1. 《Customer》: I’d like this one, please. 《Clerk》: [   ] 《Customer》: I’ll put it on my Best Card.


2. Acid rain causes the ground to release [   ] substances; plants and trees are thus slowly poisoned.


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


4. I read about the crime in the [   ].


5. If the weather is good, we     the company outing as scheduled. 


6. Of all the novels I’ve read, this one is [   ] interesting.


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


8. 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.


9. The president’s reckless actions have [   ] his country into a disaster.


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


11. If Sonia [   ] sorry for being late, she’d have apologized to me by now.


12. [   ] intense competition, the prices of food and drinks would be much higher.


13. Having published many important papers, he enjoys a high [   ] as a scholar.


14. When she [   ] in track-and-field events in the 1960 Olympics, Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals.


15. George Washington [   ] his father’s cherry-tree.


16. The farmer put a lot of [   ] on his rice field, hoping that the crops may flourish.


17. I like this movie very much. I have seen it [   ].


18. Gorillas are [   ] the best communicators of all animals.


19. If you pay your bills on time, you will have good [   ].


20. A: Oh! You look terrible. [   ] B:I just finished my paper and I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night.


21. Mr. Stevenson always [   ] a sense of genuine interest in his students. No wonder his students like him so much.


22. The traffic accident took three lives, [   ] the truck driver.


23. We are glad to receive your order for 50 units of classic furniture to be supplied to your own [   ].


24. A: Do you mind if I invite Kevin to our party? B: [   ]


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


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


27. 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.


28. Steve Jobs’ ____ mastery of technological innovations and aesthetics successfully transformed the landscape of consumer electronics industry. 


29. The convicted man [   ] against the judge's verdict because new evidence had proved his innocence.


30. Ever since childhood, Marnette had always wished she [   ].


31. She can sing well and [   ]. That’s why her friends usually ask her to sing karaoke together.


32. Tom’s desk was so [   ] with papers that it was hard to find anything.


33. 《Ken》: Taxi! 《Driver》: Where would you like to go, sir? 《Ken》: [   ]


34. I went to the store [   ].


35. 《Woman》: May I speak to Mr. Smith? 《Man》: [   ]《Woman》: Never mind. I will call him again later this afternoon.


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


37. I bought a book and finished reading it [   ] I was on the train. The reading made the long-hour trip easier.


38. A:Don’t forget you still owe me fifty dollars. B: [   ]


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


40. The supervisor was so [   ] of the new idea that his staff proposed that it was never put into real practice.


41. 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.


42. [   ], I continued working until late last night.


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


44. A:Anna? Anna Dickson? I thought it was you! B: [   ] A: Oh. I am so sorry. I must have missed her too much.


45. He hurt his leg while climbing the mountain; [   ], he would have participated in the charity event to raise money for the poor.


46. From a poor family, Joanna has never dreamed of studying abroad because she knows that it would [   ].


47. The [   ] of the theory is still being questioned since a number of researchers disagree with its main argument.


48. I suggest you [   ] the Internet because a lot of people have experienced the same problem before.


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


50. Though unwilling to follow his father’s footsteps, Jason still [   ] the family business when his father passed away.