Vocabulary

A.
2. seat
3. neck
4. horse
5. player
6. goalposts
7. ball
8. game
9. race
10. ropes
B.
a) a level playing field
b) ahead of the game
c) to be neck and neck
d) a one-horse race
e) flogging a dead horse
f) keep your eye on the ball
g) move the goalposts
h) in the driving seat
i) on the ropes
j) a major player
C.
2. ahead of the game
3. flogging a dead horse
4. major players
5. neck and neck
6. one-horse races
Reading
B.
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C.
1. M (31-34)
2. S (1-8)
3. S (16-19)
4. M (38-41)
5. S (19-20)
6. S (23-25)
7. M (60-62)
8. M (68-75)
9. M (91-93)
D.
1. stir up
2. to be replaced by
3. lose out to
4. focus on
5. take on
E.
a) 3
b) 5
c) 4
d) 2
e) 1
F.
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. e
5. d
G.
1. take on
2. taken over
3. taken aback
4. take out
5. take off
Language review
A.
1. “was based on”  based on
2. “was depended on”  depended on
3. “was be shot”  was shot
4. TRUE
5. “are depend on”  depended on
6. TRUE
7. TRUE
8. TRUE
9. “may be occurred”  occurred, “vote”  voted
10. “is based on”  “based on”
11. TRUE
12. “is consist”  consists
B.
1. was held
2. was attended
3. had been circulated
4. had been intended
5. was forced
6. had been cut
7. had been increased
8. had been commissioned
9. was informed
10. had been reached
11. were being investigated
12. was being implemented
13. had been considered