1. I haven’t decided when I’m __ New York. I’ll let you know once I get the flight ticket. 


2. A: [   ]. What’s been going on? B: What do you mean by that? A:Look. You quit smoking. You no longer drive to work; instead, you use public transportation. And you eat really healthy food. You are going “green.”


3. Violence has become so [   ] in movies these days that many parents do not want their children to watch them.


4. At Patty’s wedding, her mother made a few polite [   ] about her husband’s family.


5. That is my [   ] favorite restaurant. The service is bad and the food doesn't taste good.


6. [   ], I didn’t like Susie, but then I found she was a nice girl. Now we’re good friends.


7.     the CEO walked into the conference room, all department managers became very nervous. 


8. A: What are you doing this weekend, Emma? B: [   ]


9. The traffic accident resulted from the [   ] of the traffic laws.


10. You are the leader of this team; therefore, you need to listen to your members’ ideas and write down [   ] points for later discussion.


11. The farmer put a lot of [   ] on his rice field, hoping that the crops may flourish.


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


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


14. We have to admit that everyone of us is more or less [   ] to some sort of superstition.


15. The team that won the championship was awarded a glittering [   ].


16. If a soldier lost his weapons in a [   ], he needed to fight with just his body.


17. You should have finished this work a week ago, but you didn’t. I think you should give me an [   ].


18. In the face of energy crisis, scientists worldwide are now exploring [   ] energy to replace fossil fuels.


19. I [   ] use a payphone. I just use my cellphone instead.


20. After eleven o’clock in the evening, the bus is empty [   ] the driver and the conductor.


21. Sharon was going to pay for the yellow blouse with credit card, [   ] then decided to pay cash instead.


22. The job of a dentist [   ] a lot of patience.


23. All of [   ] have joined the on-the-job training.


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


25. Many of our character traits are not tested [   ] we are in a difficult situation.


26. Foreign-trained employees have to [   ] their learned skill-sets to the local market.


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


28. The local farmers are looking to advanced agriculture as better protection from foreign [   ] after Taiwan joins the WTO.


29. Michelle would certainly have attended advisory board meeting __ on the highway. 


30. The secretary was [   ] for work because of the heavy traffic.


31. A:How nice to meet you again, Ms. Wu. B: [   ]


32. The town [   ] great changes since I was here last time.


33. 《John》: Sorry, my English is very poor. 《Jay》: Don’t worry. Mine is not [   ] better.


34. Tina plans to [   ] children in a remote school in the mountains after college.


35. 《Pam》:John, where are the cookies? Don’t tell me you ate them all! Again! 《John》:Yes, I did. [   ] They were so good. 《Pam》: I thought you didn’t like cookies. 《John》: Well, I don’t like cookies flavored with chocolate at all. But vanilla is different. I love them to death.


36. The [   ] of the theory is still being questioned since a number of researchers disagree with its main argument.


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


38. We are so glad that Miss Snow is teaching [   ] English.


39. 《Clerk》: Can I help you, Sir? 《David》: Yes. I want to buy a pair of jeans, Size L. 《Clerk》: I have several in your size. [   ]《David》: Yes, of course.


40. Jim is very [   ] and dynamic; he enjoys physical activities and you can seldom see him stay still for more than ten minutes.


41. The economy in that country is facing a severe slowdown and possibly a __ in the next few years. 


42.     I read the proposal     the budget was so high. 


43. More advances in technology [   ] in the last decade than in any other time in human history.


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


45. The [   ] of food in this world is unequal. Some suffer from hunger in many areas such as in Africa.


46. This book offers a     guide to hotels in Tokyo. The author made a report on every single hotel there. 


47. 《Sandra》:I think watching TV is a waste of time. Most programs are stupid or boring. 《Jack》: [   ] What about sports or the news? You watch those sometimes, don’t you? 《Sandra》: Well, actually for the news, I prefer the newspaper.


48. Peggy has a big advantage [   ] most girls when it comes to basketball because she’s so tall.


49. If Miss Chen works for another 5 years, she will be [   ] for a pension when she retires.


50. John [   ] broke his glasses while playing basketball with his classmates. He should have been more careful.