C2 Proficiency - Multiple Choice Cloze Exercise 23

1. Do you realise I have now written over a hundred letters of application in ___________ of a new job? I should become a secretary!

    hunt

    search

    quest

    seek

2. I am afraid to inform the cabinet that there is a traitor in our ___________. We have begun an investigation to find out who the culprit is.

    crew

    midst

    middle

    centre

3. Why are you ___________ at me in that suspicious way? I didn't do anything!

    peering

    gazing

    glancing

    staring

4. The young rookie scored over 20 goals in his first year taking the whole league by ___________.

    force

    example

    assault

    storm

5. I hope you won't feel too ___________ if I turn up at the last minute. The hotel was fully booked!

    put in

    put up

    put out

    put away

6. Hubert ___________ remembered locking the door and couldn't understand how it was now standing wide open.

    sharply

    distinctly

    totally

    utterly

7. A lesser know symptom of this condition is that you will suddenly have panic attacks and ___________ cold sweats with little or no warning.

    come across

    give off

    break into

    switch on

8. If you are looking for Sheila, she is over in the corner of the library with her head ___________ in her books.

    buried

    covered

    entombed

    drowned