When Barry heard he'd won the lottery he went on a spending _________ .
- spree
- binge
- excursion
- celebration
Organically produced vegetables tend to be ________ in shape.
- unsteady
- irregular
- inconstant
- non-conformist
Given their widespread misuse, antibiotics have _________ to be rather a mixed blessing.
- turned up
- made out
- turned out
- made up
Some people think that those in influential positions should _________ a good example.
- gain
- hold
- fix
- set
That children's television programme has become ________ popular with a very wide-ranging audience.
- absolutely
- sizeably
- completely
- extremely
It was clear from its howls that the animal was _________ pain.
- with
- in
- at
- on
The politician's thoughtless response _________ her critics.
- enraged
- ensured
- entailed
- entrusted
It's better to talk about things __________ than bottling them up.
- rather
- more
- instead
- otherwise
I don't know who is to _________ for the problem with the food
- fault
- blame
- accuse
- respond
Don't pass __________ the opportunity of going to New York just because Jane doesn't want to go.
- out
- up
- away
- off
It was many weeks before the truth began to _________, and many months before it sank in.
- rise
- dawn
- set
- dusk
The zoo has a captive __________ programme for pandas.
- breeding
- raising
- up-bringing
- stocking
Human beings often ________ their emotions onto animals
- protrude
- provide
- project
- produce
A number of ________ explain the recent rise in the popularity of pasta.
- components
- aspects
- factors
- capacities
People seem increasingly __________ to the idea of health and fitness.
- devoted
- absorbed
- appealed
- satisfied
Pasta, in one ________ or another, is part of many cuisines around the world.
- trend
- type
- frame
- form
The fast-food industry has made great __________ in recent years.
- steps
- strides
- paces
- leaps
For me it was the factor which ________ the argument was the taste
- crunched
- blanched
- clinched
- wrenched
For many people, Italian food is very much a _________ quantity.
- accepted
- given
- measured
- known
The nature reserve was originally __________ by a renowned local naturalist.
- granted
- settled
- grounded
- founded