1. Although Irene failed to make the national swimming team this year, she refused to live her life _____ like a loser; instead she practiced even harder to try again next year. (112年三等考題) 


2. A _____ of scandals and revelations has collectively undermined the government over the past year. (109年三等考題) 


3. If moral courage is indeed one of the core _____ of humanity, we need to find ways to express and support it.  (102年三等考題) 


4. The patients are asked to _____ for their medical expenses if they want to gain better medical service from their doctors. (112年三等考題) 


5. When we don't believe we have the resources or abilities to cope with a certain problem or stimuli, we create _____ behaviors to deny or avoid it. (112年三等考題) 


6. The police have tried to bring him to _____, but his slick lawyers always get the case thrown out of court. (107年四等考題) 


7. The regulations allow you to bring back only one liter of alcoholic _____ duty-free for personal use.  (104年三等考題) 


8. Small particles in the air can _____ the lungs and enter the bloodstream. (111年四等考題) 


9. New Scientist is a science magazine for everyone, both young & old, _____ & professional. (108年四等考題) 


10. Be sure to be _____ at the interview. It gives a very good first impression. (103年四等考題) 


11. Other than being cold, hungry, and thirsty, John was in good condition, lucid, and speaking _____ when rescued from a blizzard.  (103年三等考題) 


12. A tax relief program _____ qualifying homeowners for increases in local property taxes on their primary residences.  (104年三等考題) 


13. The International Olympic Committee announced there would be a team of _____ in Rio 2016, who escaped from their own country because of war. (109年四等考題) 


14. Koalas are often _____ identified due to their appearance as a member of the bear family, but they are scientifically classified as a marsupial related to kangaroos. (109年三等考題) 


15. Sandy always teaches evening classes, but today she is _____ for a sick teacher in the morning class.  (111年三等考題) 


16. Parents often speak to children about the dangers of dishonesty, but research has shown that kids who know how to _____ are better adjusted. (108年四等考題) 


17. The newspaper _____ that the mayor has accepted bribes but it provides neither source of information nor evidence. (104年四等考題) 


18. People are encouraged to give _____ seats to the elderly and the pregnant women. (111年四等考題) 


19. With Hinojosa’s great abilities at customs administration, she can _____ act as the best candidate for the World Customs Organization. (104年四等考題) 


20. The manager demands a _____ reply from his coworkers when he sends them a message because he hates to wait. (107年四等考題) 


21. One of the more frightening _____ of avalanches is that people can be covered by a deep layer of snow, unable to escape. (109年四等考題) 


22. The government warned that drunk driving, if not strictly forbidden, would _____ result in more fatal accidents.  (111年四等考題) 


23. Lack of financial resources, the political activists had no choice but using a low-tech _____ form to publish their newspapers. (107年四等考題) 


24. Which _____ do you use to make your clothes always so clean and white? (112年四等考題) 


25. One important way to _____ export trade in a country is to create a nation’s image as a quality provider because people usually are more willing to import goods with excellent quality from other countries. (104年四等考題) 


26. In the business world, you can usually tell what kind of a person you are speaking to by the kind of jobs they are doing or the _____ they have in their organizations. (106年四等考題) 


27. To cut down on the man power, the company offered a golden _____ to many of their senior employees for early retirement. (104年四等考題) 


28. Experts of education are concerned about the negative influence on children and adolescents from the daily _____ of vulgar language, sex, and violence on TV shows.  (105年三等考題) 


29. Finally, _____ resolving one last misunderstanding between them, Bridget’s plan to marry Mark is confirmed by the scene of both of them kissing each other. (104年四等考題) 


30. _____ studying at school, John had developed a friendship with a Norwegian student who had a particular relationship with the natural world. (111年四等考題) 


31. John's report is _____ with 100 full-color photographs that depict the grandeur of the landscape in this national park. (112年四等考題) 


32. The long distant march had _____ every soldier. Upon hearing the order of rest, they laid down on the grass. (112年四等考題) 


33. People suffering from economic recession will migrate from the country to the city, mostly attracted by the _____ of work. (107年三等考題) 


34. People think CO thins the ozone _____ that protects us from the sun’s rays. (109年四等考題) 


35. Please arrive 20 minutes earlier for your scheduled _____. For cancelation, please let the front desk know two hours in advance. (110年四等考題) 


36. Some people _____ a campaign for animal rights to raise funds for shelters. (108年四等考題) 


37. After being interrogated by the police for two days, the suspect finally _____ to the crime. (108年三等考題) 


38. Learning should be a _____ process rather than a static one. (112年四等考題) 


39. New facilities have been added to _____ the special needs of elderly residents. (112年四等考題) 


40. The doctor says to the patient that, with proper _____, he can expect to live a normal lifespan. (105年四等考題) 


41. High blood pressure is a serious symptom of cardiovascular _____ and can be the smoking gun behind strokes, heart attacks, and more. (109年三等考題) 


42. They have a very _____ relationship between them. They keep no secret from each other. (103年四等考題) 


43. With proper _____ , employees would do their jobs willingly and efficiently. (103年四等考題) 


44. Military war dogs, like combat soldiers, also _____ from post-traumatic stress disorder. (109年四等考題) 


45. Being a professional artist, Lisa mostly makes drawings, paintings, and sculptures, and _____she is invited to make fashion illustrations. (112年三等考題) 


46. Betty’s neat and cozy apartment is like a _____ to her because when she gets home, she feels safe and relaxed. (106年三等考題) 


47. Several reviewers considered Cooper's study to be well-designed and well-conducted, while others remained _____ about some of the data used in the study.  (103年三等考題) 


48. The way the government tackles the problem of civil war in this country is _____ because it has never ended in such a peaceful manner. (112年三等考題) 


49. The speaker did not deliver her message in an overt manner when she stated _____ about her criticism of the government’s policy to deport the illegal immigrants in the country. (111年三等考題) 


50. A group of scientists recently created a system that _____ brain waves into words by focusing on the physical movements related to speech. (109年三等考題)