1. Don’t ask me to go with you. I’m not going, because my [   ] is made up.


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


3. The UN has [   ] its troops from Iraq. Let’s hope that war will come to an end soon.


4. I [   ] the floor when the earthquake occurred late last night.


5. I might have the chance to visit the theater [   ] person.


6. Foreign-trained employees have to [   ] their learned skill-sets to the local market.


7. My brother's [   ] is to become a doctor; but he'll need to study hard to get into medical school.


8. You cannot leave [   ] you finish all the work the boss expects you to do.


9. The museum’s main hall [   ] an enormous book, and its restaurant looks like a big cake.


10. [   ] working part-time at a fast-food restaurant, Monty has made enough money to pay for his studies.


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


12. I was so hungry that I ate one cookie after [   ] until they were all gone.


13. The potential amount of energy that can be produced by wind is huge. It is [   ] five times the current amount of electricity that is used.


14. Employees are required to follow the standard operating procedures and to act ____. 


15. The congressman's first public speech was [   ]. The day after his speech, tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital to protest against his racist remarks.


16. Healthcare workers, pregnant women and children aged between 6 months and 6 years are set to be [   ] recipients of immunization vaccine against the H1N1 virus.


17. 《Tom》:I’m going to take a singing class. Do you want to take it with me? 《Penny》: [   ]《Tom》: Really? Sing a song for me now.


18. Jack [   ] to help clean the classroom after school. Everybody is surprised because he is usually very lazy.


19. You are the leader of this team; therefore, you need to listen to your members’ ideas and write down [   ] points for later discussion.


20. After many years of moving, Daniel finally found a [   ] home in the Dublin suburbs.


21. I like all [   ] of music—pop music, country music, jazz and so on.


22. Sharon was going to pay for the yellow blouse with credit card, [   ] then decided to pay cash instead.


23. It seemed that the walls    . 


24. We stood at different locations when the accident happened. His [   ] of the accident was very different from mine.


25. A 5-year-old child was lost in the [   ]. The forest made it hard to trace him down.


26. A lot of debris [   ] at the site of explosion for quite a while.


27. A few political extremists [   ] the crowd to attack the police.


28. This contract is [   ] approval by both parties involved.


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


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


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


32. The field is too barren to yield crops, so the farmers decide to put some [   ] on it.


33. 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.  


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


35. This book offers a     guide to hotels in Tokyo. The author made a report on every single hotel there. 


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


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


38. Where did you have your hair [   ]?


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


40. The government should take measures to control the growing [   ]. Food prices have gone up sharply recently.


41. The 2010 Flora Expo, held in Taipei, is very successful. Do you know [   ] city is going to host the next Flora Expo?


42. I don’t know [   ]of the people in this room. Can you introduce each of them to me?


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


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


45. Mutual funds came into our country in recent years. This financial product was developed for those who do not have enough time, money and __ knowledge to invest. 


46. The female singer A-Mei, also known as Amit, is ________ to millions of people in Asia.


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


48. Tammy often [   ] music from the Internet to her MP3 player.


49. For many people, one of the joys of __ is the prospect of parenthood. 


50. Reading detective stories is one of Steve’s favorite [   ].