Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
"Quit telling me what to do! Back seat ......... are very annoying!" James said, as he swerved to avoid the pedestrian.
A -
managers
B -
drivers
C -
cushions
D -
oracles
2-
"Don't be such a ......... Thomas. It will work. There will be no problems," Mary said to her husband as she tried to convince him to buy laminate flooring for the back bedroom.
A -
doubting
B -
quirky
C -
mistrusting
D -
wavering
3-
"You'd better talk to your wife and work out your problems, John, because a house divided against itself cannot......... ," he thought to himself.
A -
sleep
B -
sell
C -
fall
D -
stand
4-
"I can't go drinking with you guys. The ball and ......... won't let me. She wants me to stay home tonight," Ted told his friends.
A -
hammer
B -
bat
C -
goal posts
D -
chain
5-
Our whole class failed our last statistics exam and now we're back to the ......... again.
A -
basics
B -
future
C -
front
D -
manuals
6-
Ethel is such an annoying, nosy neighbor. She always watches everything we do. She needs to mind her own ......... .
A -
garden
B -
abode
C -
beewax
D -
gig
7-
I can't believe I made it up that hill on my dirt bike! I was at full throttle the whole way and going balls to the......... .
A -
court
B -
chain
C -
bat
D -
wall
8-
The little boy asked his mother why a baker's ......... was thirteen. She replied that it comes from the former custom among bakers of adding an extra roll as a safeguard against the possibility of 12 weighing light.
A -
dozen
B -
product
C -
quantity
D -
delivery
9-
I don't like to drink alcohol often — just every once in a......... moon with my friends.
A -
full
B -
new
C -
half
D -
blue
10-
He went......... after his boss fired him. Now he's in jail.