1. Footballers are used to the other team's ______ them when they play away from home. supporters, calling them names (32 points), 2. She doesn't like the ______ that comes with being a well known writer., fame (8 points), 3. His plan to take control of the company ______ when he was sacked., backfired (18 points), 4. Our problems ______ when my dad lost his job and we had to move to a smaller flat., escalated (18 points), 5. One minute nobody had ever heard of his book and the next minute everybody was reading it. It was an ______ success!, overnight (18 points), 6. The cyclists that came first, second and third stood together on the ______ to receive their prizes., podium (12 points), 7. Ecological organizations encourage people to ______ pollution., combat (12 points), 8. Jane's extreme opinions ______ a feeling of anger in people who don't know her very well., provoke (14 points), 9. Although I'm very interested in the theatre, acting doesn't ______ to me at all., appeal (12 points), 10. Finally, after a wonderful ______ of ten games, they lost a match., winning streak (26 points), 11. I have a lot of ______ for people who work hard and try to improve themselves., admiration (20 points), 12. Mozart was a musical ______ and he performed his first piano concert at the age of eight., prodigy (14 points), 13. Although she's very rich and famous, she's also ______ and lives a normal life., down-to-earth (22 points), 14. He loves being ______ and will always want to appear on TV and in newspapers and magazines., in the limelight (28 points), 15. Your slippers are where you left them this morning ______ your bed!, underneath (20 points).

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