Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
"I am sorry that I told you to go make me some coffee and some copies of these forms. I thought you worked for the clerical department and now I find out that you are on my work team. Please accept my apology. I don't want to get off on the wrong ......... with you," Jay said to Fay.
A -
concept
B -
train
C -
look
D -
foot
2-
"This is the fifth time you have asked me for my expense sheet. I told you that I would give it to you in the early afternoon and it is only 10 o'clock. Get off my ......... , will you?" Steve asked George.
A -
time
B -
fate
C -
back
D -
desk
3-
"I am sorry to bring this up but I just have to get it ......... my chest. I am still mad at you for not showing up to the movies the other night when I was expecting you. You never called to apologize or explain why you weren't there," Matt told Nancy.
A -
off
B -
on
C -
by
D -
in
4-
"I broke up with Nancy because she ......... me up on Friday. She never apologized and when I talked to her about it, she acted like it was no big deal that she didn't come and didn't cancel beforehand," Matt told Nancy's sister Beth.
A -
front
B -
stood
C -
looked
D -
fought
5-
"You need to get a job, Max. You are twenty years old and aren't doing anything with your life. It's time you stood on your own two ......... and started supporting yourself," Luke told his son.
A -
eyes
B -
ears
C -
feet
D -
arms
6-
"Ted, you really got off on a flying ......... today. I was expecting this work to take three days and you are already more than half-way done. It is only now 3 o'clock!" His grandpa said. He hired him to do some repairs on his house and to help him with the landscaping.
A -
trip
B -
start
C -
walk
D -
formation
7-
"Rainy days always get me ......... . I get a bit depressed and lazy. Sunny days make me feel happy, energetic, and motivated," Jane said to Chris.
A -
down
B -
right
C -
back
D -
light
8-
"Don't smoke marijuana. That stuff will ......... your brain," Steve's parents told him when he came back high after a party.
A -
tease
B -
try
C -
fry
D -
stuff
9-
"Bill, my brother, always brings up these stupid childhood stories of the embarrassing things I did when I was around five years old. I told him to stop and he won't. I am not going to let him get my ......... today, though. I have been looking forward to this trip for a long time and he is not going to ruin it for me," Lisa told Matt.
A -
fish
B -
hippopotamus
C -
goat
D -
yak
10-
"Do you know where I can buy the new Microsoft Word program? I would really like to get my ......... on the program before school starts," Maxine said to Lilly.