Close Up C2 UNIT 7

A nation's future ... depends mainly on the cultivation and education of its people.

• discrepancy

• prosperity

• influx

• understatement

... over your opponent's failure is against the rules of fair play.

• Clinging on

• Gloating

• Devastating

• Taking the plunge

The factory workers are protesting against the ... 1% pay rise they were given.

• measly

• commendable

• detrimental

• cautionary

They are finally taking ... and coming back after living for a decade abroad.

• a decision

• novelty

• the plunge

• an understatement

Judging from the way the new CEO is running the company, its bankruptcy is a ... conclusion.

• foregone

• recurrent

• peculiar

• vibrant

We could not tell for sure that he would fail the exams, but, by the same ... we couldn't guarantee that he would pass either.

• token

• conclusion

• standard

• resilience

Everybody admired him for his courage and ... after facing such hardships.

• token

• entaglement

• understatement

• resilience

Parents nowadays are trying to ... an interest in sport and art in their children.

• snag

• deplete

• foster

• complement

Our teacher used ineresting and impressive pictures to ... the presentation about space.

• complement

• snag

• begrudge

Sprays and aerosols have had a ... effect on the ozone layer and the climate chamge in general.

• measly

• detrimental

• crackpot

• implicit