Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 13

1. I don't need these old typewriters any more. If you can a good use for them, you can have them for nothing.
a. find
b. have
c. put
d. do

2. I didn't buy this ring. It was down to me by the brother of my mother, my uncle Peter, when I was only 12 years old.
a. given
b. passed
c. handed
d. sent

3. The two soldiers, lost in the desert, looked up at the sun in the blue sky and looked nervously at each other.
a. burning
b. glittering
c. gleaming
d. firing

4. I can't why you lent him the money. You know how unreliable he is.
a. assume
b. think of
c. figure
d. imagine

5. There's no way I can let you go out again tonight. , it's raining very hard.
a. although
b. however
c. moreover
d. besides

6. Only put a little oil in the mixture. If you in too much, it will make the cake very greasy - and not very healthy either.
a. crumble
b. spill
c. sip
d. pour

7. The wild area to the north of the lake of conifer forests and small lakes full of trout.
a. makes
b. comprises
c. consists
d. contains

8. Now we are going to play a game which should be to you all: scrabble! Let's pick teams first!
a. popular
b. normal
c. widespread
d. familiar