C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 7

1. The walls of the local military command were ___________ by anti-government graffiti and that was the first sign of general rebellion in the city.

    destroyed

    mutilated

    defaced

    deformed

2. Harris is a great player but often he is ___________ to disappear from a game in the last twenty minutes and that is what happened here today.

    apt

    prone

    tend

    habit

3. All the hotels along the river are of good quality except The Palace Hotel. If you ___________ clear of that, you shouldn't have too many problems.

    turn

    veer

    steer

    swerve

4. I can see how old those jeans are. They have ___________ almost to a sky blue colour after all these years.

    faded

    blanched

    disappeared

    reduced

5. That old house is ___________ with rats! There is no way I would ever go and live there without at least five cats.

    infected

    crowded

    inflicted

    riddled

6. What I really ___________ for when I was young was a pony, but my parents didn't have enough money and I had to be happy with a hamster!

    craved

    yearned

    desired

    needed

7. He was arrested on a lonely highway and charged with drinking while under the ___________ of alcohol.

    power

    spell

    side effects

    influence

8. ___________ by despair at her situation, she tried in vain to rob the local bank and ended up in prison for five years.

    compelled

    forced

    driven

    desperate

9. I have to ___________ your offer of money at this time but will consider your generous gift if need be in the future.

    decline

    deject

    confound

    refute

10. Bill and Mary resolved their problems after her brother got them to sit down and have a(n) ___________ talk with each other.

    overt

    candid

    servile

    piteous