Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Whatever made you think ________ such a thing?

2. Hello, Mary. I can't be sure I'll be home in time for dinner. I ________ be late.

3. Would you agree that men pay less attention ________ than women do?

4. He has just taken an examination ________ chemistry.

5. Please ________ and see us some time - you're always welcome

6. He gave a dramatic ________ of his adventures in the heart of Africa.

7. I tried to reason ________ him, but he was very rude to me.

8. He was an ________ writer because he persuaded many people to see the trust of his idea.

9. Students are not ________ to smoke in any of the classrooms.

10. As cunning as a ________ = very clever, very smart.

11. Since his wife died, Roland has gone to ________.

12. This year his company made a ________ but next year we hope to make a profit.

13. What a mess! The papers need ________.

14. I don't think I have ________ eaten Indonesian food before.

15. Will you ________ me to go to the bank in the morning?

16. The falling inflation rate is ________ to a decrease in the amount of borrowing.

17. Surprisingly, the frontier guards seemed ________ at our presence.

18. The murdered man is thought to ________ known the identity of his killer.

19. He ________ a very interesting story.

20. The books I borrowed are overdue. I'll have to take them back to the ________.