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1. He says he didn't take the money, but _________ I've never trusted him. a. I wouldn't put it past him b. I wouldn't put it on him c. I wouldn't put it beyond him. 2. You woke up feeling awful? It ________ for getting drunk last night. a. serves you well b. serves yourself c.serves you right 3. a, Keep me e-mailed b. Keep me posted c. Keep me written ___________on what's happening in the office while I'm away. 4. When our twin boys had the same haircut, most people couldn't_________ between them. a, tell the difference b. say the difference c. miss the difference 5. The meeting's been postponed, so please_____ that everyone knows. a. speak to it b.take to it c.see to it 6. There's no great rush to finish the job, so relax and a. waste your time b. take your time c. do your time. 7. I've known him for twenty years and ______ he's as honest as they come. a. take it from me b. believe it from me c. trust it from me, 8. His entrance scores aren't good enough for a regular college ______a top university like Oxford. a. not unlike b. even though c. let alone 9. The tax office guys could come any day, so make sure the accounts are a.out of date b. up to date c. on a date. 10. Come on! The train leaves in ten minutes. If we don't _______we'll miss it. a. get a move on b. get a come on c. get a run on

1. The rain's nearly stopped. It's only _______ now. a. a drought b. drizzling c.raining cats and dogs 2. A _______ is a tropical storm with very strong winds. a. blizzard b. hurricane c. precipitation 3. I stepped in a _______ and got the bottom of my pants all wet. a. puddle b. piddle c. poodle 4. We didn't use the airconditioner at all during that _______ last summer. a. forecast b. cold spell c. sunburn 5. You can get struck by _______ during an electrical storm. a. thunder b. sunshine c. lightning 6. It was too _______ for the pilot to land the plane. a. mild b. sunny c. foggy 7. If you let me put your _______ on I'll be able to see better. a. thermometer b. shades c. degrees 8. There's often a light _______ in the afternoon on this island. a. shower b. tornado c. heat stroke 9. When I looked at the _______ it said it was ten degrees. a. scorcher b. thermometer c. meteorologist 10. Putting on _______ is supposed to prevent sunburn. a. sunscreen b. suntan c. sunglasses

1. The collective term for sheep is a colony a flock a pen 2. A young bear is a cub a kitten a bear pup 3. A fully-grown male horse is a colt a filly a stallion 4. The collective term for fish is a swarm a pod a school 5. What does a tadpole turn into as it grows? a frog a larva a dolphin 6. Which word means "a young goose"? gander gosling gaggle 7. What's a drake? a male duck a female owl a young bat 8. Did you count the lions in the _______ you saw? pride pack herd 9. Our oldest _______ has given birth to dozens of kids. billy nanny joey 10. A filly is no longer a foal, but it's still not a colt stallion mare