1. The joke you told me really [   ].


2. [   ] working part-time at a fast-food restaurant, Monty has made enough money to pay for his studies.


3. In this industry, you really need to keep [   ] if you don't want to be caught off guard.


4. Group registrations are not allowed. Each member must register for the conference    . 


5. It's getting late. Let's [   ].


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


7. 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.


8. It is a [   ] of law to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet.


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


10. The president of the United States can only serve two [   ] of four years each.


11. We still haven't got used to [   ] in the hot and humid city after these many years.


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


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


14. Climbing unemployment rates and dropping job opportunities are huge [   ] to the new government.


15. After the car accident, I kept __ that things will get better. 


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


17. The job of a dentist [   ] a lot of patience.


18. Many journalists do not ____ whether or not it is appropriate to interview a child during a tragic event for he/she is usually too young to understand the trauma he/she is involved in. 


19. The [   ] of this button is to make sure we can stop the machine if things go wrong.


20. Can you [   ] how old Ms. Wang is? She is 50, but she looks as if she were only 30.


21. Library users will be fined for returning books after the [   ] date.


22. Climbing unemployment rates and dropping job opportunities are huge __ to the new government. 


23. I haven’t decided when I’m __ New York. I’ll let you know once I get the flight ticket. 


24.     English, many Chinese classical novels gain attention and popularity in the US. 


25. Hotel guests who [   ] checking out after 1:00 P.M. should contact the front desk.


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


27. [   ] everyone else was studying hard for the midterm, Jimmy was reading comic strips to kill the time.


28. I went to the store [   ].


29. I remember [   ] the movie with Tom last year. It is very good.


30. We have been waiting for Jack for almost two hours. I wonder [   ].


31. Snow [   ] more solar radiation than liquid water. Therefore, don’t forget to protect your eyes when you go skiing.


32. Do you think it good for students to be absolutely [   ] without making any objections in any case?


33. We have to admit that everyone of us is more or less [   ] to some sort of superstition.


34. Under no circumstances [   ] accept his proposal of buying our factory.


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


36. The Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan last night for a six-day visit to [   ] victims of Typhoon Morakot.


37. This machine is [   ]. All you have to do is turn it on and it will operate by itself.


38. The government is taking a very [   ] approach to managing this economic crisis.


39. A spokesperson for the MOTC says that the “fat cat“ problem will be [   ] in the coming weeks in order to meet the expectations of the public.


40. Peggy has a big advantage [   ] most girls when it comes to basketball because she’s so tall.


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


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


43. The Spanish Flu [   ] from 1918 to 1920 claimed over thirty million lives around the world.


44. The manager talks as if he     mad at you, but this is just the way he talks to everybody. 


45. From now on, any employee who is usually late for work will be [   ].


46. In the face of energy crisis, scientists worldwide are now exploring ____ energy to replace fossil fuels. 


47. According to our justice system, the suspect will be considered [   ] until proven guilty.


48. Robert can’t drive us to the airport. He has __ to take us all. 


49. Since the typhoon, the basement has been filled with water. We have to [   ] it as soon as possible. Otherwise, waterborne diseases might spread.


50. A few political extremists [   ] the crowd to attack the police.