Expert Proficiency Unit 6A

The hotel room was small, dark and ________, with dust on every surface and cobwebs in the corner.

• pristine

• mundane

• grimy

• diverse

We budgeted £1,000 for the trip, which had to cover accommodation, food, drink and transport, and another £300 which we set _____ in case of emergencies.

• apart

• off

• aside

• about

Louise’s parents wanted her to become a doctor or a lawyer, but she’d set her sights ______ working in the travel industry, and nothing was going to change her mind.

• on

• in

• of

• out

We had been promised a fantastic view from our hotel room, but unfortunately it was rather _______, with the most interesting thing being some stables across the road.

• ravaged

• mundane

• fraught

• tainted

We had planned to _____ the sights on our first day in Rome, but the weather was so bad we spent most of it in a café trying to keep warm and dry.

• set

• look

• view

• see

Tambaloque is one of the most beautiful islands in the South Pacific, but because it is in the middle of ______ , it receives very few visitors.

• beyond

• no where

• nowhere

• nowher

The first thing we did once we arrived was set _____ looking for a good restaurant, something which turned out to be a bit of a challenge.

• about

• aside

• back

• apart

I often wonder what the point is of going off to the ends of the ______ looking for excitement and adventure when you can get all of that here in Grimsby.

• track

• planet

• world

• earth

The city’s reputation as an excellent place for tourists to visit had become somewhat _______ by the increase in crime and stories of official corruption.

• glorified

• tainted

• haphazard

• pristine

Sheryl sounded extremely _______on the phone, which wasn’t surprising in view of the fact that she’d had her passport, her credit cards and all her money stolen.

• fraught

• mundane

• diminished

• glorified