1. I was just falling asleep at nine, _____ a strange noise woke me up. (108年第一銀行考題) 


2. The practice, while considered unacceptable in big cities, was actually pretty common in _____ areas. (109年合作金庫考題) 


3. I haven't had much of an     recently. I haven't been in the mood to eat at all. (113年合作金庫考題) 


4. If a government or organization _____ a tax or other sum of money, it demands it from people or organizations. (110年合作金庫考題) 


5. The owner of the restaurant is facing severe _____ after its employees left because they haven’t been paid for three months. (108年兆豐銀行考題) 


6. The company’s president hired an expert to _____ the problem, but it remains unsolved after six months. (110年土地銀行考題) 


7. Participants of the conference can claim their conference bags _____ arrival at the conference site. (109年臺灣銀行考題) 


8. _____ our Earth, we must stop all kinds of pollutions. (110年合庫金控考題) 


9. My supervisor had the evaluation report     two days before the deadline. (114年合作金庫考題) 


10. I avoid     downtown whenever I can. The traffic and parking can be quite challenging. (113年合作金庫考題) 


11. If Emily _____ by her secretary, she would not have missed the meeting yesterday. (110年臺灣銀行考題) 


12. Fourteen people, including performers and audience, were injured when the stage _____ in an outdoor concert last night. (109年合作金庫考題) 


13. It’s a little cold in the room. Do you mind _____ the window? (108年土地銀行考題) 


14. The police arrested a _____ after two weeks of investigation. (108年合作金庫考題) 


15. She is going to give a presentation tomorrow, and she feels a lot of _____. (112年合作金庫考題) 


16. My family will return from Italy _____ two weeks. (107年第一銀行考題) 


17. The idea behind self-compassion is that we should treat ourselves kindly when we make mistakes, and avoid _____ by negative emotions. (112年第一銀行考題) 


18. That intersection is the exact spot     the accident happened. (114年兆豐銀行考題) 


19. In almost every action adventure movie, the leading protagonist always     the mission in the end. (113年合作金庫考題) 


20. The stairs and floor outside the building would become _____ after the rain. (108年臺灣中小企業銀行考題) 


21. The mother felt desperate because there was _____ hope for her son’s full recovery after the car accident. (108年兆豐銀行考題) 


22. Online shopping is thriving and is the latest _____ among people. It signals a complete shift in the behavior of consumers. They have more choices to purchase and more ways to assess products. (108年合作金庫考題) 


23. There's not even a typo in John's paper. He checked his work _____ to the last minute before the deadline. (107年第一銀行考題) 


24. Tom spent the whole afternoon _____ Jessica to use the company inventory system. (108年臺灣中小企業銀行考題) 


25. This proliferation, _____, could become very dangerous to human life. (108年第一銀行考題) 


26. Prices of almost all commodities have gone up a lot recently, and the government is trying hard to keep _____ down. (112年合作金庫考題) 


27. _____ the bell rings, the teacher locks the door to prevent the late comers from entering the classroom. (112年合作金庫考題) 


28. The kindergarten kid is reluctant _____ the classroom on the first day of school. (108年兆豐銀行考題) 


29. With     , James was mistaken as the killer of a dead woman. (113年第一銀行考題) 


30. ※請依上文回答問題※ What is special about some pet hotels? (113年臺灣銀行考題) 


31. There are still many things we need to _____ about the incident. We still don’t quite understand why and how it happened. (109年第一銀行考題) 


32. His promise is _____ good to be true. There must be something wrong. (110年第一銀行考題) 


33. More crimes _____ in summer than in any other season. (108年第一銀行考題) 


34. In that TV interview, a desperate mother spoke of her _____ efforts in trying to find her teenage daughter who had run away from home. (108年合作金庫考題) 


35. The team worked     to meet the tight deadline for the project. (113年第一銀行考題) 


36. The little boy is crying because he misses his mother very much. _____ his mother can make him stop right now. (112年兆豐銀行考題) 


37. People who _____ the laws or regulations must be punished. (110年第一銀行考題) 


38. According to the regulations, all goods must pass through a machine _____ prohibited substances are detected. (108年彰化銀行考題) 


39. Once a hard drive of a computer is broken, it is almost impossible for technicians to _____ the data originally saved on it. (109年臺灣銀行考題) 


40. Most airline companies request that every passenger _____ his or her cellphone before takeoff. (112年臺灣銀行考題) 


41. This book is the ultimate collection of best practices for aspiring and experienced lawyers _____. (107年彰化銀行考題) 


42. The _____ terror attack on Muslims in a mosque in New Zealand has once again raised public’s awareness on the issue of gun control. (108年兆豐銀行考題) 


43. Waking up with a hangover can be awful. The intense headache coupled with random waves of nausea _____ usually enough to make you consider giving up drinking forever. (109年合作金庫考題) 


44. Ever since his grandmother gave him an iPad, he _____ more than 10 hours a day playing games and chatting with friends online. (111年合作金庫考題) 


45. After intense _____ between lawyers from both sides, the jury’s final decision was unanimous that the man is guilty. (111年臺灣銀行考題) 


46. The management expert says forcing a group of superstars to work together may _____ a fatal explosion. (107年彰化銀行考題) 


47. Over the years, dust began to     on the old bookshelf, making it look dirty and neglected. (114年合作金庫考題) 


48. I've always seen my right to vote as a(n) _____-- a duty of citizenship; the right thing to do. (108年第一銀行考題) 


49. The shift toward organic farming emphasizes the use of natural     instead of chemicals. (114年合作金庫考題) 


50. The bus was _____ we could only stand right next to the rear door. (111年合作金庫考題)