C2.1 HOPES AND FEARS

II'll help you look for your ring, but don't _____ your hopes up- I might not find it.

• get

• dash

• pluck

His hopes of becoming a firefighter were ____ when learned that at fifty, he was too old.

• dashed

• plucked

• given

She had _____ her hopes on getting the job, so she was dissapointed when they told her that they had hired someone else.

• dashed

• pinned

• plucked

The thing that sets great sports people apart from ordinary ones is that they never ____ up hope.

• pin

• get

• give

She's so talented - she can go anywhere she wants. The _____ 's the limit.

• dark

• sky

• feet

He wanted to ask her for her autograph, but he got cold _____.

• butterflies

• nerves

• feet

Poor Jake. He was a bundle of _______

before his talk.

• feet

• nerves

• butterfliesnnervo

After some hesitation, she _______

up her courage and jumped across the gap.

• gave

• plucked

• dashed

I get ________

in my stomach every time I think of my interview next Monday – I'm so nervous!

• butterflies

• nerves

• feet

We really had no idea what our new life in Australia would be like. It was a leap in the _____

• sky

• nerve

• dark