1. 《Susan》: I'm going to Tokyo on vacation next week. 《Alice》: Oh, how nice! [   ] 《Susan》: Thanks a lot.


2. 《Sylvia》: What's your favorite season? 《Amy》: [   ] 《Sylvia》: Me too. I hate cold winter days.


3. A [   ] has four corners.


4. The total number of the [   ] people in that remote area is decreasing.


5. Tim [   ] down 12 cans of beer in 10 minutes and didn't show any sign of being drunk.


6. 《Joanna》: I want to go shopping. [   ]《Rainy》: Sure. I also want to buy some winter clothes.


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


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


9. It is true that the surroundings will [   ] one’s work and studies.


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


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


12. At first I didn’t find her annoying, but after a while her behavior began to [   ] me.


13. The interviewers were all very [   ] with the answers the job applicant gave.


14. 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.


15. 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. 


16. When a big company goes out of business it is usually all [   ] the news.


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


18. The shopping [   ] policy aimed to stimulate consumption in order to boost up droopy economy.


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


20. The workers have decided to [   ] with their employers about their wage claims.


21. The good weather and beautiful beaches make this island a great [   ] attraction.


22. Before the final exam, our teacher taught us how to use our time [   ] while preparing for tests.


23. Just look at how much we [   ] when we worked together last week.


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


25. After the car accident, I kept [   ] that things will get better.


26. I like all [   ] of music—pop music, country music, jazz and so on.


27. The Review Board could be considering ____ the grants given to several non-governmental organizations. 


28. Healthcare workers, pregnant women and children aged between 6 months and 6 years are set to be [   ] recipients of immunization vaccine against the H1N1 virus.


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


30. The girl Frank likes has said no to him, so he has no choice but to take [   ] wants to go with him to the party.


31. Steve Jobs’ [   ] mastery of technological innovations and aesthetics successfully transformed the landscape of consumer electronics industry.


32. To see is    . 


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


34. Don’t ask me to go with you. I’m not going, because my [   ] is made up.


35. Many schools no longer ask students to wear [   ] nowadays.


36. A: How are you feeling today, Mr. Lin? B: [   ]. A:I see. Please sit back and open your mouth. Your throat is swollen, too. Do you have any other symptoms? B: I also had a terrible headache last night.


37. __ and blurred, it is extremely difficult to recover his sight. 


38. Old soldiers never die; they only [   ].


39. 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.


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


41. My sister knows many passages from Shakespeare [   ]; she can memorize the details of his plays.


42. Those angry peasants held a sit-in [   ] make their protests against the new policy.


43. Robert can’t drive us to the airport. He has [   ] to take us all.


44. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication [   ] the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.


45. [   ] and blurred, it is extremely difficult to recover his sight.


46. 《Pam》:John, where are the cookies? Don’t tell me you ate them all! Again! 《John》:Yes, I did. [   ] They were so good. 《Pam》: I thought you didn’t like cookies. 《John》: Well, I don’t like cookies flavored with chocolate at all. But vanilla is different. I love them to death.


47. After eleven o’clock in the evening, the bus is empty [   ] the driver and the conductor.


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


49. The UN has __ its troops from Iraq. Let’s hope that war will come to an end soon. 


50. A:I can’t get into my favorite jeans anymore. It’s really depressing. [   ]. B:Well, I think you look fine. You shouldn’t worry about it.