C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 8

1. Four-bedroom house for sale. Large garden. Close to ___________. Reduced for quick sale.

    facilities

    amenities

    equipment

    utilities

2. This is a great example of the Yellow Eared Rabbit, a rabbit ___________ to this part of Portugal and not found anywhere else in the world.

    special

    strange

    particular

    peculiar

3. The manageress arrived late and in a foul mood going by the ___________ on her face.

    scowl

    frown

    beam

    grimace

4. Jenkins! Yes, you ___________ at the back of the class. If you find this whole episode so funny, why don't you come up to the front and explain to everyone exactly why!

    frowning

    glancing

    grinning

    glimpsing

5. We don't know if anyone will come to the warehouse this evening or not to move the stolen money, so just be on the ___________ for any strange activity at all.

    guard

    hunt

    lookout

    search

6. Though the hotel was a real ___________ place with cracked windows, freezing draughts and creaking floorboards, the staff were just wonderful and we had a great time all in all.

    down-and-out

    downcast

    runaway

    run-down

7. Mother arrived home eventually at 5pm ___________ with grocery bags having been out shopping for nearly three hours.

    burdened

    laden

    full

    stocked

8. I picked up these ___________ from the travel agents today. They have a great offer on cruises to Turkey for the end of April!

    brochures

    leaflets

    manifestoes

    programmes

9. I first saw my father on the ___________ at the docks after he had disembarked from a troop ship in 1945 at the end of the war. I was four years old.

    platform

    kerb

    quayside

    marina

10. When getting onto a metro or standard train, you should always be careful of the ___________ between the station platform and the train itself. This can be up to 15cm in distance.

    drop

    empty

    gap

    void