CPE Open Cloze
Articles and Determiners
Complete each of the following sentences by supplying the correct word. There are EIGHT questions in all.
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1) After borrowing two thousand pounds from you, the very ........ she could do is offer to pay back a little each month.
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2) ........ as I hate to do this, we'll have to cancel the party if more people don't respond.
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3) She wants to travel the world eventually but above ........ her priority is to finish her degree course.
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4) John doesn't have many friends, just a select ........, who tend to go along with everything he says.
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5) Valerie and Simon can't decide whether to make their home in France or Australia. ........ way it will mean sacrifices for one of them.
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6) In England, polo is a sport that is associated with ........ rich and powerful.
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7) As a junior doctor there was ........ a time when I had to seek a second opinion from my superiors before I made a diagnosis.
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8) The company has had ........ of its employees taking sick leave and it has decided to crack down on absenteeism.