1. The Ministry of Finance announced tax [   ] for the victims of the 921 earthquake and of typhoon Toraji.


2. Among the things that money cannot buy [   ] good health in the mind and body.


3. Many schools no longer ask students to wear [   ] nowadays.


4. I haven’t decided when I’m [   ] New York. I’ll let you know once I get the flight ticket.


5. When she [   ] in track-and-field events in the 1960 Olympics, Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals.


6. [   ] working part-time at a fast-food restaurant, Monty has made enough money to pay for his studies.


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


8. A thorough analysis of market ____ can increase the success rate of a new product. 


9. Many expressive people can recall     colorful childhoods; singer Carly Simon, comedian Billy Crystal, and poet Nikki Giovanni     their parents with involving them with richly creative experiences. 


10. The manager talks as if he     mad at you, but this is just the way he talks to everybody. 


11. I [   ] know him. I have talked to him no more than three times.


12. Defined most broadly, folklore includes all the customs, beliefs, and traditions that people have [   ] from generation to generation.


13. The habit of doing extensive reading helps to lay the __ of children’s writing skills. 


14. Mrs. Lin told Jane that she had to clean up her room and empty the dishwasher before she could leave for the game. Jane promised her mom that she [   ].


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


16. The government may require individuals to limit the carbon dioxide they produce to [   ] global warming.


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


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


19. Since Michael and I work in the same hospital, I can hardly avoid [   ] him.


20. Please turn off the light. We should save [   ]; otherwise, the bill might go up again.


21. The [   ] earthquake has buried over 18,000 lives in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.


22. Where did you have your hair [   ]?


23. 《Ken》:I have two tickets to the basketball game tonight. Would you like to go? 《Tim》: [   ]《Ken》: Why can’t you go? 《Tim》: I’ve got to hand in a 10-page report tomorrow morning and I’m still working on it.


24. The president’s speech about the investment [   ] my own feelings.


25. The total number of the staff is [   ] larger in our company than that in yours.


26. Tom’s desk was so [   ] with papers that it was hard to find anything.


27. The city is going to hold a public hearing to discuss     the historical building should be torn down. 


28. [   ] the family income, the Chang's could afford to buy a new car.


29. I have been taking the Yoga class [   ] I came to this school.


30. A:Don’t forget you still owe me fifty dollars. B: [   ]


31. As the project depends on [   ] at the federal level, the city and county may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.


32. I don’t know [   ]of the people in this room. Can you introduce each of them to me?


33. How much do you guess [   ]?


34. We could have gone swimming if the weather [   ] warm and sunny.


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


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


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


38. Not until Toyota debuted the model Prius in the late 1990s [   ] the technology of hybrid engine.


39. ____ the lobbying groups been backing up the new protocol, but several industry labor unions are now voicing their stern support for it. 


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


41. When there is no [   ], you had better compromise; otherwise, you might be caught at a deadlock.


42. His corruption as a government employer has put a [   ] on his long-standing reputation.


43. Tina’s legs were black and blue and she had several burn marks on the arms. She may have been [   ].


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


45. I read about the crime in the [   ].


46. A: What does 420 [   ] 100 equal? B: It equals 320.


47. Ms. Johnson was busy [   ] the house when the postman came.


48. It seemed that the walls    . 


49. [   ] the doctor’s warning, he still worked overtime to earn a living.


50. A [   ] of food can cause millions of people to die of hunger.