1. He ________ off at me again simply because I had forgotten to lock the back door after I came home.

2. The teacher asked her students to do their ________ .

3. I ________ attentively to the lecture on philosophy but I still didn't understand much of it.

4. I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of ________ .

5. When your train arrives, I'll ________ you from the station.

6. I read the ________ of that book but I couldn't possibly read the whole story.

7. As far as I was concerned when the accident happened, it was the ________ of the end.

8. You can't miss it, it's that tall building right at the ________ of the road.

9. The brothers will ________ school both together at the end of this year.

10. I ________ my car to make sure it worked about ten mintues before I drove to work.