Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
What her mother and father ......... to most was the endless tittle tattle (gossip) in the village about a young woman working for this hot shot (well known entrepreneur),
A -
subjected
B -
dejected
C -
rejected
D -
objected
2-
who was also ......... by some as a bit of a wheeler dealer (someone who does business in an underhand way).
A -
looked
B -
pictured
C -
regarded
D -
believed
3-
Cathy didn't believe any of this and was delighted to be working for Geoffrey Winton if for no other ......... than that living at home was very humdrum (boring).
A -
reason
B -
cause
C -
fact
D -
decision
4-
The rest of the organisation thought that she and Winton were a dream team (ideal partners) because she was enthusiastic and he was very ......... .
A -
expertise
B -
empirical
C -
expert
D -
experienced
5-
After all she thought her brother was enjoying himself and had gone ......... to work in America as a result of the brain drain (talented people leaving their own country to work for better pay in another).
A -
astray
B -
abroad
C -
alone
D -
afar
6-
One morning there was quite a hubbub (loud noise and activity) in the Fortune......... when Cathy came rushing into the sitting room helter skelter (running at great speed),
A -
housework
B -
housebound
C -
household
D -
housetops
7-
and announced what she thought was a cheerful earful (a good piece of news) and that was she had been invited to attend a ......... in the capital.
A -
demarcation
B -
denuciation
C -
depression
D -
demonstration
8-
As far as her father was concerned this was ......... double trouble (two problems) — first working for Fortune and now getting involved in a demonstration.
A -
simply
B -
quite
C -
entirely
D -
quietly
9-
As far as he was concerned this would be a ......... of time because the speakers at the rally would just talk mumbo jumbo (nonsense).
A -
waist
B -
wasting
C -
waste
D -
worst
10-
But Cathy had made up her......... and the next morning wham bam (very quickly) she caught the early train and went off to the rally.