Lexico and Grammar Revision [PDF]

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LEXICO AND GRAMMAR REVISION 1.The children in the audience were _____ by the show. A.captivated

B.advocated

C. brightened

D.cultivated

2.There is a great deal of pressure in the newspaper industry , editors might work a 12-hour day with no _____ A. come-down

B. letdown

C.let-up

D. crack-down

3. The difference between your estimate and mine is just too small to mention. It make no sense to ____ about it. A. chew the fat weather)

B.split hair

C. talk shop

D. brave the elements( go out in stormy

4. It was predicted that business would be destroyed and the town is economy would be in ____. A. fragments

B.scraps

C.segments

D. tatters

5.In friendship we are ______ the embarrassment of a dissident disclosure. A. are at pains to avoid

B, are on pain of avoidance

C. are under pain of avoidance

D. avoid for one another’s pain

6. In some countries , confrontation between police and strikers on ______ has become a feature of life in the eighties. A. dole queues

B. picket lines

C. bank benches

D. assembly lines

7. Believe it or not , he has even ____ to swindling his own friends. A. reduced

B. declined

C,. sunk

D. connived