1. The annual charity fundraising event is [   ] by several financial institutions in Taiwan.


2. 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.


3. A lot of debris ____ at the site of explosion for quite a while. 


4. 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.


5. I remember you. You [   ] to go to school here.


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


7. Anna has been asking Henry to eat more healthily but he hasn't been [   ] by her arguments.


8. Accounting is a profession [   ] has always interested me.


9. A 5-year-old child was lost in the [   ]. The forest made it hard to trace him down.


10. A brake is a device designed to [   ] or stop the motion of a mechanical body.


11. I didn’t go to Taipei last week; I wish I [   ] there.


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


13. The Ministry of Defense has faced numerous difficulties getting volunteers [   ] in the military.


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


15. The police arrested the suspect, but in the absence of [   ] he was set free soon.


16. Many young people today are [   ] with fashion and style. They care more about what they wear than what they think or believe.


17. The snow [   ] on the roads makes driving an extreme hazard for people rushing to work in the morning.


18. 《Tom》:I’m going to take a singing class. Do you want to take it with me? 《Penny》: [   ]《Tom》: Really? Sing a song for me now.


19. The former CEO of Highhills Inc. was believed [   ] a suicide.


20. Athletes always wear clothes made of [   ] materials, so they may stretch their bodies without difficulty.


21. A [   ] of food can cause millions of people to die of hunger.


22. Our teacher always tells us that knowledge should be [   ] through years, not gained in one day.


23. The new medicine is still in [   ] stages and will not hit the market until next year.


24. [   ] in 1952, the MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the world’s most prestigious business school.


25. I was browsing in the library and __ an interesting book on traveling in Alaska. 


26. Many ads use our __—like fear or love—to persuade us that we need the product. 


27. Taiwan is famous for its [   ] industry. Many foreigners are using computers made in Taiwan.


28. We stood at different locations when the accident happened. His [   ] of the accident was very different from mine.


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


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


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


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


33. Foreign-trained employees have to __ their learned skill-sets to the local market. 


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


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


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


37. Parents should have [   ] rules for their children. These rules should not change according to parents’ mood.


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


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


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


41. Kate lost her way while driving to River City. She [   ] her road map at home.


42. She could not concentrate when phone calls or visitors kept interrupting her thoughts, so she took a [   ] walk along the river, thinking over her career plan.


43. 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.


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


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


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


47. [   ], I cannot agree with him on the matter.


48. The town [   ] great changes since I was here last time.


49. 《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!


50. Do you have [   ] for one thousand dollars?