Vocabury-Use of English C1

1. _____________ his outstanding talent, this runner should have no difficulty in qualifying for the national team.

• a Given

• b) Provided that

• c) Allowing for

• a) By

She left her job with The Times in order to work as a(n) ________________journalist.

• a) independent

• b) liberated

• c) freelance

• d) solo

3. The actress was so upset by the journalists’ persistent questions that she __________ in tears.

• a) broke off

• b) burst out

• c) broke down

• d) cried out

4. The show was broadcast during _______ viewing time.

• a) prime

• b) high

• c) main

• d) peak

5.Reading between the _________, I should say Maria is homesick.

• a) sentences

• b) lines

• c) words

• d) papers

6. Everyone wants to _________ the rewards of hard work.

• a) harvest

• b) collect

• c) gather

• d) reap

7. Despite persistent questioning from journalists about her private life the film star remained _____________.

• a) close-knit

• b) stony-faced

• c) tight-lipped

• d) tight-fisted

8. There was such___________ between the two actors that the audience was spellboud.

• a) sympathy

• b) empathy

• c) feeling

• d) sentiment

9. Neil’s rashness in the face of danger finally ___________ him his life.

• a) cost

• b) lost

• c) took

• d) deprived

10. That, in a _________, is it: he is brillant.

• a) flash

• b) nutshell

• c) phrase

• d) brief