C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 2

1. My company has just spent two million dollars ___________ a world famous artist to paint a huge mural for the main entrance foyer.

    asking

    commissioning

    ordering

    consulting

2. During the riots, hundreds of people broke into the city's main department store and ___________ it. There was almost nothing left after the night had finished.

    looted

    stole

    mugged

    conned

3. The new government group will ___________ the effects of smoking on the academic abilities of people under 18 years of age.

    report

    inform

    research

    invent

4. This fruit has been in the fridge for over three weeks! It is all ___________.

    rotten

    sour

    bitter

    mouldy

5. I don't think Jones and Marlowe should work together on this project. They have shown us before that they are quite ___________ as partners.

    rebellious

    disinterested

    incompatible

    disagreeable

6. You have been ___________ with first degree murder. How do you plea?

    accused

    blamed

    caused

    charged

7. That old house hasn't been lived in for nearly thirty years hence the fact that it looks so ___________.

    decrepit

    derelict

    trashed

    rotten

8. The great thing about this bank loan is that they give you so long to ___________.

    pay it off

    pay it in

    give it up

    pay it up

9. We can't use this table as it isn't totally ___________. The balls will roll to one side.

    plane

    vertical

    true

    flat

10. ___________ me another beer, Des. Then I really must be going. It is quite late!

    spill

    pour

    trickle

    fill