C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 21

1. You seem a strong candidate, Mr. Williams, but you don't quite ___________ our requirements for this post.

    reach

    achieve

    gain

    meet

2. ___________ by both financial and emotional problems, the father decided he had had enough and slipped away from the house quietly at dawn.

    beset

    pressured

    filled

    drowned

3. I felt let down by a very unsupportive boardroom, ___________ by the very chairman himself, Wilson Gray. I had no choice but to resign.

    at most

    notwithstanding

    not least

    henceforth

4. If they ask you about me, don't ___________ that you know where I am, OK?

    let on

    give in

    give on

    let in

5. Just remember that August in Australia is ___________ with a North American December, though it doesn't snow!

    on level

    evens

    on a par

    compared

6. A(n) ___________ diamond such as this would fetch over one hundred thousand if put up for auction.

    error free

    consistent

    persistent

    flawless

7. Only when explorers finally penetrated the ___________ forests of Central and South America were these ruins revealed to the world at last.

    solid

    dense

    heavy

    tangled

8. The average Siberian Stoat family group ___________ one male, two or three females, and the young of all of the females.

    consists

    constituting

    comprises

    makes up