C2 Proficiency Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 7

The walls of the local military command were ________ by anti-government graffiti and that was the first sign of general rebellion in the city.

a. defaced

b. destroyed

c. mutilated

d. deformed

**a. defaced (desfigurado)**

b. destroyed (destruido)

c. mutilated (mutilado)

d. deformed

Harris is a great player but often, he is _________ to disappear from a game in the last twenty minutes and that is what happened here today.

a. apt

b. tend

c. habit

d. prone

a. apt (aptitud)

b. tend

c. habit

**d. prone (propenso)**

All the hotels along the river are of good quality except The Palace Hotel. If you _________ clear of that, you shouldn't have too many problems.

a. turn

b. steer

c. veer

d. swerve

a. turn

**b. steer (dirigir)**

c. veer (virar)

d. swerve (desviar)

I can see how old those jeans are. They have __________ almost to a sky blue colour after all these years.

a. faded

b. blanched

c. disappeared

d. reduced

**a. faded (desvanecido)**

b. blanched (pálido)

c. disappeared

d. reduced

That old house is ___________ with rats! There is no way I would ever go and live there without at least five cats.

a. riddled

b. infected

c. crowded

d. inflicted

**a. riddled (agujereado)**

b. infected

c. crowded (abarrotado)

d. inflicted (inflingido)

What I really ____________ for when I was young was a pony but my parents didn't have enough money and I had to be happy with a hamster!

a. yearned

b. craved

c. desired

d. needed

**a. yearned (anhelado)**

b. craved (ansiado)

c. desired

d. needed

He was arrested on a lonely highway and charged with drinking while under the ___________ of alcohol.

a. power

b. influence

c. spell

d. side effects

a. power

**b. influence**

c. spell

d. side effects

___________ by despair at her situation, she tried in vain to rob the local bank and ended up in prison for five years.

a. compelled

b. forced

c. desperate

d. driven

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a. compelled (obligado)

b. forced

c. desperate

**d. driven (impulsado)**

I have to ____________ your offer of money at this time but will consider your generous gift if need be in the future.

a. decline

b. deject

c. confound

d. refute

**a. decline**

b. deject (desanimar)

c. confound (confundir)

d. refute (refutar)

Bill and Mary resolved their problems after her brother got them to sit down and have a(n) ________ talk with each other.

a. candid

b. overt

c. servile

d. piteous

**a. candid (franco)**

b. overt (abierto)

c. servile (servil)

d. piteous (compasivo)