CPE Multiple Choice Cloze
Phrasal Verbs
Click on the answer A, B, C or D that completes each sentence. There are EIGHT questions in all.
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1) The team have been slogging ........ at developing the new software and some unbelievable apps for our clients.
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around
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away
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off
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through
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2) Why have some states in the east of the country ........ behind others in improving agricultural production?
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dropped
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lagged
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straggled
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sagged
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3) Ever since he got a job in that restaurant he comes home reeking ........ fried food.
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from
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in
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with
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of
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4) It took me a while to ........ on to the pleasures of spicy food but now I love it.
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satin
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cotton
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wool
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nylon
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5) When someone goaded her ....... quitting an activity she would go out of her way to do it even more.
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into
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onto
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at
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to
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6) Talks are continuing between the two countries to try to ........ out details of the cease-fire.
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expand
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pad
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flesh
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broaden
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7) Somehow I managed to muddle ........ my exams and got the grades I needed to get to university.
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over
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between
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through
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around
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8) Growth in the economy may have ........ out, but inflation will remain a persistent problem.
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fallen
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bottomed
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based
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flattened