CAE English in Use (Exit)

Multiple Choice Cloze (Answers)


For Questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

Example:
(0)   A found     B equipped     C stocked     D fitted

Crocodiles

Crocodiles see well, their eyes are (0) ... with three eyelids, each having a different function. Their eyeballs slide back out of (1) ... way during an attack. Should they lose one of their eight-centimetre-long teeth, a replacement is always ready. A crocodile may go through (2) ... thousand during a lifetime of over seventy years. Crocodiles cannot chew as their teeth are (3) ... only to penetrate and hold. These animals can attack at any (4) ... of the year, but they are more active in the warmer months and when in (5) ... of mates. Underwater, crocodiles (6) ... their victims at the water's (7) ... by sensing any movement in the water. Once they have a hold on their victim, they drag it deep into the water to (8) ... it. Then they crush and swallow it.
Many battles occur over mates. About six weeks after mating, the female (9) ... a nest, often on a river bank, and (10) ... about fifty eggs. She then seals the nest for protection and also as a way of (11) ... the temperature. After ten to twelve weeks the baby crocodiles come out of the eggs: only about one percent of these (12) ... it to adulthood, as thousands die in flooding or are eaten by fish or bigger crocodiles. In an (13) ... to ensure a source of (14) ... animals, crocodile farms have been (15) ... up, and a vast industry now exists in crocodile skin and meat.

1  A    harm's B  danger's  C  injury'sD   damage's
2 A   various B severalC considerableD  numerous
3 A   composed B constitutedC designedD  styled
4 A   time B phaseC monthD  interval
5 A  discovery B huntC explorationD  search
6 A  prefer B acceptC proposeD  choose
7 A  border B rim  C edgeD  shore
8 A  sink B drownC capsize  D  soak
9 A  installs B makesC manufacturesD  produces
10 A  lays B setsC dropsD  puts
11 A  dominating B rulingC imposing  D  controlling
12 A  reach B makeC getD  arrive
13 A  attempt B actionC aspirationD  alternative
14 A  well B fineC fitD  healthy
15 A  put   B takenC setD  stood

Source: Cambridge ESOL CAE Handbook