1. A: [   ] B:What sorts of thing?


2. [   ] activity should be avoided after an operation.


3. 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. 


4. It [   ] me two hours to get there because the traffic was awful.


5. The exterior of Tina's apartment has an exceptionally large [   ].


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


7. The police questioned the [   ] for two hours, but they still weren’t sure whether he robbed the bank.


8. 《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.


9. After many years of moving, Daniel finally found a [   ] home in the Dublin suburbs.


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


11. A: Can you visit us in New York over Christmas? B: I really want to, but I don’t think I can. A: [   ]. What’s the problem?


12. He bought a car right after he obtained a driver's [   ].


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


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


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


16. For the sake of health, many people have dramatically reduced the amount of red meat they [   ].


17. We have been [   ] of the law firm for many years and are satisfied with the legal services provided.


18. I only wish that all my lectures drew such favorable [   ] as this time.


19. I received a written [   ] from the student who bullied his classmates last week. He said he was very sorry about what he did.


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


21. You can never make him [   ] his mind.


22. There is a debate going on right now over [   ] to make mercy killing legal or not.


23. It is often said that prevention is better than cure, so why not take some __ in advance? 


24. A: Could you run over to the store? We need a few things. B: [   ] What do you want me to get? A: Well, could you pick up some sugar and a few oranges?


25. I think I should be going now. I’ve got to [   ] my son at the school in ten minutes.


26. When we receive text messages of promotions from a company, we must be ____ of possible false advertisement out of which the company wants to make profit.  


27. Brian and Jerry are close friends [   ] their difference in age and religion.


28. The jury [   ] the prisoner guilty.


29. To [   ] road accidents, we should always follow traffic rules.


30. The manager insists that the door [   ] locked at night.


31. This contract is [   ] approval by both parties involved.


32. 《Linda》: Alex, it’s your turn to do the dishes, isn’t it? 《Alex》: [   ]《Linda》: You know very well that I did the dishes last night.


33. The [   ] from the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro is amazing.


34. Many portable products are made as     as possible for user’s ease to carry. 


35. Janet put forward the proposal that the program [   ] until Mr. Brian Reynolds came back from abroad.


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


37. ____ in 1952, the MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the world’s most prestigious business school.  


38. My mother always says we should think things through before [   ] anything.


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


40. Mutual funds came into our country in recent years. This financial product was developed for those who do not have enough time, money and __ knowledge to invest. 


41. We can find almost all the information we need [   ] surfing the Internet.


42. A: [   ] B:He’s a salesman.


43. The judge took pity [   ] the poor man.


44. The economy in that country is facing a severe slowdown and possibly a [   ] in the next few years.


45. A: What’s for dinner? B: How about some sushi? A: [   ] I prefer a hot bowl of noodles to a cold dish. B: I see. Let’s have our dinner at the noodles stand across the street.


46. A single bacteria, [   ] the right conditions, divides rapidly into colonies of billions in one day.


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


48. We should work together [   ].


49. Not until Toyota debuted the model Prius in the late 1990s [   ] the technology of hybrid engine.


50. I just learned that Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark was the ____ for the original Disneyland in L.A., California.