VC: T30

The West Bank of the River Jordan was a ... of contention btw Palestine and Isarel

• bone

• finger

• point

• spot

Answer explanation

A BONE OF CONTENTION:

st -> 2/ > ppl argue abt strongly over a long period

Everyobdy noticed my absence because you ... their attention to it

• gave

• paid

• called

• brought

Answer explanation

CALL ONE's ATTENTION TO sb/st:

make one notice and think abt a person/thing

Discussions on the issue of expansion of the company have been in ... since the outbreak of the disease in the area

• feud

• core

• limbo

• hitch

Answer explanation

IN LiMBO:

in a situation -> u're no certain what to do next, cannot take action... (esp u're waiting 4 s to decide)

Viewers were ... at the incredible sight of the lunar landscape, unable to take their eyes off the screen until the very end of the broadcast

• devised

• transfixed

• stifled

• switched

Answer explanation

TRANSFIX: make so unable to move/ stop looking a st bc they're interested, surprised, or frightened

STIFLE: to (cause to) be unable to breathe bc you have no air

Having lost her mom at an early, Mary felt she had become a mere ... , having to do absolutely everything for her 5 bros and siss

• workmate

• slavedriver

• workhorse

• taskmaster

Answer explanation

WORKHORSE: a person -> does a lot of work, esp of a type -> necessary but not interesting

TASKMASTER: so -> gives others a lot of work to do & expects them to work hard

The candidate's optimism gave ... to doubt as the result of exit polls became known

• lie

• vent

• voice

• place

Answer explanation

GIVE PLACE TO: be replaced by st/so else

Somehow I managed to ... my physics exam. The pass mark was 55 and mine was 56

• shake off

• sit through

• scrape through

• slip off

Answer explanation

SCRAPE THROUGH: succeed in st but w a lot of difficulty

SIT THROUGH: stay until the end of an event (a meeting/ performance that is very long/boring)

SLIP OFF: to remove clothing quickly and easily

The local authorities annually ... bw 50 million pounds and 100 million pounds on art prj

• disband

• disburse

• disperse

• dispose

Answer explanation

DISBURSE: pay out $, usually from an amt -> been collected 4 a particular purpose

DISBAND: (of a group) to stop existing, or to cause a group to stop existing

DISPERSE: spread across or move away over a large area/to make st do this (crowd)

... telecommunications increasingly give ordinary citizens immediate access to the major political decisions that affect their lives and property

(ACT)

(a)  

This black comedy is a comment on the alienating and ... effects of contemporary urban lifestyle

(HUMAN)

(a)  

Answer explanation

depriving of human qualities