Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 5

1. Could you turn the central heating up a little more please. I can notice any difference in the temperature from an hour ago.
a. barely
b. hard
c. just
d. rather

2. Scientists are warning that human activity is starting to cause in the Earth's climate due to increasing temperatures.
a. alterations
b. changes
c. deviations
d. substitutions

3. The unions are trying to present a front in their dispute with the government. Otherwise, they know they will be defeated.
a. united
b. bound
c. single
d. unique

4. Though many eminent scientists have travelled to Loch Ness in Scotland, the famous monster has never been by any of them.
a. seen
b. witnessed
c. viewed
d. watched

5. If you need to speak to me, I that my attorney is present.
a. insist
b. must
c. force
d. make

6. We found a wonderful house just on the of the town. It's so much cheaper than living in the center.
a. border
b. confines
c. edge
d. side

7. Run to the supermarket! We're out of wine and I forgot to buy some yesterday. The guests will be here in half an hour.
a. running
b. falling
c. going
d. dropping

8. The islands in this area were when a huge volcano erupted about 75,000 years ago. Now, it's dormant.
a. manufactured
b. created
c. set
d. founded