C2 Proficiency Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 2

My company has just spent two million dollars, ________ a world famous artist to paint a huge mural for the main entrance foyer.

a. asking

b. ordering

c. consulting

d. commissioning

a. asking

b. ordering

c. consulting

**d. commissioning (encargando)**

During the riots, hundreds of people broke into the city's main department store and ________ it. There was almost nothing left after the night had finished.

a. stole

b. looted

c. mugged

d. conned

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a. stole

**b. looted (saquear)**

c. mugged (asaltar)

d. conned (engañar)

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The new government group will _______ the effects of smoking on the academic abilities of people under 18 years of age.

a. report

b. research

c. inform

d. invent

a. report

**b. research**

c. inform

d. invent

This fruit has been in the fridge for over three weeks! It is all _________.

a. rotten

b. sour

c. bitter

d. mouldy

**a. rotten (podrido)**

b. sour (agrio)

c. bitter (amargo)

d. mouldy (mohoso)

I don't think Jones and Marlowe should work together on this project. They have shown us before that they are quite ______  as partners.

a. rebellious

b. disinterested

c. disagreeable

d. incompatible

a. rebellious

b. disinterested

c. disagreeable

**d. incompatible**

6\. You have been _______ with first degree murder. How do you plea?

a. accused

b. charged

c. blamed

d. caused

a. accused

**b. charged**

c. blamed

d. caused

That old house hasn't been lived in for nearly thirty years, hence the fact that it looks so __________.

a. decrepit

b. trashed

c. rotten

d. derelict

a. decrepit (decrépito, en mal estado por abandono)

b. trashed (destrozado)

c. rotten (podrido)

**d. derelict (abandonado y descuidado)**

The great thing about this bank loan is that they give you so long to __________ .

a. pay it in

b. give it up

c. pay it up

d. pay it off

e. give it out

a. pay it in (ingresar o depositar dinero)

b. give it up (reunciar a algo)

c. pay it up (saldar una deuda)

**d. pay it off (pagar una deuda completamente)**

e. give it out (distribuir algo a varias personas)

We can't use this table as it isn't totally_________ . The balls will roll to one side.

a. plane

b. flat

c. vertical

d. true

a. plane

**b. flat**

c. vertical

d. true

________ me another beer Des. Then I really must be going. It is quite late!

a. spill

b. trickle

c. pour

d. fill

a. spill (derramar)

b. trickle (gotear)

**c. pour (verter)**

d. fill (llenar)