Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

 1. After the way she treated you, if I ________ in your place, I wouldn't return the call.

2. I'm afraid I've got ________ my doctor today.

3. Too many undergraduates think it is easy to ________ a job once they leave university. Unfortunately, jobs for graduates are getting scare. Finding a suitable one is another problem.

4. I ________ the flowers yesterday morning.

5. ________ he leaves or I leave.

6. I shall be working late ________ office this evening.

7. Alan Clarke was an interesting man but sometimes he was a bit economical with the ________.

8. I am sorry that I can't ________ your invitation.

9. The whole story is made up. It's nothing but a ________ of lies.

10. He thanked me for what I ________ the previous week.

11. Human beings, as distinct from ________ animals, can think for themselves.

12. Your room is a mess! ________ it up at once!

13. Because they usually receive the same score on standardized examinations, there is often disagreement as to ________ is the better student, Bob or Helen.

14. I ________ as ill as I do now for a long time.

15. The examiners often ________ extremely difficult questions for the literature exam.