1. Where did you have your hair [   ]?


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


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


4. Shelly prefers red roses [   ] yellow ones.


5. Gardening is my mother's favorite [   ]. She loves to spend time taking care of the flowers.


6. In the previous year, you [   ] ballpoint pens and pocket calendars to my school. Will you do the same this year?


7. You can’t master English overnight! Remember that speaking it well [   ] a lot of practice.


8. Mark has been recording his daily activities in his [   ] since he was 10.


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


10. We still have [   ] time, so you don’t need to hurry.


11. __ the election is the question both political parties are asking. 


12. That old man has no family, so he sometimes gets very, very [   ].


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


14. Among the things that money cannot buy [   ] good health in the mind and body.


15. We have to admit that everyone of us is more or less [   ] to some sort of superstition.


16. This restaurant makes good sandwiches. They will even [   ] your bread for free.


17. A: Can you recommend to me an English tutor? B: Sure. Mr. Johnson is a very good one. A: Where does he live? B: [   ]


18. Steve was [   ] with joy when he found he had won the first prize in the lottery.


19. The best way to buy train tickets [   ] book online.


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


21. If a person doesn’t know a word, he or she should look it up in the [   ] in the back of the book.


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


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


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


25. If you pay your bills on time, you will have good [   ].


26. [   ] warming has caused dramatic climatic changes in many areas around the world.


27. Old soldiers never die; they only __. 


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


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


30. Jim is very [   ] and dynamic; he enjoys physical activities and you can seldom see him stay still for more than ten minutes.


31. China is calling for a new global currency [   ] the dominant dollar.


32. Many people in the U.S. are staying away from restaurants, skipping vacations and [   ] on buying new cars.


33. The Ministry of Finance announced tax __ for the victims of the 921 earthquake and of typhoon Toraji. 


34. I think thunder is scary, [   ] lightning is beautiful.


35. I can’t ride my bicycle [   ] there isn’t any air in one of the tires.


36. A brand brings a set of __ in the mind of the consumer and one of these is the country of origin. 


37. A:Why do you think Mr. Wang likes his new job? B:When I talked with him, he seemed [   ] to discuss his work.


38. The job of a dentist [   ] a lot of patience.


39. 《Mary》: We were too late for the concert! 《Tom》: [   ] It wasn’t very good anyway.


40. In the past year I have developed an important relationship with my [   ].


41. I usually buy daily necessities in the same grocery store. The clerks know me because I'm a regular [   ].


42. The minimum [   ] is the lowest amount of money an employer is allowed to pay an employee.


43. Being an assistant is just a [   ] job. Allen plans to find a permanent position in an international corporation.


44. The police arrested the suspect, but in the absence of [   ] he was set free soon.


45. Tigers are a(n) [   ] species, but they are still hunted for their bones and skins in some areas.


46. I haven’t decided when I’m __ New York. I’ll let you know once I get the flight ticket. 


47. Mr. Stevenson always [   ] a sense of genuine interest in his students. No wonder his students like him so much.


48. Many couples wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any [   ].


49. I was browsing in the library and __ an interesting book on traveling in Alaska. 


50. 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.