question: Complete the next sentence:

How to keep snakes away
Keep your yard free of clutter.
Snakes are ambush predators, meaning they like to attack their prey from dark hiding places. As such, clutter is essentially an open invitation to snakes, giving them perfect hiding spots.
OPTIONS:
- Since snakes may hide in unexpected situations, it's important that you keep your home and yard free of clutter. Arrange your yard to be the ideal site for snakes in the snowy winter.
- But it also provides excellent hiding places for animals, insects, and vermin, so any animal that visits the area should be avoided. If possible, have a large trap for your snake to hide in instead of an obstacle so it doesn't have to reach or fetch something.
- Rats are a regular occurrence in the flesh, so there's no need to keep lots of junk and garbage around during the day. Mail trays, newspapers, and magazines are good things to keep from attracting snakes, however.
- Piles of leaves, compost piles, straw mulch, wood chip mulch, stacks of firewood, and piles of cut grass are all comfortable places that snakes like to hide in, so these should be removed from your yard. Instead of wood mulch, consider crushed stone.

answer: Piles of leaves, compost piles, straw mulch, wood chip mulch, stacks of firewood, and piles of cut grass are all comfortable places that snakes like to hide in, so these should be removed from your yard. Instead of wood mulch, consider crushed stone.

question: Complete the next sentence:

How to install tiles on a concrete basement floor
Pick the right tile.
Concrete floors are dull, drab and boring, but oftentimes people lack the time or the necessity to lay down an alternative floor. Most often, concrete floors are seen in basements and other out of the way places.
OPTIONS:
- You should consider the current layout of your flooring if you are working with a green design, such as heavily stained wood or concrete decorations. You may want to choose a concrete floor for concrete walls instead to add uniformity to your flooring.
- However, if you choose to remodel your basement and need a new floor, the first thing to consider is what type of floor you need. Several varieties of tiles, including ceramic and vinyl, can be used; choose the one that best suits your anticipated use.
- With concrete floor meters, a more sophisticated perspective on how the entire surface looks is ways of comparing both of the most important parts of a concrete surface to its fairly bare edge. If you have concrete floor meters, read about these installers which will help you understand how to build your new subfloor.
- In general, slate flooring has tiles that are at least 4 feet (1.8 m) thick, but also are often painted in metallic color. In order to be a good rule of thumb, use tiles with wider entrances to larger spaces.

answer: However, if you choose to remodel your basement and need a new floor, the first thing to consider is what type of floor you need. Several varieties of tiles, including ceramic and vinyl, can be used; choose the one that best suits your anticipated use.

question: Complete the next sentence:

The man continues to slam at the ice on the car with the mallet as the ice chips off in chunks. the man
OPTIONS:
- finally wins and he shakes out the lightning rod before returning to the car and hitting the ice again.
- attempts to hit the fish with the mallet, moving the white fish splatters on the back of the tarp and covering his face.
- continues to crowd the car with the mallet until the last section of the ice is gone with the mallet hanging wobbly between his fingers.
- tries to open his trunk again, this time the opening is easier and the man climbs into the trunk of the car to the front of the car to open the drivers door from the inside drivers seat.

answer:
tries to open his trunk again, this time the opening is easier and the man climbs into the trunk of the car to the front of the car to open the drivers door from the inside drivers seat.