1. 《Clerk》: Can I help you, Sir? 《David》: Yes. I want to buy a pair of jeans, Size L. 《Clerk》: I have several in your size. [   ]《David》: Yes, of course.


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


3. [   ] help us fly kites in spring and cool us in summer.


4. As he had grown up in the country, he was not [   ] to the fast pace of the city life when he first moved to Taipei.


5. More advances in technology [   ] in the last decade than in any other time in human history.


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


7. __, I cannot agree with him on the matter. 


8. The exterior of Tina's apartment has an exceptionally large [   ].


9. Any revision of the law should be [   ] with the overall goal of the government's policy. The priority should be placed on the welfare of the citizens.


10. I [   ] use a payphone. I just use my cellphone instead.


11. I was [   ] to find I did not have enough money to pay for the taxi fare. My face turned very red.


12. __ and blurred, it is extremely difficult to recover his sight. 


13. The label on the canned pork says this product is [   ] to be free of preservatives.


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


15. Many journalists do not ____ whether or not it is appropriate to interview a child during a tragic event for he/she is usually too young to understand the trauma he/she is involved in. 


16. For the sake of health, many people have dramatically reduced the amount of red meat they [   ].


17. A [   ] of food can cause millions of people to die of hunger.


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


19. In the [   ] of anyone better, we chose him as the leader.


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


21. Mary is never absent and always studies hard, so she [   ] as one of the excellent students in her class.


22. A:Hey, Paul. I see you walking lame all the way. [   ]? B:Nothing. I just sprained my ankle while playing basketball the day before yesterday.


23. A:May I ask what kind of work you are doing? B:I am working for the auditing department of the City Government. A: [   ] B:Yes, she works as a high-school teacher.


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


25. I __ know him. I have talked to him no more than three times. 


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


27. I just learned that Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark was the [   ] for the original Disneyland in L.A., California.


28. She could not concentrate when phone calls or visitors kept interrupting her thoughts, so she took a [   ] walk along the river, thinking over her career plan.


29. The suppliers will claim compensation if we partially ____ our contract with them. 


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


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


32. By that time the theater was already [   ], so we had to buy tickets for the next day.


33. From now on, all visitors to the building must show their [   ] in the lobby.


34. 《Woman》: May I speak to Mr. Smith? 《Man》: [   ]《Woman》: Never mind. I will call him again later this afternoon.


35. Having published many important papers, he enjoys a high [   ] as a scholar.


36. The mayor determined to build a [   ] city. By then, users can get access to the Internet at any time and any place in the city.


37. Joseph is a man of great [   ]. Once he has made up his mind, no one can change it.


38. Volcanic [   ] grounded thousands of passengers and fliers across Europe last year.


39. This child has been [   ] by his parents for a long time because they have been too busy working.


40. Some plants have obvious distinctive features for us to tell them apart at the first sight, [   ].


41. This coffee shop is famous because it sells numerous varieties of coffee beans [   ] from around the world.


42. In the movie, all the stuffed animals came [   ].


43. [   ] the election is the question both political parties are asking.


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


45. A: What’s for dinner? B: How about some sushi? A: [   ] I prefer a hot bowl of noodles to a cold dish. B: I see. Let’s have our dinner at the noodles stand across the street.


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


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


48. Not until Toyota debuted the model Prius in the late 1990s [   ] the technology of hybrid engine.


49. Old soldiers never die; they only [   ].


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