C1 Advanced - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 6

1. Politicians have been arguing about the reasons for the ________ in the number of unemployed.

    decline

    descent

    recession

    weakening

2. Charles Lindbergh was one of the early ________ in powered flight and crossed the Atlantic in 1927.

    inventors

    pioneers

    chiefs

    creators

3. We used advertising to ________ interest in the product and then educated people on how to use it.

    introduce

    adopt

    breed

    generate

4. It never ________ to me that Mike and Cherie's marriage was in any trouble.

    reveal

    occurred

    concerned

    struck

5. All attempts to reach Darren at home on his phone ________ with failure.

    met

    finished

    put

    resulted

6. Any problems ________ from the new contract are not my concern. I warned against signing it.

    producing

    arising

    deriving

    arriving

7. The director was accused of being ________ in the way he ran the company.

    inflexible

    inevitable

    infallible

    inflatable

8. In the tough economic climate, the company GTV has ________ by over 40%.

    sunk

    belittled

    reduced

    shrunk