1. The National Palace Museum will continue to cooperate with Beijing's Palace Museum [   ] will not loan artifacts to China.


2. The social welfare system ____ provide the underprivileged people with sufficient support. 


3. Like [   ] other language skills, reading requires practice.


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


5. The economy in that country is facing a severe slowdown and possibly a [   ] in the next few years.


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


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. The female singer A-Mei, also known as Amit, is ________ to millions of people in Asia.


9. Employees are required to follow the standard operating procedures and to act [   ].


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


11. The city now looks very artistic and refreshing because it is [   ] with many colorful and well-crafted sculptures.


12. This coffee shop is famous because it sells numerous varieties of coffee beans [   ] from around the world.


13. 《Judy》:I am going to take the driving test tomorrow, and I am feeling so nervous. 《Joan》: Take it easy! I will [   ]. 《Judy》: Thanks. I hope that I can get my driver’s license as soon as possible.


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


15. [   ] she told me I was her good friend, she never talked to me about her problems.


16. You [   ] your father the truth then. That way, he wouldn't be so angry with you now.


17. The search engine gives the user easy [   ] to the required information.


18. A: [   ]. What’s been going on? B: What do you mean by that? A:Look. You quit smoking. You no longer drive to work; instead, you use public transportation. And you eat really healthy food. You are going “green.”


19. Free Spirit Team will probably __ the speech contest as it is much better than our team. 


20. Joseph is a man of great [   ]. Once he has made up his mind, no one can change it.


21. When there is no [   ], you had better compromise; otherwise, you might be caught at a deadlock.


22. The food critic was famous for [   ] chefs that didn't give him complimentary dinner.


23. Soon after they were born, most babies will develop a daily [   ] of eating and sleeping.


24. I was so hungry that I ate one cookie after [   ] until they were all gone.


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


26. The president’s speech about the investment [   ] my own feelings.


27. A restaurant manager should know how to deal with [   ] from customers who are not satisfied with the food or the service.


28. 《Sandra》:I think watching TV is a waste of time. Most programs are stupid or boring. 《Jack》: [   ] What about sports or the news? You watch those sometimes, don’t you? 《Sandra》: Well, actually for the news, I prefer the newspaper.


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


30. If you [   ] that HBO movie last night, you wouldn’t be so drowsy now.


31. I don’t know [   ]. Why not call and ask him in person?


32. There is a risk that the longer people put off their work, __ it will eventually get done. 


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


34. In the [   ] of anyone better, we chose him as the leader.


35. 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.  


36. 《Ken》:I have two tickets to the basketball game tonight. Would you like to go? 《Tim》: [   ]《Ken》: Why can’t you go? 《Tim》: I’ve got to hand in a 10-page report tomorrow morning and I’m still working on it.


37. Professor Lin does [   ] not late assignments. Students have to hand them in on time.


38. Students have to pay tuition fees before they start [   ] courses via the computerized registration system.


39. Some plants have obvious distinctive features for us to tell them apart at the first sight, [   ].


40. No other girl in her class dances [   ] as she does.


41. You don't want to go to the party, [   ]? You look very sleepy.


42. 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.


43. 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.


44. Most students think that there is a need to [   ] bus fare, but not all students agree to have the fare increased by 35 percent.


45. Please do not hesitate [   ] me if you have any questions.


46. A: Quiet down, or you may disturb the neighbors. B: [   ]


47. The United Nations made an [   ] for help from all over the world after the earthquake.


48. Nancy screamed when she saw a taxi [   ] into an old woman on the street.


49. Many runners aim to run like an [   ] .


50. A: What does 420 [   ] 100 equal? B: It equals 320.