Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase to fill in each blank. I was in a bad temper. It was just like the stress in my life that was 1 out of control. I could Probably 2 it to financial stress. My company was cutting jobs and they were 3 each worker's performance. This was 4 in those days of rising competition and 5 ompanies. The companies were getting smaller because of the 6 economic conditions, I knew I was being considered as one of the workers they would let go though I had been overworking. Or maybe it was my home life. My wife and I had gotten in an 7 and my 19-year-old daughter announced that she was leaving the house to move in with her boyfriend. I am usually not a person of quick 8 , but yesterday was different. I rode my bike to work 9 ; it's about 20 kilometers. I had stopped for a red light and then 10 when the light turned green. I had 11 the car coming from my right would stop, 12 it went right on through the red light and 13 hit me. I 14 had time to react. I grabbed my bike lock and threw it at his car, hitting his rear window and making a crack. The driver stopped and got out of the car. I laid my bike down and picked up the bike lock from the ground for 15 . Then he reached for his phone to call the police.