Select the correct answer.

1. Frank said his brand new Ferrari could do 250 kph and Tony, not to be ............, claimed his Porshe could drive at 300 kph.
A. overdriven
B. outdone
C. downgraded
D. outspoken

2. The comforting news from my sister was a real ....... off my mind.
A. stone
B. deal
C. load
D. mass

3. Our company was ........ for twenty thousand pounds by a rival on the grounds of an alleged duplicating of their produce.
A. sued
B. sentenced
C. accused
D. tried

4. The protesters occupying the streets have ............ the traffic in the centre of the city.
A. dispelled
B. dislocated
C. disturbed
D. disrupted

5. The number of victims of the plane crash has recently been ......... at 53.
A. amounted
B. counted
C. estimated
D. scored

6. He was claimed to be an unskilled writer, but his latest works have definitely ........ witness to his great talent.
A. constituted
B. borne
C. dealt
D. displayed

7. Judging by the casual clothes he is wearing, he doesn't ......... much significance to being elegant at work.
A. devote
B. assign
C. entrust
D. attach

8. Has anyone managed to ...... the meaning of the declaration?
A. seize
B. perceive
C. acquire
D. grasp

9. About two hundred illegal immigrants have been ....... from the country this year.
A. expelled
B. enforced
C. evicted
D. expired

10. Any further details of the language course will be sent on ........ to all our subscribers.
A. request
B. appeal
C. demand
D. wish

11. Since the new machinery was purchased in 1993 the old type has fallen into ........... .
A. decrepit
B. damage
C. disfunction
D. disuse

12. It has never ........ my mind that Jane might be a notorious liar.
A. passed
B. entered
C. crossed
D. reached

13. It's obvious each of us would like to have their ......... in such an important question as the company privatization.
A. voice
B. word
C. claim
D. say