1. To have her own clothing store, Jane borrowed money from family members to get her business __. 


2. I haven’t decided when I’m [   ] New York. I’ll let you know once I get the flight ticket.


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


4. Our boss [   ] the importance of our finishing the report over the weekend, since he wanted to discuss it at the meeting on Monday morning.


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


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


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


8. A lot of debris [   ] at the site of explosion for quite a while.


9. A: [   ] B:He’s a salesman.


10. I like to [   ] time [   ] my family.


11. A: What do you usually do in your spare time? B: [   ]. I enjoy doing this especially after a stressful day.


12. Don’t buy me a whole cake. A [   ] will be enough.


13. Research in the environment has [   ] that the rain forests throughout the world are being ruthlessly destroyed.


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


15. As he had grown up in the country, he was not [   ] to the fast pace of the city life when he first moved to Taipei.


16. The judge took pity [   ] the poor man.


17. The key players in the energy market, ____ heavy capital investment, have little interest in innovation. 


18. If I were you, I would purchase more insurance, just for your own [   ].


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


20. I’ve always thought that [   ] the dishes is easier than preparing food, so it is my husband that does the cooking and I wash the dishes.


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


22. A:I’d like to know whether foreign banks earn less profit when they deal with small firms instead of large conglomerates. B:[   ] They earn more. A friend of mine told me so.


23. I might have the chance to visit the theater [   ] person.


24. The cars are moving so slowly that I can [   ] them just by walking fast.


25. Do you mind [   ] to the post office with me? I don’t think I know how to get there.


26. When the orange trees [   ], there is a sweet fragrance in the air.


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


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


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


30. A: Hey, do you have a minute? B: [   ]


31. The escaping criminal [   ] himself as an old security guard, so the police failed to recognize him at first sight.


32. ____ for the sales in the first quarter may not necessarily be the final sales volume at the end of the quarter. 


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


34. In my [   ], students shouldn’t spend too much time chatting on the Internet.


35. The suppliers will claim compensation if we partially [   ] our contract with them.


36. Mrs. Lin told Jane that she had to clean up her room and empty the dishwasher before she could leave for the game. Jane promised her mom that she [   ].


37. [   ] the cockroach when she screamed and stomped her feet furiously.


38. Tina’s legs were black and blue and she had several burn marks on the arms. She may have been [   ].


39. 《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!


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


41. [   ] at the back door, and they may hear you and open the door.


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


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. Those angry peasants held a sit-in [   ] make their protests against the new policy.


45. This child has been [   ] by his parents for a long time because they have been too busy working.


46. A:Hey, Paul. I see you walking lame all the way. [   ]? B:Nothing. I just sprained my ankle while playing basketball the day before yesterday.


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


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


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


50. [   ] before the twentieth century, traders carried coffee from Africa to Arabia.