1. Sherlock Holmes [   ] smoke in the air and assumed the killer had not left for too long.


2. The manager insists that the door [   ] locked at night.


3. I have to study for my math exam. I don’t want any [   ]. Please do not talk to me or play loud music.


4. The driver was driving her car and reading a text message, and that was exactly [   ] she bumped into the motorcyclist.


5. Tim is terrible at [   ] a trip. He always takes to much stuff.


6. The good weather and beautiful beaches make this island a great [   ] attraction.


7. A brand brings a set of [   ] in the mind of the consumer and one of these is the country of origin.


8. A few political extremists [   ] the crowd to attack the police.


9. The government is taking a very [   ] approach to managing this economic crisis.


10. Athletes always wear clothes made of [   ] materials, so they may stretch their bodies without difficulty.


11. It is essential that officials at all levels of government refuse to accept [   ] from business interests.


12. If Sonia [   ] sorry for being late, she’d have apologized to me by now.


13. Employees considered non-essential were    . The temporary leave resulted from bad economic situations. 


14. Brian and Jerry are close friends [   ] their difference in age and religion.


15. Cheating in exams is a serious [   ] of the school regulations.


16. A lot of heavy smokers [   ] lung cancer every year.


17. In this age of globalization, when people have more chances to travel, it is a great [   ] to speak more than one language.


18. It has been so cold lately [   ] I have never felt like going out.


19. The book costs NT$1,200, [   ] of packing and delivery.


20. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication [   ] the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.


21. A: Excuse me. I lost my cell phone on the MRT train. B: [   ] A: I lost my cell phone on the MRT train. Can you help me find it?


22. The traffic accident took three lives, [   ] the truck driver.


23. He is a very conscientious professor. Never [   ] he let his students leave his classes earlier.


24. The flooding after the typhoon [   ] many houses.


25. The former CEO of Highhills Inc. was believed [   ] a suicide.


26. As [   ] as it had started, the rain stopped and the sun came out from the blue sky.


27. The interviewers were all very [   ] with the answers the job applicant gave.


28. Hotel guests who [   ] checking out after 1:00 P.M. should contact the front desk.


29. Though unwilling to follow his father’s footsteps, Jason still [   ] the family business when his father passed away.


30. A thorough analysis of market [   ] can increase the success rate of a new product.


31. Old soldiers never die; they only [   ].


32. Children like to go trick-or-treating in special     on Halloween. Some may dress like an angel or a robot. 


33. A:My goodness! There are so many people waiting outside! B: [   ] A: Maybe we should just go to another restaurant. Looks like it will take forever to go get in. B: That’s a good idea.


34. Cultures [   ], so we sometimes need to adjust our behavior when we are in a new country.


35. Free Spirit Team will probably [   ] the speech contest as it is much better than our team.


36. They made every possible [   ] to overcome the difficulty which they faced.


37. A 5-year-old child was lost in the __. The forest made it hard to trace him down. 


38. Many ads use our __—like fear or love—to persuade us that we need the product. 


39. Joseph is a man of great [   ]. Once he has made up his mind, no one can change it.


40. A: Hey, do you have a minute? B: [   ]


41. Most of the people in my office want to stay [   ], so they exercise regularly.


42. My uncle had a 15-year-long [   ] in business before he became a teacher.


43. The [   ] of this button is to make sure we can stop the machine if things go wrong.


44. She could not concentrate when phone calls or visitors kept interrupting her thoughts, so she took a [   ] walk along the river, thinking over her career plan.


45. He bought a car right after he obtained a driver's [   ].


46. Could you please tell me [   ]?


47. [   ] before the twentieth century, traders carried coffee from Africa to Arabia.


48. He was an [   ] player until 20 when he turned professional.


49. The social welfare system [   ] provide the underprivileged people with sufficient support.


50. The freeway is now __ to motorists after it was blocked off by a huge landslide yesterday.