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


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


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


4. I had planned on going out last night, but [   ] prevented it.


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


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


7. The search engine gives the user easy [   ] to the required information.


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


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


10. [   ], I didn’t like Susie, but then I found she was a nice girl. Now we’re good friends.


11. Many families are struggling to [   ] during this recession.


12. A: What does 420 [   ] 100 equal? B: It equals 320.


13. A:I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch. B: OK. What do you want to eat? A:Why don’t we have Italian food? B: [   ]


14. Many of our character traits are not tested __ we are in a difficult situation. 


15. Linda is an [   ] friend of mine; there is no secret between us, and we always share our happiness and sorrow.


16. The city now looks very artistic and refreshing because it is [   ] with many colorful and well-crafted sculptures.


17. Benson [   ] his back when he fell off the tree.


18. Nowadays, many industries try to do something for     problems. They know the earth is greatly damaged by pollutants. 


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


20. I was [   ] about Mary so I watched her closely.


21. When the orange trees [   ], there is a sweet fragrance in the air.


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


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


24. Jeff got a perfect score on the test; he [   ] diligently.


25. Employees are required to follow the standard operating procedures and to act [   ].


26. Do you know the man [   ] lives next door?


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


28. Where did you have your hair [   ]?


29. Accounting is a profession [   ] has always interested me.


30. I read about the crime in the [   ].


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


32. A:How did it go in the office today? B: [   ]


33. 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.


34. Paparazzi are photographers who [   ] celebrities’ privacy by taking their pictures.


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


36. Research shows that only some animals are able to [   ] in the wild after being released from the zoo.


37. A:Did the committee members ask you many questions in your thesis defense? B: [   ]. I am not optimistic about the result of the defense.


38. ____ for the sales in the first quarter may not necessarily be the final sales volume at the end of the quarter. 


39. Climbing unemployment rates and dropping job opportunities are huge [   ] to the new government.


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


41. The congressmen have reached a [   ] that smoking should be banned within thirty feet from the entrance of a building.


42. The Ministry of Finance announced tax [   ] for the victims of the 921 earthquake and of typhoon Toraji.


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


44. A:Good morning, traveler’s check department. B:I’ve lost my traveler’s checks. I want to stop payment. A: [   ] Your name, please.


45. [   ] production lines is the prioritized agenda in manufacturing industries.


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


47. 《Man》: Officer! Wait, officer! That’s my car! 《Police》: Oh, it is? Then I won’t need a tow truck. 《Man》: No! [   ]《Police》: Good. It’s illegal to park beside a fire hydrant.


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


49. The total number of the staff is [   ] larger in our company than that in yours.


50. Mary likes her job, [   ]?