- advanced-21
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 21 (Answer Keys)
Scandal
A1 Mathew Smith was a highly respected member of parliament with no stain on his character.
answer: (c) stain
A2 At least that's what he thought until the press started trying to dig up something about his past.
answer: (b) dig
A3 Apparently when he was still at school, he didn't have a ticket for his train journey one day and he was
fined.
answer: (d) fined
A4 This piece of information was discovered by one keen local reporter and was blown up out of all proportion by
the national press.
answer: (a) blown
A5 Headlines appeared maintaining that Mathew was a dishonest lying thief.
answer: (d) lying
A6 Other papers asked the question: How can we trust our politicians if they cheat on society?
answer: (c) cheat
A7 There was even talk that incidents like this one could topple the Government.
answer: (b) topple
A8 The Prime Minister called Mathew in to talk to him and said he couldn't tolerate any whiff of scandal in his
Party.
answer: (a) whiff
A9 At last Mathew decided to speak up for himself and tell the truth.
answer: (c) up
A10 The reporter had got it completely wrong because he found his ticket and he wasn't 'fined', he was simply
'fine'.
answer: (d) completely
