C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 9

1. Not many people have the ___________ to combine both a highly successful business career and a happy marriage.

    capacity

    ability

    panache

    know-how

2. If you are not happy with this resort hotel you will have to make a(n) ___________ for compensation once you return home.

    claim

    requirement

    recommendation

    appeal

3. Two months after the main parties in the coalition had fallen out leading to the collapse of the government, the leaders met in an attempt to heal the ___________.

    abyss

    trench

    dispute

    rift

4. The bomb explosion left very little of the car and forensic scientists are now busy ___________ through the wreckage trying to find clues to help them in their investigation.

    sifting

    draining

    straining

    juggling

5. As soon as the authorities found out about the jail break, they put up ___________ on all the main roads leading out of the area.

    barricades

    checkpoints

    road-blocks

    customs

6. Now I am unemployed, I have too much time ___________ and don't know what to do with myself!

    to hand

    on my hands

    in hand

    in my hands

7. The judge gave out what was widely considered to be a ___________ sentence due to the convicted man's deep remorse at his crime.

    dull

    brief

    fast

    lenient

8. The law banning handguns and other ___________ arms was passed by the parliament without delay.

    mortal

    deathly

    lethal

    fatal

9. The police caught him as he was running away from the blazing house and he was charged the following day with ___________. His plan was to collect on his house insurance.

    arson

    fraud

    forgery

    burglary

10. "Do you want any of these company lottery tickets, Barry?" "Oh yes. Put me ___________ for three. I will get a couple for my wife too."

    up

    in

    down

    out