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


2. All employees are required not to discuss     information about the company. 


3. As the project depends on [   ] at the federal level, the city and county may have to wait until the budget cutting ends.


4. If a soldier lost his weapons in a __, he needed to fight with just his body. 


5. Janet put forward the proposal that the program [   ] until Mr. Brian Reynolds came back from abroad.


6. Our teacher always tells us that knowledge should be [   ] through years, not gained in one day.


7. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication [   ] the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.


8. In the past year I have developed an important relationship with my [   ].


9. A:Good morning, traveler’s check department. B:I’ve lost my traveler’s checks. I want to stop payment. A: [   ] Your name, please.


10. You must keep [   ] whatever your boss tells you to do, or you may be fired.


11. He decided to continue the exhausting training for the Olympics, __ his physical condition was poor. 


12. Jack [   ] to help clean the classroom after school. Everybody is surprised because he is usually very lazy.


13. Tammy often [   ] music from the Internet to her MP3 player.


14. A laptop, an MP3 player, and a cellphone are often considered as [   ] equipment for the generation raised in the age of technology.


15. My mother [   ] for me when I arrived home last night.


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


17. Tom’s colleagues threw a [   ] party for him the day before he officially retired. They wanted to show how much they would miss him.


18. The special municipality of Taipei is offering a cash [   ] of NT$20,000 to any female citizen who gives birth to a baby.


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


20. 《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.


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


22. I'd [   ] go to the zoo [   ] visit the museum.


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


24. You cannot leave [   ] you finish all the work the boss expects you to do.


25. He can type very fast. He [   ] type 80 words a minute.


26. A:I have told you a thousand times to clean up the mess in your room. B: [   ]. A: I would like to hear about it. B: My littered desk and floor show that I am embarking on creative work. I don’t see the necessity of investing all my time to clean things up


27. No city, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem [   ], is home to more Jewish people than New York.


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


29. Nick: May I speak with Sharon, please? Betty: I'm afraid you [   ] the wrong number.


30. I want to see ____. 


31. [   ], they would not have solved their financial problem.


32. Let’s __ jump to the conclusion, okay? 


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


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


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


36. In order to make the project work,     between different departments is the key. 


37. In the United States, air pollution [   ] at its worst in the 1960s.


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


39. A lot of debris ____ at the site of explosion for quite a while. 


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


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


42. I have been taking the Yoga class [   ] I came to this school.


43. No city, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem __, is home to more Jewish people than New York. 


44. [   ] the development of human civilization, it is plain to see that human beings are easily corrupted by power.


45. Two years ago a severe earthquake struck the city and caused a [   ] tsunami, leaving hundreds dead, thousands injured.


46. On the average, a healthy heart [   ] to pump five tablespoons of blood with every beat.


47. Michelle would certainly have attended advisory board meeting [   ] on the highway.


48. Cheating in exams is a serious [   ] of the school regulations.


49. Jim is very [   ] and dynamic; he enjoys physical activities and you can seldom see him stay still for more than ten minutes.


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