Gateway C1 unit 8

Besides, there are ... and technical schools to deal with job training for kids not destined for college.

• voluntary

• beneficial

• vocational

• profitable

Both authors have the skill to make you feel great ... with their heroines.

• empathy

• sympathy

• incentive

• motive

The high cost of the vaccine has severely ... its use.

• averted

• contested

• hindered

• overwhelmed

The United States is pressing the rebel army to ... power.

• avert

• hinder

• contest

• relinquish

Concern about the ... of young intellectuals was mixed with promises of improvements.

• plight

• bystander

• dearth

• hindsight

They are often shy, fragile, and preoccupied with feelings of ... .

• self-serving

• self-expression

• selfless

• self-doubt

This time Laimonis's ... laugh does not cover the pain, and something else, hostility perhaps.

• self-serving

• self-deprecating

• selfish

• self-made

She listened intently to the music, ... herself in its beauty.

• wrapping

• finding

• acquiring

• losing