1. The MRT system has greatly [   ] this area; I can’t even recognize the location of my old school.


2. A:Anna? Anna Dickson? I thought it was you! B: [   ] A: Oh. I am so sorry. I must have missed her too much.


3. 《Martin》: I did terribly at the math exam. I don’t think I will pass. 《James》: [   ] You’ve spent too much time playing the computer games lately.


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. Ms. Johnson was busy [   ] the house when the postman came.


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


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


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


9. In the United States, air pollution [   ] at its worst in the 1960s.


10. The washing machine is not working properly. I have to get it [   ].


11. We have to admit that everyone of us is more or less __ to some sort of superstition. 


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


13. The president’s speech about the investment [   ] my own feelings.


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


15. The food critic was famous for [   ] chefs that didn't give him complimentary dinner.


16. Ever since childhood, Marnette had always wished she [   ].


17. It is hard for me to [   ] the smell of Chanel No. 5 perfume.


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


19. I like this apartment better. It’s cheap, and [   ], it’s near my office. I can walk to work.


20. He went for an ocean voyage and [   ] his health.


21. A single bacteria, __ the right conditions, divides rapidly into colonies of billions in one day. 


22. People who feel they must have the best of everything are rarely [   ]. It’s better to have more realistic ideas about what is important in life.


23. He can type very fast. He [   ] type 80 words a minute.


24. [   ] before the twentieth century, traders carried coffee from Africa to Arabia.


25. It was really a [   ] for the little boy to survive the air crash.


26. Sherlock Holmes [   ] smoke in the air and assumed the killer had not left for too long.


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


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


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


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


31. The museum’s main hall __ an enormous book, and its restaurant looks like a big cake. 


32. Defined most broadly, folklore includes all the customs, beliefs, and traditions that people have [   ] from generation to generation.


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


34. Not only the assistant managers but also the secretary [   ] that the company is failing.


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


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


37. There is only a little juice left in the [   ].


38. The original model has been [   ] and replaced by the new one.


39. The annual charity fundraising event is ____ by several financial institutions in Taiwan. 


40. I like this movie very much. I have seen it [   ].


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


42. ____ the lobbying groups been backing up the new protocol, but several industry labor unions are now voicing their stern support for it. 


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


44. When the pop idol came to Taiwan, swarms of fans crowded the street outside the hotel, waiting for a [   ] of their hero.


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


46. For many people, one of the joys of [   ] is the prospect of parenthood.


47. I will attend Mr. Wang’s wedding [   ] my father, who has gone to Hong Kong on business.


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


49. The two eastern counties suffered losses of NT$11.4 million to farms and local agriculture, while related facilities sustained damage [   ] 18 million NT dollars.


50. It seemed that the walls    .