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


2. According to our justice system, the suspect will be considered [   ] until proven guilty.


3. Don’t ask me to go with you. I’m not going, because my [   ] is made up.


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


5. Natural disasters, such as typhoons and [   ], kill lots of people each year.


6. Having published many important papers, he enjoys a high __ as a scholar. 


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


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


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


10. The government is figuring out ways to maintain our economic [   ] so that the unemployment rate will go down.


11. Steve Jobs’ [   ] mastery of technological innovations and aesthetics successfully transformed the landscape of consumer electronics industry.


12. Can you [   ] how old Ms. Wang is? She is 50, but she looks as if she were only 30.


13. Free Spirit Team will probably __ the speech contest as it is much better than our team. 


14. Parents with [   ] daughters and sons can bring up the problems they had with their 13 to 18 year-old children at the meeting next week.


15. A:I’d like to know whether foreign banks earn less profit when they deal with small firms instead of large conglomerates. B:[   ] They earn more. A friend of mine told me so.


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


17. The National Palace Museum will continue to cooperate with Beijing's Palace Museum [   ] will not loan artifacts to China.


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


19. Small businesses usually can respond to new market     fast and make necessary changes. 


20. 《Customer》: I’m looking for a portable CD player. 《Salesgirl》: [   ]《Customer》: Hmm. Do you have something a little less expensive?


21. You could not [   ] all of your readings the night before the exam. You had better start to prepare for the test at least a week earlier.


22. It didn’t take us long to get here because there [   ] traffic.


23. I’m a grown man. Don’t talk to me [   ] I were a three-year-old kid.


24. Peter always complains about the hot and [   ] weather in Taiwan. He misses the dry and cool seasons in Florida.


25. Accounting is a profession [   ] has always interested me.


26. I remember you. You [   ] to go to school here.


27. A:Why did Judy leave? B: [   ]


28. A:Why do you think Mr. Wang likes his new job? B:When I talked with him, he seemed [   ] to discuss his work.


29. [   ] in 1952, the MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the world’s most prestigious business school.


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


31. The book costs NT$1,200, __ of packing and delivery. 


32. 《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.


33. The man spent so little time with his family [   ] his daughter didn’t even recognize him.


34. From now on, all visitors to the building must show their [   ] in the lobby.


35. Our boss [   ] the importance of our finishing the report over the weekend, since he wanted to discuss it at the meeting on Monday morning.


36. If you [   ] that HBO movie last night, you wouldn’t be so drowsy now.


37. A brake is a device designed to [   ] or stop the motion of a mechanical body.


38. [   ] month of the year in Taiwan is usually December or January.


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


40. Oscar doesn’t like to watch baseball games. [   ] does his twin brother.


41. A: What’s for dinner? B: How about some sushi? A: [   ] I prefer a hot bowl of noodles to a cold dish. B: I see. Let’s have our dinner at the noodles stand across the street.


42. 《Woman》: May I speak to Mr. Smith? 《Man》: [   ]《Woman》: Never mind. I will call him again later this afternoon.


43. Not only the assistant managers but also the secretary [   ] that the company is failing.


44. Please do not [   ]. The waste bin is just around the corner.


45. Jenny was brought up in a poor family. She had to [   ] her free time to baby-sit her neighbor’s 2-year-old boy to pay for her high school education.


46. 《Joanna》: I want to go shopping. [   ]《Rainy》: Sure. I also want to buy some winter clothes.


47. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication __ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered. 


48. His novel was [   ] by all the major publishers. Finally, a small publisher printed it and it became a best seller.


49. Let’s __ jump to the conclusion, okay? 


50. This brand of detergent is your best choice because it [   ] the toughest stains and won’t fade colors or damage fabric.