C1 Vocabulary: News English | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Soap star ______ for bad behaviour in public and will not return to the show.

curbed

quit

vowed

axed

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Government ______ to improve transport infrastructure by 2025.

axes

halts

pledges

keys

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Which sentence includes a synonym of 'promise'?

City council bars traffic during peak hours.

Charity sends aid to poverty-stricken country.

Celebrities vow to clean up their act.

Companies undergo urgent merger talks.

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Film production companies show support to actors by ______.

backing benefit scheme

curbing benefit scheme

quitting benefit scheme

barring benefit scheme

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Scientists discover new bacteria which ______ decomposition of plastic waste.

bars

pleads

backs

aids

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To curb something means to control or limit it.

FALSE

TRUE

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Pharmaceutical company ______ Europe in order to set up in Asia.

pledges

quits

axes

moves

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Tech company ______ production of new smartphone after multiple complaints.

hits

aids

halts

backs

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Group ______ from entering leisure facilities after causing damage to property.

barred

aided

curbed

vowed

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Charity makes desperate _____ to government for more funds to combat famine.

plea

pledge

vow

move

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