Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Cedric is very shy. If he goes to a party wherw he doesn’t know anyone, he finds it very hard to                                 .
A.come rain or shine  
B.have his head in the clouds  
C.save forty for a rainy day  
D.break the ice

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Everything’s gone badly this week, and today I lost my wallet! I’d better                         and start eating less.
A.nip the habit in the bud
B.be no bed of roses 
C.be bushed    
D.hit the hay

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Anna gave her son the job instead of advertising the position. You know,                      .
A.cough up       
B.a bitter pill to swallow  
C.blood is thicker than water  
D.one fly in the oinment

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I got a 100 on the first test, but that was just                       . I got low scores on all the rest of the test, and I was barely able to pass the course.
A.as sharp as a tack   
B.a flash in the pan  
C.on pins and needles
D.a pot luck

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
                  , Americans eat a light breakfast. They usually don’t eat a lot of food in the morning.
A.Safe and sound    
B.Odds and ends
C.By and large  
D.Fair and square

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
I really                       Lisa’s jokes. She always makes me laugh.
A.go fly a kite
B.get a kick out of 
C.are in the same boat
D.keep the ball rolling

Choose the correct sentence (a, b, c, or d) made from the suggested words.
Global communication be/ transform/ the invention/ Internet
A.Global communication was transformed the invention of the Internet.
B.The invention of the Internet was transformed the global communication.
C.Global communication was transformed by the invention of the Internet.
D.Global communication was transformed invention of Internet.

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
I was halfway to work, when                   I remembered that I’d better left the water running in the bathtub. I turned around and went back home to turn it off.
A.even so     
B.for a change  
C.in fact   
D.all of a sudden

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
To become popular.................the public, you need to really understand people.
A.with      
B.in    
C.among     
D.around

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Mum................away on business quite often.
A.sets     
B.does  
C.takes  
D.goes