1. A restaurant manager should know how to deal with [   ] from customers who are not satisfied with the food or the service.


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


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


4. What [   ] at noon yesterday? I called but couldn’t get hold of you.


5. To [   ] road accidents, we should always follow traffic rules.


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


7. I bought a book and finished reading it [   ] I was on the train. The reading made the long-hour trip easier.


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


9. The jury [   ] the prisoner guilty.


10. Do not forget your ticket! Only ticket-holders will be [   ] to the concert.


11. Neither the teacher nor his students [   ] in the classroom last night.


12. 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.


13. The government may require individuals to limit the carbon dioxide they produce to [   ] global warming.


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


15. A: [   ] B:He’s a salesman.


16. It's getting late. Let's [   ].


17. You should never speak [   ] anger to a small child.


18. Michael, as well as his two older brothers, [   ] the scholarship several times.


19. The driver was driving her car and reading a text message, and that was exactly [   ] she bumped into the motorcyclist.


20. [   ] month of the year in Taiwan is usually December or January.


21. __ activity should be avoided after an operation. 


22. Cheating in exams is a serious [   ] of the school regulations.


23. Simon is tall, but his brother is [   ] taller than him.


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


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


26. A friend of [   ] is coming to stay with me next week.


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


28. Snow [   ] more solar radiation than liquid water. Therefore, don’t forget to protect your eyes when you go skiing.


29. My coworkers have been working hard to [   ] a fuel shortage next summer.


30. John doesn’t speak French, and [   ].


31. Volcanic __ grounded thousands of passengers and fliers across Europe last year. 


32. 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.


33. A cat got into the kennel last night and created a tremendous [   ].


34. Natural disasters, such as typhoons and [   ], kill lots of people each year.


35. A brake is a device designed to [   ] or stop the motion of a mechanical body.


36. Do you mind [   ] to the post office with me? I don’t think I know how to get there.


37. On the average, a healthy heart [   ] to pump five tablespoons of blood with every beat.


38. After eleven o’clock in the evening, the bus is empty [   ] the driver and the conductor.


39. Chinese traveling abroad began as a trickle in the '90s, but they are [   ] Asian destinations like a tourism tsunami.


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


41. The police have suspected him of involvement in the suicide bombing but there is no [   ] evidence to arrest him.


42. After the car accident, I kept __ that things will get better. 


43. The key players in the energy market, ____ heavy capital investment, have little interest in innovation. 


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


45. It took the Davies' fifteen years to complete that [   ] mansion.


46. A:I can’t get into my favorite jeans anymore. It’s really depressing. [   ]. B:Well, I think you look fine. You shouldn’t worry about it.


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


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


49. 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.


50. According to our justice system, the suspect will be considered [   ] until proven guilty.