1. Professor Lin does [   ] not late assignments. Students have to hand them in on time.


2. To prevent sewage from entering the waterways and protect public health, the city councilman strongly demanded that the sewage system ____ in three months. 


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


4. The [   ] of this scholarship will receive $30,000.


5. The economy is in bad shape, one reason for which is the rising [   ] rate.


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


7. The Spanish Flu [   ] from 1918 to 1920 claimed over thirty million lives around the world.


8. The total number of the [   ] people in that remote area is decreasing.


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


10. If you [   ] my children, what subjects [   ] you teach them?


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


12. Mutual funds came into our country in recent years. This financial product was developed for those who do not have enough time, money and [   ] knowledge to invest.


13. Imagine [   ] an extra day off this weekend. That would be great.


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


15. My family’s newest [   ] is a print shop in Taipei.


16. In the movie, all the stuffed animals came [   ].


17. As he had grown up in the country, he was not [   ] to the fast pace of the city life when he first moved to Taipei.


18. A: Can you visit us in New York over Christmas? B: I really want to, but I don’t think I can. A: [   ]. What’s the problem?


19. I went to the store [   ].


20. The congressmen have reached a [   ] that smoking should be banned within thirty feet from the entrance of a building.


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


22. I usually buy daily necessities in the same grocery store. The clerks know me because I'm a regular [   ].


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


24. Tim [   ] down 12 cans of beer in 10 minutes and didn't show any sign of being drunk.


25. I saw Mary a week ago. She said she [   ] me the next day, but she didn’t.


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


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


28. Any revision of the law should be [   ] with the overall goal of the government's policy. The priority should be placed on the welfare of the citizens.


29. A lot of debris [   ] at the site of explosion for quite a while.


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


31. Keep in mind that smoking is strictly [   ] when you are handling explosive materials.


32. If a person doesn’t know a word, he or she should look it up in the [   ] in the back of the book.


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


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


35. When we receive text messages of promotions from a company, we must be [   ] of possible false advertisement out of which the company wants to make profit.


36. The president’s reckless actions have [   ] his country into a disaster.


37. A: Could you run over to the store? We need a few things. B: [   ] What do you want me to get? A: Well, could you pick up some sugar and a few oranges?


38. 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.


39. A:I am going absolutely crazy without my mobile phone. It’s been three days and I still haven’t found it. It’s my lifeline. B: [   ]. I don’t know why you are so dependent on it. I don’t have a mobile phone and I am doing just fine.


40. Many people want to do some sports, but there are not enough [   ] in the city.


41. Keep the [   ] card after you buy some appliances. You need to show it if repairs are necessary.


42. I suggest you [   ] the Internet because a lot of people have experienced the same problem before.


43. The suppliers will claim compensation if we partially ____ our contract with them. 


44. He can type very fast. He [   ] type 80 words a minute.


45. There were hundreds of [   ] at this ball game.


46. The minister went to Hong Kong to attend the conference [   ] our government.


47. The [   ] from the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro is amazing.


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


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


50. Foreign-trained employees have to __ their learned skill-sets to the local market.