1. It is often said that prevention is better than cure, so why not take some __ in advance? 


2. You can never make him [   ] his mind.


3. The Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan last night for a six-day visit to [   ] victims of Typhoon Morakot.


4. In the United States, air pollution [   ] at its worst in the 1960s.


5. If you pay your bills on time, you will have good [   ].


6. To see is    . 


7. Simon is tall, but his brother is [   ] taller than him.


8. Sara felt [   ] tired [   ] exercise yesterday.


9. You can’t master English overnight! Remember that speaking it well [   ] a lot of practice.


10. To have her own clothing store, Jane borrowed money from family members to get her business __. 


11. All of my friends were opposed [   ] a party without Mary and John.


12. We [   ] tell John about the accident, shouldn’t we?


13. The UN has __ its troops from Iraq. Let’s hope that war will come to an end soon. 


14. I didn’t go to Taipei last week; I wish I [   ] there.


15. 《Tom》: Are you free tonight? 《Cathy》: [   ]《Tom》: Too bad. I was thinking maybe we could go see a movie tonight.


16. 《Linda》: Alex, it’s your turn to do the dishes, isn’t it? 《Alex》: [   ]《Linda》: You know very well that I did the dishes last night.


17. The [   ] you work, the [   ] you will succeed.


18. This child has been [   ] by his parents for a long time because they have been too busy working.


19. [   ] everyone else was studying hard for the midterm, Jimmy was reading comic strips to kill the time.


20. Janine will probably lose her job [   ] her boss in front of the entire staff last week.


21. Soon after they were born, most babies will develop a daily [   ] of eating and sleeping.


22. Academic performance should not be [   ] purely by examination results, which concern only a limited aspect of learning.


23. Tammy receives no payment because she is a [   ] worker in the hospital. She works there just because she enjoys helping people.


24. I didn’t believe [   ] Jeffrey said, [   ] annoyed him very much.


25. Parents should have [   ] rules for their children. These rules should not change according to parents’ mood.


26. The search engine gives the user easy [   ] to the required information.


27. A: Can you pass the test? B: [   ] A: Good for you. I’m very likely to fail.


28. I __ know him. I have talked to him no more than three times. 


29. I’m not [   ] you! Our team has just won both the gold medal and the silver medal.


30. The exact number of the audience is still unknown, but it is [   ] that there are around 10,000 people in the theater right now.


31. With a big family to support, John has been [   ] trying to get a job for months, but has not found one yet.


32. 《Mary》: How much juice would you like? 《Ted》: [   ] 《Mary》: No problem. We’ve plenty.


33. The shopping ____ policy aimed to stimulate consumption in order to boost up droopy economy. 


34. [   ] help us fly kites in spring and cool us in summer.


35. “What are you reading in that magazine?” “An article which [   ] fishing.”


36. Although the farmers had to work in the mud, they were all pleased, [   ] the rain had come in the nick of time.


37. Mark has been recording his daily activities in his [   ] since he was 10.


38. A:Did the committee members ask you many questions in your thesis defense? B: [   ]. I am not optimistic about the result of the defense.


39. Many runners aim to run like an [   ] .


40. The jury [   ] the prisoner guilty.


41. The knife isn’t useful because its [   ] is dull.


42. __ and blurred, it is extremely difficult to recover his sight. 


43. Historical insights serve to clarify and [   ] the critical activity of a period.


44. I’d like to take [   ] of this opportunity to thank you all for your co-operation.


45. There are two people in the office. One is John and [   ] is William.


46. When traveling around the world, a person must [   ] eating different types of food.


47. Gorillas are __ the best communicators of all animals. 


48. There was a rumor that there had been a minor accident at the nuclear power plant, but a spokesman for the plant issued a [   ].


49. [   ] for the sales in the first quarter may not necessarily be the final sales volume at the end of the quarter.


50. Many journalists do not [   ] whether or not it is appropriate to interview a child during a tragic event for he/she is usually too young to understand the trauma he/she is involved in.