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. A:Anna? Anna Dickson? I thought it was you! B: [   ] A: Oh. I am so sorry. I must have missed her too much.


3. You should have finished this work a week ago, but you didn’t. I think you should give me an [   ].


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


5. You should live within your income. Otherwise, you won’t be able to earn enough money to [   ].


6. Dr. Wilson, __ is the CEO of the company, will be here to give a speech at the opening ceremony next week. 


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


8. Tim knows smoking is unhealthy but he is having a hard time [   ].


9. After she had the cosmetic surgery, the doctor reminded her to avoid any [   ] to the sun.


10. I like this movie very much. I have seen it [   ].


11. 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.


12. Brian and Jerry are close friends [   ] their difference in age and religion.


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


14. Under no circumstances [   ] accept his proposal of buying our factory.


15. [   ] are those who act in contradiction to their stated beliefs or feelings.


16. The new medicine is still in [   ] stages and will not hit the market until next year.


17. Although the farmers had to work in the mud, they were all pleased, [   ] the rain had come in the nick of time.


18. I am [   ] the exam will be held next Tuesday. I just called to check the date.


19. Where are you going? I’m going to the [   ].


20.     English, many Chinese classical novels gain attention and popularity in the US. 


21. There is a risk that the longer people put off their work, __ it will eventually get done. 


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


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


24. It was really a [   ] for the little boy to survive the air crash.


25. 《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.


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


27. The Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan last night for a six-day visit to [   ] victims of Typhoon Morakot.


28. We can always work toward improving our self-control, and, __, we can help others do the same. 


29. We have to admit that everyone of us is more or less __ to some sort of superstition. 


30. A: Why did you feed that kitty? B:There is nothing [   ] a homeless cat.


31. Like [   ] other language skills, reading requires practice.


32. He is a very conscientious professor. Never [   ] he let his students leave his classes earlier.


33. She can sing well and [   ]. That’s why her friends usually ask her to sing karaoke together.


34. He decided to continue the exhausting training for the Olympics, [   ] his physical condition was poor.


35. The annual charity fundraising event is [   ] by several financial institutions in Taiwan.


36. 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 [   ].


37. A: How do you stay fit and healthy? B: [   ]. I also try to avoid smoking and drinking too much.


38. Many ads use our [   ]—like fear or love—to persuade us that we need the product.


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


40. When a big company goes out of business it is usually all [   ] the news.


41. Many couples wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any [   ].


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


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


44. The special municipality of Taipei is offering a cash [   ] of NT$20,000 to any female citizen who gives birth to a baby.


45. This machine is [   ]. All you have to do is turn it on and it will operate by itself.


46. Although experts agree that it is vital to eat a good breakfast, not many people are [   ] their advice.


47. Joe is really [   ] about the party tonight. He’s making lots of preparations to make sure everyone can have a good time.


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


49. I didn’t go to Taipei last week; I wish I [   ] there.


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