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C1 Vocabulary: News English

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  • Pharmaceutical company ______ Europe in order to set up in Asia.
    axes
    moves
    pledges
    quits
  • Government ______ to improve transport infrastructure by 2025.
    pledges
    axes
    halts
    keys
  • Soap star ______ for bad behaviour in public and will not return to the show.
    quit
    axed
    vowed
    curbed
  • Which sentence includes a synonym of 'promise'?
    Charity sends aid to poverty-stricken country.
    Celebrities vow to clean up their act.
    City council bars traffic during peak hours.
    Companies undergo urgent merger talks.
  • Charity makes desperate _____ to government for more funds to combat famine.
    pledge
    vow
    plea
    move
  • Tech company ______ production of new smartphone after multiple complaints.
    halts
    backs
    aids
    hits
  • Scientists discover new bacteria which ______ decomposition of plastic waste.
    backs
    pleads
    aids
    bars
  • Film production companies show support to actors by ______.
    curbing benefit scheme
    barring benefit scheme
    quitting benefit scheme
    backing benefit scheme
  • Group ______ from entering leisure facilities after causing damage to property.
    aided
    vowed
    barred
    curbed
  • To curb something means to control or limit it.
    TRUE
    FALSE
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