Choose the word or phrase that best completes the blank in each sentence.
1-
Imagine an ......... public figure attacked by press and public, who is facing an inquiry into allegations of having obtained money by deception.
A -
empowered
B -
endangered
C -
embattled
D -
engrossed
2-
Any arguments he put up in his defence were regarded as a ......... by people who were determined to see him convicted.
A -
cloud
B -
smokescreen
C -
confusion
D -
fog
3-
People tended not to believe a word he said and maintained that his protestations of innocence were wearing a bit ..........
A -
scarce
B -
bare
C -
scant
D -
thin
4-
There was very strong support for the police who were determined to ......... this kind of crime.
A -
restrain
B -
manage
C -
curb
D -
ill
5-
The press had been ......... by an unknown source to make as much publicity about him as they could.
A -
prompted
B -
picked
C -
promoted
D -
proposed
6-
His agent spent a lot of time ......... the press on his background in the hope that they would present a balanced view.
A -
training
B -
briefing
C -
showing
D -
clearing
7-
Views as to his guilt or innocence even before the trial started ......... from utter conviction that he was guilty to wild support for his innocence.
A -
started
B -
began
C -
ranged
D -
swept
8-
Gradually however as the days went by even his greatest supporters were beginning to ......... him.
A -
destroy
B -
desert
C -
despair
D -
destruct
9-
Then two days before the trial was due to start, new evidence came to ......... proving he was totally innocent.
A -
light
B -
see
C -
show
D -
indicate
10-
By then of course it was too late because the damage had already been done to his career, which ......... everything else he did for the rest of his life.