1. I’m frozen to the spot for a split ________, but then my feet are racing toward my house.

• moment

• second

• instant

• time

We have heard many stories about people who have ________ others and voted five or six times, so there has always been fraud.

• disguised

• bluffed

• faked

• impersonated

It was hard to ________ how the system could be improved or made more convenient.

• imagine

• point

• indicate

• pretend

I was a bit doubtful at first, but it _______ out to be a really good idea.

• made

• came

• turned

• meant

Nash has already been _______ by several pro football teams.

• encouraged

• interested

• approached

• explained

On _______ thought, I realized that guns probably aren't scary here in Japan in the same way as they are in the US to civilians, or at least to some civilians, because there is so little threat that one civilian will shoot another.

• further

• greater

• longer

• earlier

The decorations that the children had made were __________ beautiful.

• obviously

• apparently

• equally

• absolutely

In the role of Carmen, Ms Leblanc delivered a quite __________ performance and was praised by many critics.

• reliable

• mocking

• scamming

• convincing

She is a great artist whose work will __________ withstand the test of time.

• critically

• surprisingly

• plausibly

• undoubtedly

She ________ what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was.

• wondered

• believed

• convinced

• deceived