1. According to the new tax laws, your tax will increase [   ] your income. The more money you make, the higher your tax is going to be.


2. No city, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem [   ], is home to more Jewish people than New York.


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


4. Major newspapers have their Internet websites [   ] daily, so their readers can get the latest information.


5. 《Friend A》: Look at this. I think I want to get this purple skirt. 《Friend B》: I thought [   ].《Friend A》: Yeah, but I don’t have a purple one. 《Friend B》: Do you need every color in the rainbow?《Friend A》: Yes!


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


7. The window [   ] by my little brother yesterday.


8. In this course, the economic background of labor legislation will not be mentioned, [   ] be dealt with.


9. [   ] speaking, you don’t look nice in that sweater. The stripes on it make you look fat.


10. Many people in the U.S. are staying away from restaurants, skipping vacations and [   ] on buying new cars.


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


12. The former CEO of Highhills Inc. was believed ____ a suicide. 


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


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


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


16. The search engine gives the user easy [   ] to the required information.


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


18. 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.


19. Paul was charged with [   ] driving after he was arrested for running over an old man.


20. 《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.


21. A: What do you usually do in your spare time? B: [   ]. I enjoy doing this especially after a stressful day.


22. On the average, a healthy heart __ to pump five tablespoons of blood with every beat. 


23. Has the contest already [   ]?


24. The judge took pity [   ] the poor man.


25. All branch stores are required to fill out the ____ report to check if there is enough merchandise on shelf and in stock. 


26. With a big family to support, John has been [   ] trying to get a job for months, but has not found one yet.


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


28. “What are you reading in that magazine?” “An article which [   ] fishing.”


29. Tom is very [   ] and helpful, and it has been nice having him in class.


30. Jack [   ] to help clean the classroom after school. Everybody is surprised because he is usually very lazy.


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


32. China is calling for a new global currency [   ] the dominant dollar.


33. A: Are you excited about your first day of work? B: Of course. That’s my first job. A: How are you going to the office? B: [   ]


34. We still haven't got used to [   ] in the hot and humid city after these many years.


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


36. Being an assistant is just a [   ] job. Allen plans to find a permanent position in an international corporation.


37. The     plan of the company provides income security for their employees after retirement. 


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


39. The representatives, with cigarettes in their hands, ____ over a few details when suddenly smoke detector set off the fire alarm. 


40. Las Vegas is a tourist [   ]. It's a must-go place for visitors who go to the U.S. for vacation.


41. Public education ____ would need to be increased for small-size classes, teacher training programs and new E-learning facilities. 


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


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


44. From a poor family, Joanna has never dreamed of studying abroad because she knows that it would [   ].


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


46. Sara felt [   ] tired [   ] exercise yesterday.


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


48. [   ] I did not like her at first, she ended up becoming my best friend.


49. [   ] the cockroach when she screamed and stomped her feet furiously.


50. Janet put forward the proposal that the program __ until Mr. Brian Reynolds came back from abroad.