1. The population in Los Angeles is _____ Hispanic American. More than half of the people there speak Spanish. (111年三等考題) 


2. Mexico's capital is a metropolis with more than 20 million people, the elite _____ are at the center of the business, political and cultural hub of the nation. (111年四等考題) 


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


4. With the typhoon     , people in the coastal town stored some supplies in advance. (114年四等考題) 


5. Our research on the elderly has shown that those who have dementia often appear to suffer a double _____ of age and cognitive disability. (109年三等考題) 


6. Rags-to-riches stories read like scripts for movies, but they're the true-life dramas of     born into deep poverty but becoming superstars. (113年三等考題) 


7. The sound of the vacuum cleaner echoed through the house as my father did his     chores. (114年四等考題) 


8. The computer company's annual sales _____ by 40%, leading to a serious drop in profits. (111年四等考題) 


9. If you can     me with the cooking, we can have dinner ready by the time our guests arrive. (114年四等考題) 


10. The government does not have to worry about the morality of the people; it is the people who need to be concerned with the _____ of the government.  (103年三等考題) 


11. He needs to have five-year practical experiences to be     for this job. (113年四等考題) 


12. Newly developed data visualization types are more complex in form and content, and thus are more     for users to decode and make sense of. (113年三等考題) 


13. Cape Town is so _____ that it rightly places high in any ranking of the most scenic big cities on the planet.  (103年三等考題) 


14. Tom has a     of darkness, so his mom puts a night light beside the bed. (113年四等考題) 


15. Exercise can physically _____ you out and substantially improve your sleep. (112年四等考題) 


16. Christmas is coming, and the Lins have started to _____ their Christmas tree. (103年四等考題) 


17. 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) 


18. 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) 


19. The way our eyes and brain handle information has become _____. Thanks to television, film and computers, our ability to process images is faster. (112年三等考題) 


20. The all-inclusive tours offered by the new travel agency _____. (105年四等考題) 


21. Looking back, the great dancer Martha Graham said, “Being inspired by a dance recital was one thing; making a career choice, quite _____. (105年四等考題) 


22. After six years’ outstanding military service, Jason received an honorable _____.  (105年三等考題) 


23. A _____ of the king appears in the new coinage. (112年四等考題) 


24. The airport had been     closed to all air traffic due to a bomb threat, and it was not reopened until three hours later. (114年三等考題) 


25. Originally designed as a     attraction to celebrate the new Millennium, the London Eye has unexpectedly become the most popular paid-for attraction in the UK. (113年四等考題) 


26. 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) 


27. Sally doesn't get along with her friends because of her _____ manners. (112年四等考題) 


28. The Department of Finance has issued a new set of accounting _____ and guidelines for business. (111年四等考題) 


29. To write a good cover letter for job application, one should avoid a _____ opening and try something a bit more original.  (102年三等考題) 


30. A problem in the older boiling-water reactors would become disastrous because of a _____ safety system that houses the nuclear fuel.  (103年三等考題) 


31. We are seeking advice on how to best _____ our broken-up pool deck, hopefully making it look as before.  (104年三等考題) 


32. _____ 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) 


33. What are some of the things in life that you have trouble _____ and try every means to prevent them from happening? (103年四等考題) 


34. As a safety feature, this machine has a special     which will shut itself off if it begins to overheat. (113年三等考題) 


35. 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) 


36. Marathon runners who run for a long period should _____ their diets with sports drinks. (106年三等考題) 


37. 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) 


38. After a long standoff, the two countries eventually agree to work together for _____ benefits. (111年四等考題) 


39. Many people are hooked on horror movies; they love to be scared _____. (107年四等考題) 


40. Diseases that have high profiles and vocal activists such as AIDS attract far more interest and money from big donors based partly on the mistaken belief that they kill most children.  (102年三等考題) 


41. 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) 


42. I could hardly _____ Susan, my kindergarten classmate. She had become so tall and pretty. (103年四等考題) 


43. The _____ about the border between the two countries gradually heated up. (103年四等考題) 


44. It is believed that the _____ have been living on Austonesian (Southern Asian) Islands for thousands of years. (108年三等考題) 


45. The life of the Amazon tribe is very _____. People make clothes from leaves and leather. (109年四等考題) 


46. In World War I, as in wars before, more people died from _____ of wounds than from the wounds themselves.  (111年四等考題) 


47. The new policies were designed to fund small businesses to     in a competitive market. (114年四等考題) 


48. Zoe got an _____ response upon inquiry when she applied for a tax refund in the Customs office this morning. She was very pleased with the public service they have provided. (104年四等考題) 


49. Despite facing numerous setbacks, Jane remained     and continued to pursue her dreams. (114年三等考題) 


50. Though we have discovered and named more than one million species, tens of millions of animals and plants have yet to be _____. (109年四等考題)