1. In India, eighty percent of the entire [   ] are Hindus.


2. The annual charity fundraising event is ____ by several financial institutions in Taiwan. 


3. Many runners aim to run like an [   ] .


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


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


6. 《Student A》: Excuse me. What is the time? 《Student B》: [   ]


7. The interviewers were all very [   ] with the answers the job applicant gave.


8. No matter what the [   ] will be like tomorrow, I’ll go fishing.


9. English is important in Taiwan, [   ] for business people.


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


11. Many young people today are [   ] with fashion and style. They care more about what they wear than what they think or believe.


12. We don’t need to __ what the future will hold; just focus on the present task. 


13. There was a rumor that there had been a minor accident at the nuclear power plant, but a spokesman for the plant issued a [   ].


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


15. When the pop idol came to Taiwan, swarms of fans crowded the street outside the hotel, waiting for a [   ] of their hero.


16. They made every possible [   ] to overcome the difficulty which they faced.


17. Joy and happiness spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa, where people [   ] their own president in January 2011.


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


19. If you pay your bills on time, you will have good __. 


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


21. Many portable products are made as     as possible for user’s ease to carry. 


22. George suffered very serious brain [   ] in a car accident.


23. Research in the environment has [   ] that the rain forests throughout the world are being ruthlessly destroyed.


24. 《Andre》:Oh, man! Nobody can stand this kind of scorching heat. 《Kevin》:[   ] You can’t even stay in the sun for five minutes. 《Andre》: You’ll be scorched like a shriveled plant. Anyway, I guess this afternoon there’s nothing we can do but stay home. 《Kevin》:I guess so. I don’t want to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion or sunstroke.


25. You must keep [   ] whatever your boss tells you to do, or you may be fired.


26. Ever since childhood, Marnette had always wished she [   ].


27. Tom’s desk was so ____ with papers that it was hard to find anything. 


28. If Judy [   ] so shy, she might have spoken to the man that she liked so much.


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


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


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


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


33. A:Did the doctor tell him to stop smoking cigarettes, or did he do it on his own? B: [   ]


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


35. A: I love to look at the ancient art. B: [   ]We can learn a lot from them.


36. The FDA planned to grant [   ] to clinical trial testing the use of the new drug.


37. As __ as it had started, the rain stopped and the sun came out from the blue sky. 


38. Athletes always wear clothes made of [   ] materials, so they may stretch their bodies without difficulty.


39. [   ] the lobbying groups been backing up the new protocol, but several industry labor unions are now voicing their stern support for it.


40. The [   ] you work, the [   ] you will succeed.


41. It is imperative that the city council     in favor of the city renewal plan. 


42. There is a debate going on right now over [   ] to make mercy killing legal or not.


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


44. 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.


45. A lot of debris ____ at the site of explosion for quite a while. 


46.     the CEO walked into the conference room, all department managers became very nervous. 


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


48. The food critic was famous for [   ] chefs that didn't give him complimentary dinner.


49. After the earthquake, the government has taken steps to [   ] the losses.


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