1. It is extremely difficult to please the _____ gourmet who has never rated a restaurant with “excellent.”  (104年三等考題) 


2. The     melody of the piano echoed through the empty halls, evoking memories of lost love. (114年三等考題) 


3. 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) 


4. Some college students seemed to have become _____ creatures staying up to chat, to play online games, or to surf the Internet.  (102年三等考題) 


5. The writer has     himself with his latest novel, which is well received by both readers and critics. (113年四等考題) 


6. It is generally believed that examinations are not the only means of _____ a student's ability. (107年四等考題) 


7. The teacher encourages her students to     through picture books at the school library to find their favorite stories. (114年四等考題) 


8. What you are getting now is a _____ schedule for events in the coming year, which should be finalized by the end of this month. (110年三等考題) 


9. Passengers are only allowed to carry a certain amount of _____ baggage when boarding an airplane. (104年四等考題) 


10. The journalist was finally caught _____ all the stories he had made up for the newspaper he worked for.  (110年三等考題) 


11. 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) 


12. After we transformed our paper files to     records, we found it much easier to search them. (114年四等考題) 


13. One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's top officials arrived at the United States where he is expected to help _____ the groundwork for talks between Kim and US President in Singapore. (108年三等考題) 


14. The dentist fills in the     in her tooth in case that the decay gets larger in the future and leads to serious toothache and even tooth loss. (113年三等考題) 


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


16. I don’t think what you say is _____ to the topic; please get back to the subject. (103年四等考題) 


17. 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) 


18. If you are planning to _____, Canada may be a good destination. (109年四等考題) 


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


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


21. Following workplace etiquette rules can ensure that we don't accidentally     our colleagues or clients. (113年四等考題) 


22. It's a simple act of     to always hold the door for the person behind you. (114年四等考題) 


23. Some researchers concluded that maturation rather than rhythmic training significantly affects 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade children’s ability to _____ their body movements with rhythmic stimuli.  (102年三等考題) 


24. John was appointed ambassador to the United States. He was granted the _____ of port, and his personal luggage was free from inspection. (108年四等考題) 


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


26. At the sport stadium, most of the crowd were cheering for the     to win just this one time as the team was from a remote slum district. (113年三等考題) 


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


28. Engineers built a canal and implemented irrigation systems to transform deserts into     and productive land. (114年四等考題) 


29. Russia faces more _____ from the European Union over the Ukraine crisis, but the action likely will hurt EU economies. (107年四等考題) 


30. If you want to open a bank account, you must provide proof of _____. (106年四等考題) 


31. 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) 


32. In comparison with other universities in the country, this university is much smaller with only 5,500 students and 235     members. (114年三等考題) 


33. We should never _____ to the enemy known as addiction. Once we give in, we give ourselves up. (110年四等考題) 


34. When donating a huge sum of money to charities, she prefers being an _____ donor and keeps her identity unknown to the public. (112年三等考題) 


35. Each February, people flock to Japan for the Snow Festival in order to see the hundreds of ice _____ and statues carved by ice artists. (107年四等考題) 


36. The recent rise in oil prices had a great _____ on many aspects of our everyday life. (111年四等考題) 


37. 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) 


38. The police _____ a farmhouse where the terrorist leader was believed to be hiding, but found nothing. (104年四等考題) 


39. Emotional manipulation from a family member, coworker, or trusted friend can have negative _____ for your quality of life. (112年四等考題) 


40. Because of the heavy rainfall today, all public _____ will only be running on major thoroughfares. (112年四等考題) 


41. Car tires that fit vehicles and the weather conditions are made of rubber     with other chemicals and materials. (113年四等考題) 


42. The profits will be equally divided _____ the five stock holders. (104年四等考題) 


43. 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) 


44. The company's new policy requiring female workers to wear high heels     when a number of female employees threatened to quit. (113年三等考題) 


45. Our organization doesn’t support any political party and has rigorous safeguards in place at every level to protect our _____. (109年三等考題) 


46. Chemotherapy did not make John feel better. Instead, his health started to _____ soon after. (110年三等考題) 


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


48. During summer I always have a strong     for shaved ice to help me feel cool. (114年四等考題) 


49. Doctor Wong is promoted because he has done an excellent job of supervising the medical _____. (108年三等考題) 


50. 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)