Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
"I don't know how to......... it into Joey's head that teenagers shouldn't drink. Do you have any suggestions?" Dick asked Alice.
A -
ream
B -
slip
C -
beat
D -
run
2-
"We don't want to hang out with people who lie to their friends, so ......... it!" Steve and Justine said to Max.
A -
leave
B -
jam
C -
run
D -
beat
3-
The community was outraged when the burglar beat the......... on a technicality. The police had searched his van and his house and they had only had a warrant for the house. The stolen goods had been in the van.
A -
jail
B -
rap
C -
judge
D -
people
4-
"The waterfall is off the ......... track a bit, but you can get to it without a truck. It is well worth seeing. I think you two should go," Tom said to Jill and Ben.
A -
written
B -
cleared
C -
paved
D -
beaten
5-
"I tell you what. Digging ditches around here is no ......... of roses. There are too many big rocks and the soil is very hard," Joe told Ben.
A -
bed
B -
styrofoam
C -
fluff
D -
feathers
6-
He had started lifting weights to ......... up for the summer season. He didn't want to look like a skinny, wimpy kid in a bathing suit.
A -
grunt
B -
beef
C -
load
D -
strong
7-
"Why don't you go watch some TV and before you......... it, the pile of leaves you have been complaining about will be raked up and gone," Adam told Rachel.
A -
know
B -
see
C -
guess
D -
find
8-
"You are going to go to summer camp, so stop ......... about it. It is not optional," Larry told his son, Mike.
A -
coversing
B -
breathing
C -
bellyaching
D -
laughing
9-
"I am sorry, guys. I don't have enough money to go on the trip anymore. I bet my......... on the football game on Sunday and I lost. I am broke until payday," Craig told Luke and Kyle.
A -
job
B -
thoughts
C -
boots
D -
word
10-
"In my opinion, your best ......... on finding a wine barrel planter is to go to Michael's nursery. They have a lot of different things," Jim told Chris.