Bestshots 6 - Unit 4

The workers were forced to accept extremely low wages and treated as ______.

• consistency

• cheap labour

• copper

• discovery

After his brother's death, Peter felt like he was standing on the very ______ of despair.

• edge

• empire

• flow

• handle

She tried to ______ the strict rules set by the authorities, refusing to obey.

• defy

• foster

• cram

• comprise

The old sofa was broken, so they decided to ______ it.

• hoard

• dump

• flow

• ration

The family tried to make their limited supplies last through careful food ______.

• rationing

• hoarding

• fostering

• comprising

In autumn, roasted ______ are sold at street markets and fairs.

• bustles

• corpses

• chestnuts

• handles

The British ______ once stretched across several continents.

• edge

• empire

• consistency

• crack

His room was such a mess because he kept ______ every old magazine he ever bought.

• hoarding

• ditching

• fostering

• sweeping

The committee stressed the importance of ______ in applying the rules fairly.

• consistency

• copper

• hearth

• foreshore

The children were ______ their mouths full of candy as if they hadn't eaten in days.

• cramming

• hoarding

• flowing

• comprising