Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
"He was my best friend in the whole world. I would have given him the ......... off my back if he had needed it until he tried to sleep with my wife," Randall said to Thomas.
A -
muscle
B -
shirt
C -
sweat
D -
bone
2-
"Don't invite Paul to the movies with you. He always gives the show ......... . Every time I have taken him with me, he tells me the end of the movie about half way through the show. That is no fun," Jay said to Logan.
A -
pause
B -
work
C -
secrets
D -
away
3-
"Thanks for waiting for me. I had to give my little brother the ......... . He follows me everywhere and he would have ruined our fun if he had come. He tried to follow me but I tricked him," James told his friends.
A -
fake
B -
slip
C -
run
D -
distract
4-
"I was given to ......... that I would be promoted as soon as I finished training and met your expectations. I have been here six months three months after training ended and I have met every expectation. When am I going to be promoted?" Jeff asked the boss.
A -
understand
B -
earn
C -
thought
D -
search
5-
He really wanted to be the mayor of this town. He was poor when he was a kid so he wanted to give the poor people of the town a ......... . He thought that a lot of their problems would decrease if someone was stuck up for them once in awhile.
A -
phrase
B -
paper
C -
voice
D -
letter
6-
He watched the political candidate ......... hand the crowd at one of his campaign stops. He looked like a nice guy but maybe a little fake.
A -
fore
B -
glad
C -
smile
D -
laugh
7-
He was lucky that the rock had only ......... off his head when it fell off the hill. He could have been seriously hurt by a more direct blow.
A -
winked
B -
forced
C -
groaned
D -
glanced
8-
His wife tried to gloss......... her increased drinking but, to him, it was a serious issue. She didn't even like alcohol in the past but she was now drunk most nights.
A -
over
B -
by
C -
behind
D -
floor
9-
He was so close to finding a cure. He would surely go ......... in history as one of the greatest scientists the world had ever known if he could find a cure for cancer.
A -
away
B -
in
C -
down
D -
up
10-
"Hey Kyle, I just bought a new truck. It is out in the parking lot. Want to go for a ......... ? We will only be gone for about twenty minutes," Jay said.