C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 10

1. We won the ___________ part of two million dollars on the lottery.

    most

    best

    largest

    greatest

2. Hopes are ___________ of finding anyone else alive after a fishing boat went down off the Scottish coast late last night. Three men were picked up but another four are still missing.

    dimming

    dissolving

    fading

    reducing

3. You might have failed twice, but I think you should ___________ and you will eventually succeed.

    persevere

    insist

    prevail

    persuade

4. The police spokesman said he was ___________ to believe that the arrested man was the serial killer they had been looking for.

    seemed

    suspected

    supposed

    inclined

5. Even though the two men didn't commit any crime, the police were alerted to their suspicious behaviour ___________ outside the bank for nearly an hour.

    hovering

    lagging

    loitering

    waiting

6. The team threw on all their substitutes in the last five minutes, all to no ___________ as they lost the game narrowly by three points.

    use

    avail

    gain

    benefit

7. The ___________ of winter always brings reports of people getting caught out by inclement weather when they least expected it.

    starting

    onslaught

    onset

    early

8. Soldiers reported many of the prisoners of war to be drunk from the effects of vodka, used by the poorly equipped enemy soldiers to ___________ the pain of toothache.

    calm

    lighten

    lose

    soothe

9. There will be one general meeting per month ___________ the usual section meetings every week.

    besides

    apart

    moreover

    as well

10. There is no chance of you getting the promotion after only two months working here ___________ the great work you have done.

    regardless

    presuming

    notwithstanding

    nevertheless