Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
He hadn't heard from his son in months and it was his fault. When his son had voiced a legitimate concern about passing Basic Training he had told him "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the ......... ," Not the most understanding thing to say.
A -
kitchen
B -
pool
C -
forest
D -
booth
2-
He knew his dad didn't like his friends since they had been in trouble with the law. His father told him "if you fly with the......... , you get shot with the (...)," but he just couldn't see how he would get in trouble just by hanging out with them.
A -
planes
B -
cranes
C -
crows
D -
herons
3-
He had been arrested as an accomplice to robbery simply because his friends, who he was going to a movie with at the time, had robbed someone earlier that day. He remembered what his grandma used to say about keeping company with the wrong sort: "if you lie down with the dogs, you get up with......... ."
A -
hair
B -
smell
C -
drool
D -
fleas
4-
"Let's just assume, for the purpose of this conversation, if you ......... , that Mr. Jones did rob the store," the defense attorney said before starting his argument.
A -
want
B -
will
C -
well
D -
choose
5-
He felt......... at ease every time he saw Mrs. Collins. She had once accused him of attacking her daughter and, even though the attacker had been caught, things had never been the same.
A -
completely
B -
rank
C -
ill
D -
left
6-
"If you are found guilty of dealing drugs or laundering money, the courts may take all of your assets if they believe that those assets were paid for with ill-gotten......... ," the Law professor told her class.
A -
trading
B -
methods
C -
gains
D -
debt
7-
"Hi, Bro. I need you to loan me one hundred dollars. I am really in a......... . I don't get paid until next week and I am short on my rent. I had to pay for my transmission to get fixed this week and had to pay the doctor I saw a month ago," Jake said to his brother.
A -
job
B -
fix
C -
vacation
D -
opportunity
8-
"My front tire popped, and in a ......... , I was off the road in a ditch. Miraculously, I am fine and so is my car, other than the tire," Cat told her boyfriend.
A -
flash
B -
eternity
C -
pinch
D -
bind
9-
"I am sorry I messed up especially after you just told me what to do. I have been in a......... all morning it won't happen again," John nervously said to his supervisor when she caught his mistake.
A -
clear sky
B -
distraction
C -
intense mood
D -
fog
10-
"You are at the hospital with Mom? I will be there in a ......... I am leaving work right now and am very close to the hospital," Derek said to Larissa.