1. If I were you, I would purchase more insurance, just for your own [   ].


2. 《Sam》: What kept you so long? I’ve been waiting for an hour. 《Nancy》: [   ] 《Sam》: I hope we can catch the flight.


3. According to the health official, the rate of increasing number of cases is not beyond [   ] is expected and the symptoms of all the patients are mild.


4. 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 [   ].


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


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


7. The MRT system has greatly [   ] this area; I can’t even recognize the location of my old school.


8. To have her own clothing store, Jane borrowed money from family members to get her business __. 


9. A:What should we do now? B: [   ]


10. 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.


11. After [   ] his homework, he decides to go out for a break.


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


13. You can’t master English overnight! Remember that speaking it well [   ] a lot of practice.


14. [   ] she told me I was her good friend, she never talked to me about her problems.


15. Employees considered non-essential were    . The temporary leave resulted from bad economic situations. 


16. A fine will be     on the drivers who fail to pay their highway toll on time. 


17. I sent an email to the CEO of this company last week but have not received any [   ] yet.


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


19. The exact number of the audience is still unknown, but it is [   ] that there are around 10,000 people in the theater right now.


20. Since the typhoon, the basement has been filled with water. We have to [   ] it as soon as possible. Otherwise, waterborne diseases might spread.


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


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


23. A: Is the treasurer in his office every day? B:Oh yes. [   ] he must sign all checks, he must be here all the time.


24. A: You look awful. What’s wrong? B:I can’t sleep well these days. I still have nightmares about the car accident. It’s really scary to know that your life is still at risk even when you follow the traffic rules. A:I understand how you feel. All I can say is that [   ].


25. The freeway is now [   ] to motorists after it was blocked off by a huge landslide yesterday.


26. Group registrations are not allowed. Each member must register for the conference    . 


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


28. After eleven o’clock in the evening, the bus is empty __ the driver and the conductor. 


29. The Taiwanese golfer won the championship in the professional golf    . 


30. Tom’s colleagues threw a [   ] party for him the day before he officially retired. They wanted to show how much they would miss him.


31. Little kids begin learning their mother tongue by [   ] what they hear around them.


32. I want to see [   ].


33. This contract is __ approval by both parties involved. 


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


35. In order to prevent casualties, all the residents in the village were [   ] before the typhoon.


36. Where did you have your hair [   ]?


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


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


39. Students must study hard, [   ] they will fail the test.


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


41. In my [   ], students shouldn’t spend too much time chatting on the Internet.


42. Climbing unemployment rates and dropping job opportunities are huge __ to the new government. 


43. [   ] for the sales in the first quarter may not necessarily be the final sales volume at the end of the quarter.


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


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. We can find almost all the information we need [   ] surfing the Internet.


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


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


49. Many families are struggling to [   ] during this recession.


50. It is a [   ] of law to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet.