Vocabulary, Unit III Step II

Mr. Smith ran for presidency, and his main ... was to reduce unemployment.

• toll

• pledge

• spark

• vigil

The exam lasted four hours. It was quite a(n) ... .

• plea

• haul

• ordeal

• crook

The result of the ... showed that the government was to be reshuffled.

• poll

• dash

• rig

• gag

By the next day, the death ... had mounted to 100.

• quiz

• toll

• rap

• riddle

'This election is unfair, fraudulent and completely ...', said the opposition.

• quit/quitted

• hailed

• rigged

• No correct answer

To find out that the president elect had taken bribes was quite a(n) ... to the voters.

• boost

• blow

• bid

• pledge

The ..., the main competitor of the AP, provides news to the Americans.

• GCE

• UPI

• PLO

• UFO

Именно свободная пресса может защитить демократию.

• The free press, namely, can protect democracy.

• Namely, the free press can protect democracy.

• It is the free press that can protect democracy.

• No correct answer

Make a headline out of the news message that Regan is going to meet Gorbachev.

• REAGAN MEETS GORBACHEV

• REAGAN TO MEET GORBACHEV

• REAGAN MEETING GORBACHEV

• REAGAN IS MEETING GORBACHEV

The photo editor liked to put celebrities' ... on the first page.

• thrusts

• windups

• close-ups

• No correct answer