Perspectives on Proficiency (9_2)

We have just moved here. Is there a bank ___________?

• in the brink

• in the vicinity

• in the adjacent

• in the threshold

To make up after an argument : r________

Riots broke out during the demonstration and the police had to _______.

• reconcile

• intervene

• emerge

• impose

The player stood out for his speed and _______

• gasp

• constraint

• surge

• agility

The newborn clearly ______ his father.

• resembled

• deceived

• replicated

• reconciled

He was so devastated by the death of his wife that he was ______ a mental breakdown.

• on the threshold of

• on the brink of

• at the hands of

• at the mercy of

Synonyms of 'claim'

• dispute

• maintain

• contend

• assert

Recent events of police violence have ______ a surge of criticism against the government.

• confined

• unleashed

• imposed

• released

SScientists ______ that they have found a cure to the new deadly virus.

• assert

• persist

• initiate

• propose

To produce young (animals)

• mate

• jaw

• breed

• reproduce