Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
"I have to leave the office for about two hours. You have free ......... to conduct business until I get back," the boss told his assistant.
A -
will
B -
choice
C -
reign
D -
spirit
2-
"We had the Easter Egg Hunt organized so that the little kids would get one-half of the area and the big kids would get the other half. Each kid was supposed to get four eggs. We let them loose and it turned into a......... -for-all with kids running everywhere and grabbing up to eight eggs each!" Maude told Vern.
A -
fudge
B -
grab
C -
justice
D -
free
3-
"Come on in and get some rolls. They are......... from the oven!" Lisa told her friends.
A -
burned
B -
fresh
C -
bought
D -
made
4-
"Well, you are on friendly......... here. You have been here a year now and you are in the top ten percent of our employees," the boss told him during his performance evaluation.
A -
marriage
B -
footing
C -
relations
D -
ejection
5-
"Maybe we need to look at this problem from a different......... . We have tried everything using traditional methods now we need to try something new," the team leader told her team.
A -
angle
B -
location
C -
sky
D -
part
6-
"That guy just moves from pillar to......... , doesn't he? He is always losing a job, starting a job, moving away, moving back he needs to get it together," his dad said.
A -
arch
B -
roof
C -
floor
D -
post
7-
Several financial magazines published his story as a guy who went from ......... to riches. He had moved from Italy with two dollars in his pocket and now he is one of the richest men in Canada.
A -
cans
B -
rags
C -
broke
D -
investment
8-
"My law class has been a lot of work from the......... -go," Lewis told his friend.
A -
get
B -
shove
C -
start
D -
stop
9-
"That company used to make such good tools but they have gone from the sublime to the ......... . The tools used to last for years but they now break within a job or to," Steve told the new employee.
A -
asinine
B -
ridiculous
C -
mundane
D -
crass
10-
"Wow, I think I ate too much. I had four bowls of mashed potatoes. I am full as a......... " Kyle told Derek.