Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
That car I was going to buy turned out to be a......... flush. The owner didn't put it in the advertisement, but the car needs over $2000 in repairs.
A -
straight
B -
radiator
C -
busted
D -
toilet
2-
You must have been as busy as a......... to get all this done! Your yard is raked, the stairs are painted and the woodpile is tidied.
A -
fox
B -
sloth
C -
cat
D -
beaver
3-
He had been as busy as a......... from the moment he got to work and was now exhausted.
A -
flower
B -
wood pile
C -
bee
D -
hive
4-
He turned down the invitation to join the company baseball team, since he didn't want his girlfriend to see that he was a(n) ......... . He was never good at catching a ball.
A -
butterfingers
B -
outfielder
C -
receiver
D -
juggler
5-
It was five minutes until her performance, and she had butterflies in her ......... . She hoped that her nervousness wouldn't cause her to mess up.
A -
net
B -
hair
C -
stomach
D -
head
6-
He was glad that he buttoned his ......... when the boss yelled at him. A secretary had just got fired last week for talking back to him.
A -
face
B -
jaw
C -
lip
D -
ears
7-
His grandfather bought the ......... last Tuesday. He wasn't surprised; his grandfather was eighty years old and had been sick for years. The old man passed away in his sleep.
A -
store
B -
farm
C -
car
D -
boat
8-
The van just missed his car by a hair's ......... .
A -
length
B -
width
C -
height
D -
breadth
9-
He managed to beat the top runner in the race by a......... .
A -
knot
B -
shot
C -
paw
D -
whisker
10-
It took him a long time to learn to play the song by ......... .