Test 5 - Quiz 3

His fee is a drop in the ______  compared with the real cost of broadcasting.         

• bucket
• ocean
• lake
• sea

I'd been living in this country for a few years, but it wasn't until I had kids that I felt like I had really put down ______  here.

• roots
• seeds
• nuts
• fruits

I'm absolutely ______  under with work at the moment.

• snowed
• iced
• rained
• fogged

It was a very wild winter. I think we had one ______ of snow and that was it.

• gust
• flurry
• drop
• patch

I have been ______ by ill health ever since I left university.

• hounded
• wormed
• ducked
• dogged

I always clean the flat before my mom comes round, but she always find at least one ______ of dust and says it’s filthy.

• scrap
• gust
• speck
• blade

As winter ends, I always seem to feel a ______ of energy.

• charge
• spring
• revival
• burst

The entire staff was thrown off ______ when the news of the takeover was announced.

• composure
• disarray
• stable
• balance

Gavin will ______ to the challenge of his new promotion.

• raise
• rise
• ride
• arise

I know you have a good voice and have ambitions to be an opera singer but do not give up your day ______ yet.

• situation
• work
• job
• place