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Q2. Lyle chose Marco for his partner, thinking that it would be fun to work with his best friend, but now that the project was due tomorrow and the boys had nothing done, Lyle realized that he should have (hitched his horse to a different wagon).

1. When one wishes to have chosen different company than one is presently keeping
2. When one accepts responsibility for one's own involvement in an unfortunate event
3. When one understands that the only way to solve a problem is through hard work
4. When one determines that the best course of action is to tell the truth

Q3. My father wants me to study law, but I have made up my ……… to become an archaeologist, instead.

1. heart
2. head
3. brain
4. mind

Q4. I’ll ______ in my car on the way to work.

1. take you out
2. bring you up
3. let you off
4. pick you up

Q5. Which of these plans would be a pipe dream for most people?

1. travelling to your country's capital city
2. playing football for Manchester United
3. watching the Olympic Games on television

Q6. It’s the ______ in this country to go out and pick flower on the first day of spring.

1. use
2. custom
3. habit
4. normal

Q7. You will kill yourself if you ______ stop smoking.

1. aren’t
2. didn’t
3. don’t
4. weren’t

Q8. To relax from stress is the same as to ______ down.

1. wind
2. lie
3. let

Q9. You can shout until you're ……… in the face but she won't hear you. She's as deaf as a post.

1. blue
2. green
3. pink
4. black

Q10. He ----- the picture on the wall.

1. hanged
2. hung