1. Not only [   ] most male birds have extremely beautiful feathers, they know how to use them.


2. A: You look awful. What’s wrong? B:I can’t sleep well these days. I still have nightmares about the car accident. It’s really scary to know that your life is still at risk even when you follow the traffic rules. A:I understand how you feel. All I can say is that [   ].


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


4. The government is figuring out ways to maintain our economic [   ] so that the unemployment rate will go down.


5. A: Oh! You look terrible. [   ] B:I just finished my paper and I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night.


6. The key players in the energy market, [   ] heavy capital investment, have little interest in innovation.


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


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


9. In the box [   ] some photos that I took when I was on the trip.


10. The economy is in bad shape, one reason for which is the rising [   ] rate.


11. The power supply in this area is not [   ]. You had better save your file every ten minutes.


12. 《Friend A》: Look at this. I think I want to get this purple skirt. 《Friend B》: I thought [   ].《Friend A》: Yeah, but I don’t have a purple one. 《Friend B》: Do you need every color in the rainbow?《Friend A》: Yes!


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


14. Do you think it good for students to be absolutely [   ] without making any objections in any case?


15. 《Mother》: My daughter eats like a bird. 《Doctor》: [   ] Advise her to eat more.


16. Although the farmers had to work in the mud, they were all pleased, [   ] the rain had come in the nick of time.


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


18. [   ] at the back door, and they may hear you and open the door.


19. Tom’s desk was so [   ] with papers that it was hard to find anything.


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


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


22.     the CEO walked into the conference room, all department managers became very nervous. 


23. As the project depends on [   ] at the federal level, the city and county may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.


24. The president’s reckless actions have [   ] his country into a disaster.


25. With all things [   ] into consideration, I think we’d better give up the plan.


26. The Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan last night for a six-day visit to [   ] victims of Typhoon Morakot.


27. A thorough analysis of market [   ] can increase the success rate of a new product.


28. The exact number of the audience is still unknown, but it is [   ] that there are around 10,000 people in the theater right now.


29. Our boss [   ] the importance of our finishing the report over the weekend, since he wanted to discuss it at the meeting on Monday morning.


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


31. Many ads use our [   ]—like fear or love—to persuade us that we need the product.


32. A:I’d like to know whether foreign banks earn less profit when they deal with small firms instead of large conglomerates. B:[   ] They earn more. A friend of mine told me so.


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


34. We can always work toward improving our self-control, and, __, we can help others do the same. 


35. The approaching typhoon forced the organizer     the game. 


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


37. It seemed that the walls    . 


38. Climbing unemployment rates and dropping job opportunities are huge __ to the new government. 


39. 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.


40. A: Are you excited about your first day of work? B: Of course. That’s my first job. A: How are you going to the office? B: [   ]


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


42. Many expressive people can recall     colorful childhoods; singer Carly Simon, comedian Billy Crystal, and poet Nikki Giovanni     their parents with involving them with richly creative experiences. 


43. The former CEO of Highhills Inc. was believed ____ a suicide. 


44. If a soldier lost his weapons in a __, he needed to fight with just his body. 


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


46. The twins look so alike that even their parents confuse one with [   ] sometimes.


47. The Spanish Flu [   ] from 1918 to 1920 claimed over thirty million lives around the world.


48. Please fill out the paperwork before [   ] in line.


49. A study shows that intelligence accounts for only 20 percent of the factors that determine success, [   ] EQ playing an important role in the remaining 80 percent.


50. Cultures [   ], so we sometimes need to adjust our behavior when we are in a new country.