A. disconcerting B. refreshing C. activating D. debilitating
6. Dominant individuals may use ________ gestures to underline their power.
7. We should all ________ when advertisers attempt to use unfair practices.
8. That company is trapped in a downward ________ of debt.

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9. The men’s efforts to help only served to ________ the problem and they were finally forced to call in the
emergency services.
A. extricate B. enervate C. extirpate D. exacerbate
10. Unemployment threat has been ______for a while now.
WORD CHOICES 3
1. There is large effort ________ to rebuild arts education in the New York City public schools.
2. After living together for six years, Janet and Matt have finally decided to ________.
3. The party was already ________ by the time we arrived. Everyone was singing and dancing.
A. in full swing B. up in the air C. over the moon D. under a cloud
4. His strange behaviour aroused the ________ of police. 5. Media reports on the outcome of military intervention often ________ the true facts. 6. The day their first child was born, the new parents were ________ with joy. 7. We may win, we may lose – it’s just the luck of the ________.
A. chance B. draw C. odds D. fate
8. They’re having serious problems. Their relationship is on the ________. 9. The renewed interest in Elizabethan times is evident in the ________ of new Hollywood films set during
that period.