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


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


3. 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.


4. Most people like to talk about the subjects with [   ] they are most familiar.


5. The local farmers are looking to advanced agriculture as better protection from foreign __ after Taiwan joins the WTO. 


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


7. Tom’s desk was so ____ with papers that it was hard to find anything. 


8. The coach, together with his team players, [   ] warmly welcomed when they got off the bus.


9. If Sonia [   ] sorry for being late, she’d have apologized to me by now.


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


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


12. A student's frequent absence from school is often a clear [   ] of his problem in life and study.


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


14. The air traffic controller informs the pilot how far [   ] from the touchdown point.


15. 《Woman》: May I speak to Mr. Smith? 《Man》: [   ]《Woman》: Never mind. I will call him again later this afternoon.


16. The National Palace Museum will continue to cooperate with Beijing's Palace Museum [   ] will not loan artifacts to China.


17. The minister went to Hong Kong to attend the conference [   ] our government.


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


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


20. My family’s newest [   ] is a print shop in Taipei.


21. My grandfather [   ] for ten years, but I still miss him a lot.


22. You could not [   ] all of your readings the night before the exam. You had better start to prepare for the test at least a week earlier.


23. The audience enthusiastically [   ] the pianist on her amazing performance.


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


25. I am [   ] the exam will be held next Tuesday. I just called to check the date.


26. [   ] she told me I was her good friend, she never talked to me about her problems.


27. All of my friends were opposed [   ] a party without Mary and John.


28. A friend of [   ] is coming to stay with me next week.


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


30. The book costs NT$1,200, [   ] of packing and delivery.


31. The book costs NT$1,200, __ of packing and delivery. 


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


33. After working hard for a whole day, I suggested [   ] a big meal in a restaurant.


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


35. If the weather is good, we     the company outing as scheduled. 


36. You must keep [   ] whatever your boss tells you to do, or you may be fired.


37. Look! Here is a new [   ] bill.


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


39. To have her own clothing store, Jane borrowed money from family members to get her business __. 


40. There is a risk that the longer people put off their work, __ it will eventually get done. 


41. Steve Jobs’ ____ mastery of technological innovations and aesthetics successfully transformed the landscape of consumer electronics industry. 


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


43. The parrot used its strong [   ] to crack open the nuts.


44. The factory workers [   ] that their workload was too heavy but the pay was too low. They decided to stage a protest.


45. The mayor determined to build a [   ] city. By then, users can get access to the Internet at any time and any place in the city.


46. It took the Davies' fifteen years to complete that [   ] mansion.


47. Neither the teacher nor his students [   ] in the classroom last night.


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


49. 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: [   ]


50. To prevent sewage from entering the waterways and protect public health, the city councilman strongly demanded that the sewage system ____ in three months.