C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 18

1. The fish will already give this soup enough salt so you won't need to add much - maybe just a ___________.

    sip

    drop

    pinch

    grain

2. Stop ___________ me in the back with your finger please. If you want something, just ask like everyone else!

    prodding

    banging

    pinching

    slapping

3. A good teacher must be a(n) ___________ one, always prepared to introduce new ideas and technology into the classroom.

    inventive

    reformative

    innovative

    rebellious

4. Having spent too much time playing basketball in his spare time, Roger now found he was falling ___________ the other students in the other subjects at school.

    down

    back

    over

    behind

5. Tying all the little pieces of string together to make the long chain was a slow ___________ process which took us over six days in all.

    employed

    laborious

    workmanlike

    conscientious

6. Due to heavy snow and high winds, the Bishop Mountain Nature Park will be ___________ for at least the next few days.

    exclusive

    inaccessible

    remote

    elusive

7. I have done more than my fair ___________ of work. Now I am having a rest.

    portion

    ration

    share

    division

8. With the new bridge open across the estuary, the old car ferry was made ___________.

    redundant

    unemployed

    retired

    extinct

9. When I say I want you to be here at six o'clock, I mean six o'clock ___________. You cannot be late under any circumstances!

    on the edge

    at the moment

    in detail

    on the dot

10. It was 238 years ago on this ___________ day that the town was founded.

    own

    absolute

    real

    very