Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
He was sick of working for companies that weren't above......... in their business practices. Too many of them had cut illegal or unethical corners.
A -
board
B -
grade
C -
level
D -
ideal
2-
He wanted to be with his wife and didn't want to hear one more soldier with him in Iraq say, "Absence makes the ......... grow fonder."
A -
soul
B -
sense
C -
brain
D -
heart
3-
He was the clumsiest kid she had ever seen — a definite......... just waiting to happen.
A -
fall
B -
idiot
C -
accident
D -
bump
4-
She hadn't lost the election yet, so she never even let on that she had an ace in the ......... .
A -
deck
B -
sky
C -
hole
D -
spades
5-
"Why are you smiling?" Jim asked. "You're about to lose this match; do you have an......... up your sleeve or something?"
A -
arm
B -
ace
C -
eye
D -
ear
6-
He knew that his opponent had a weakness; he just had to find her Achilles' ......... .
A -
foot
B -
armor
C -
heel
D -
opening
7-
He knew that his competitors had a chink in their ......... somewhere. He just had to locate it.
A -
arnor
B -
tank
C -
game
D -
plan
8-
He performed an......... test on the business he wanted to invest in and saw that it was in a good position to pay its current liabilities.
A -
outcome
B -
income
C -
acid
D -
input
9-
There have been many across-the-......... changes in the Army since Tim was an active soldier. Everything is different now.
A -
sea
B -
wood
C -
land
D -
board
10-
"Don't feel bad, Derek. You couldn't stop the tree from falling on your sister's car after you borrowed it from her. It's an ......... of God," his mother said.