Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 7

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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