1. Dr. Wilson, __ is the CEO of the company, will be here to give a speech at the opening ceremony next week. 


2. 《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.


3. Working at your computer for a long time can [   ] pain in your wrists.


4. A: Excuse me. I lost my cell phone on the MRT train. B: [   ] A: I lost my cell phone on the MRT train. Can you help me find it?


5. It has always been very generous     you to assist us in arranging the meeting. 


6. “What are you reading in that magazine?” “An article which [   ] fishing.”


7. 《Customer》: I’m looking for a portable CD player. 《Salesgirl》: [   ]《Customer》: Hmm. Do you have something a little less expensive?


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


9. Parents with [   ] daughters and sons can bring up the problems they had with their 13 to 18 year-old children at the meeting next week.


10. The congressmen have reached a [   ] that smoking should be banned within thirty feet from the entrance of a building.


11. In India, eighty percent of the entire [   ] are Hindus.


12. 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?


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


14. Today is a beautiful day, [   ]?


15. __ activity should be avoided after an operation. 


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


17. Steve was [   ] with joy when he found he had won the first prize in the lottery.


18. 《Doris》: Did you sleep well last night? 《Jennifer》:No, I had an awful night. [   ] in the middle of the night, and couldn't get back to sleep.


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


20. The [   ] earthquake has buried over 18,000 lives in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.


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


22. You like this movie, and [   ].


23. 《John》: How often do you exercise? 《Amy》: [   ] 《John》: That’s great. No wonder you keep in good shape.


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


25. Mr. Johnson rarely gets upset in the office,    ? 


26. The museum’s main hall [   ] an enormous book, and its restaurant looks like a big cake.


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


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


29. The driver was driving her car and reading a text message, and that was exactly [   ] she bumped into the motorcyclist.


30. A: Can you pass the test? B: [   ] A: Good for you. I’m very likely to fail.


31. Children like to go trick-or-treating in special     on Halloween. Some may dress like an angel or a robot. 


32. If Miss Chen works for another 5 years, she will be [   ] for a pension when she retires.


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


34. [   ] help us fly kites in spring and cool us in summer.


35. Historical insights serve to clarify and [   ] the critical activity of a period.


36. The former CEO of Highhills Inc. was believed ____ a suicide. 


37. In this age of globalization, when people have more chances to travel, it is a great [   ] to speak more than one language.


38. There was a rumor that there had been a minor accident at the nuclear power plant, but a spokesman for the plant issued a [   ].


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


40. In the movie, all the stuffed animals came [   ].


41. There is a risk that the longer people put off their work, [   ] it will eventually get done.


42. English is important in Taiwan, [   ] for business people.


43. It is reported that there’s [   ] tension between the refugees and the local population in Pakistan.


44. I may not be as [   ] as you, but I believe my hard work can make me successful in the long run.


45. I was browsing in the library and [   ] an interesting book on traveling in Alaska.


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


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


48. Remember to tie your cow [   ] the tree before you go there


49. A thorough analysis of market ____ can increase the success rate of a new product. 


50. Not only __ most male birds have extremely beautiful feathers, they know how to use them.