C2 Proficiency Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 8

Four bedroom house for sale. Large garden. Close to __. Reduced for quick sale.

a. facilities

b. amenities

c. equipment

d. utilities

a. facilities (instalaciones)

b. amenities (comodidades y servicios)

c. equipment

d. utilities (servicios públicos)

This is a great example of the Yellow Eared Rabbit, a rabbit ___ to this part of Portugal and not found anywhere else in the world.

a. special

b. strange

c. peculiar

d. particular

a. special

b. strange

c. peculiar

d. particular

The manageress arrived late and in a foul mood, going by the  on her face.

a. frown

b. beam

c. scowl

d. grimace

a. frown

b. beam (sonreír ampliamente)

c. scowl (fruncir el ceño de manera intensa y desagradable)

d. grimace (hacer muecas, gesto de dolor o desagrado)

Jenkins! Yes, you _ at the back of the class. If you find this whole episode so funny, why don't you come up to the front and explain to everyone exactly why!

a. frowning

b. grinning

c. glancing

d. glimpsing

a. frowning (frunciendo el ceño)

b. grinning (sonriendo ampliamente)

c. glancing (mirando de reojo, echando un vistazo rápido)

d. glimpsing (echando un vistazo rápido)

We don't know if anyone will come to the warehouse this evening or not to move the stolen money, so just be on the  for any strange activity at all.

a. guard

b. hunt

c. lookout

d. search

a. guard

b. hunt

c. lookout (vigía, puesto de observación)

d. search

Though the hotel was a real  place with cracked windows, freezing draughts and creaking floorboards, the staff were just wonderful and we had a great time all in all.

a. down-and-out

b. downcast

c. run-down

d. runaway

a. down-and-out (arruinado o en una situación desesperada, sin hogar ni recursos)

b. downcast (cabizbajo, desanimado)

c. run-down (en mal estado, descuidado)

d. runaway (fugitivo)

Mother arrived home eventually at 5pm, __ with grocery bags, having been out shopping for nearly three hours.

a. burdened

b. full

c. stocked

d. laden

a. burdened (una carga)

b. full

c. stocked

d. laden (lleno de algo)

I picked up these __ from the travel agents today. They have a great offer on cruises to Turkey for the end of April!

a. leaflets

b. manifestoes

c. brochures

d. programmes

a. leaflets (folletos)

b. manifestoes

c. brochures (folletos, catálogos detallados)

d. programmes

I first saw my father on the ___ at the docks after he had disembarked from a troop ship in 1945 at the end of the war. I was four years old.

a. platform

b. quayside

c. kerb

d. marina

a. platform

b. quayside (muelle)

c. kerb (bordillo, acera)

d. marina (puerto deportivo)

When getting onto a metro or standard train, you should always be careful of the  between the station platform and the train itself. This can be up to 15cm in distance.

a. drop

b. gap

c. empty

d. void

a. drop (caída, descenso)

b. gap

c. empty

d. void (vacío, ausencia)