The vocabulary in the text 'How to Get the Best Seat?'

1. Fred: What’s your ______ in life Barnie, family or business?

Barnie: Of course, family comes first.

• favourite

• priority

• privacy

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2. How does a serial writer and the director decide on the head actor and actress?

     It ______ on their confidence in their work. If they are ______ sure of its success,

they may prefer to choose an unknown actor and actress.

• changes/very

• is related/not

• depends/entirely

• shows/so

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3. The police are ______ the evidence very carefully to find the guilty person.

• sifting

• asking

• wondering

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4. The identity of the hero’s real father is ______ with a series of flashbacks after his mother’s death.

It was a great shock for him to find out that he lived just two blocks away from him.

• asked

• questioned

• wondered

• revealed

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5. After reading the first paragraph what was your ______ on the best seat to leave the plane as the first ______, 4C or 4L?

• decision/pedestrian

• proof/flight

• verdict/passenger

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6. The heavy rain and the arrival of some unexpected guests ______ our plans of

a

happy day out.

• turned up

• conspired against

• developed by

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7. After a busy weekday, most adults sit and ______ in front of the TV before the film ends.

• nod off

• faint

• fall asleep

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8. Our house is on a main road, so we cannot get rid of the constant ______ of traffic even when we

    need to stay focused on something like an assignment, a book, or a film.

• hum

• anger

• violence

• anxious

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9. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to hold rental prices ______ nowadays. Furthermore, they can even

     change from day to day because of the economic crisis we’re in.

• high

• steady

• average

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10. In order to buy a seat in an exit row, a passenger must accept the ______ like not needing any kind

      of special assistance, being an adult, or being ready to assist the crew in case of an emergency.

• restrictions

• orders

• offers

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