C2 Proficiency Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 9

Not many people have the ____________ to combine both a highly successful business career and a happy marriage.

\n a. capacity \n b. ability \n c. panache \n d. know-how

a. capacity \n **b. ability** \n c. panache (distinción) \n d. know-how (saber hacer)

If you are not happy with this resort hotel, you will have to make a(n) __________ for compensation once you return home.

\n a. requirement \n b. recommendation \n c. claim \n d. appeal

a. requirement \n b. recommendation \n **c. claim** \n d. appeal (apelación)

 Two months after the main parties in the coalition had fallen out, leading to the collapse of the government, the leaders met in an attempt to heal the ________________.

\n a. abyss \n b. trench \n c. dispute \n d. rift

a. abyss \n b. trench \n c. dispute \n **d. rift (serious disagreement)**

 The bomb explosion left very little of the car and forensic scientists are now busy _____________ through the wreckage trying to find clues to help them in their investigation.

\n a. sifting \n b. draining \n c. straining \n d. juggling

**a. sifting (examinar cuidadosamente, revisar)** \n b. draining (drenaje, evacuación) \n c. straining (esfuerzo, tensión) \n d. juggling (malabarismo, manejo)

As soon as the authorities found out about the jail break, they put up _____________ on all the main roads leading out of the area.

\n a. barricades \n b. road-blocks \n c. checkpoints \n d. customs

a. barricades \n **b. road-blocks** \n c. checkpoints \n d. customs (aduanas)

Now I am unemployed, I have too much time ___________ and don't know what to do with myself!

\n a. to hand \n b. on my hands \n c. in hand \n d. in my hands

a. to hand \n **b. on my hands** \n c. in hand \n d. in my hands

The judge gave out what was widely considered to be a ________ sentence due to the convicted man's deep remorse at his crime.

\n a. dull \n b. brief \n c. fast \n d. lenient

a. dull (aburrido) \n b. brief \n c. fast \n **d. lenient (indulgente)**

The law banning handguns and other __________ arms was passed by the parliament without delay.

\n a. lethal \n b. mortal \n c. deathly \n d. fatal

**a. lethal** \n b. mortal \n c. deathly \n d. fatal

The police caught him as he was running away from the blazing house and he was charged the following day with ___________. His plan was to collect on his house insurance.

\n a. fraud \n b. forgery \n c. arson \n d. burglary

a. fraud \n b. forgery (falsificación) \n **c. arson (incendio provocado)** \n d. burglary

"Do you want any of these company lottery tickets, Barry?" "Oh, yes. Put me ________ for three. I will get a couple for my wife too."

\n a. up \n b. in \n c. out \n d. down

a. up \n b. in \n c. out \n **d. down**