Test 9 - Quiz 2

This savage war had ________ this beautiful country waste and left many of its inhabitants homeless.

• cast
• grown
• laid
• set

Your leftist ________ in the face of our party programme, so you d’ better drop them or find another party for yourself.

• fly
• run
• turn
• look

A lot of scorn has been ________ on the Canadian seal hunters for their merciless practices

• blamed
• launched
• poured
• fixed

We ‘ve had to quit our coopertaion with this wholesaler as we could never ________ a bargain. He asked for more than we could offer.

• strike
• hit
• beat
• knock

The final decision has already been taken, so there’s no use in your ________ the toss.

• arguing
• disapproving
• dismissing
• quarelling

One might think you were ________ liberties with me. I don't like it when you make free with my lawn mower. You should at least ask when you want to borrow it.

• placing
• making
• taking
• finding

What the secretary says doesn’t necessarily ________ much weight, but you should never disobey your director’s instructions.

• play
• carry
• hold
• mean

Environmentalists have no political ________ to grind - they just want to save the planet.

• axe
• stone
• hammer
• tool

After spending weeks constructing my project, I was thrilled to ________ the day at the science fair.

• succeed
• run
• carry
• take

I had ________ my hopes on this promotion, so I was crushed when I didn't get it.

• clipped
• nailed
• stuck
• pinned