CPE Open Cloze
Collocations
Complete each of the following sentences with the word that collocates with the words in red. There are EIGHT questions in all.
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1) Victoria has a working ........ of Chinese, which she needs for her job as an international corporate lawyer.
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2) The defendant told the judge that she accepted full ........ for her actions and that she would plead guilty.
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3) After William realised his mistake he was forced to ........ his pride and apologise.
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4) I thought I ........ my position absolutely clear. Either he goes or I do!
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5) Tanya came away from the interview with the overriding ........ that she wouldn't get the job.
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6) Although my mother's in her seventies she is still very young at .........
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7) When the shop assistant refused the customer a refund, he was met with a torrent of .........
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8) The drowning boy was pulled out of the river and ........ the kiss of life by a medic.