test 23

Jody is 50 years old and still not married, I think she is destined to be an old ....

• nun

• maid

• monk

• crow

The minister is speaking with a .. tongue, promising support he will never deliver

• sharp

• forked

• fake

• rosy

The creative and intelligent boy came up with a solution entirely off his own ... instead of relying on the teacher's hint

• bulb

• bat

• bag

• beat

That his father died in the car accident really hit the eight-year-old boy for ...

• half

• nine

• six

• twice

The saucepan fell onto the floor with a great ....

• clatter

• clunk

• clink

• crackle

How about a night in a charming .... windmill on the island off Milos?

• preserved

• customized

• dilapidated

• coverted

I never dare to .... my duty even for one since I worked here due to the strict staff appraisal criteria of the company

• duke

• whirl

• reel

• shirk

The school authorities thought that taking a .... on undisciplined students will make them more obedient, but this actually backfired in the end

• high hand

• hard line

• harsh heart

• tough grip

Although the project ... difficulties, everyone believes that their team will eventually manage to succeed

• bristles with

• trifles with

• cripples with

• grapples with

He is an old .... who likes to meddle with everybody's affairs in the neighborhood (busy)