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


2. Modern people tend to value material enjoyment too much and ignore [   ] pursuit.


3. Foreign-trained employees have to [   ] their learned skill-sets to the local market.


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


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


6. Working at your computer for a long time can [   ] pain in your wrists.


7. 《John》: How often do you exercise? 《Amy》: [   ] 《John》: That’s great. No wonder you keep in good shape.


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


9. Tom’s desk was so ____ with papers that it was hard to find anything. 


10. After [   ] his homework, he decides to go out for a break.


11. The knife isn’t useful because its [   ] is dull.


12. They made every possible [   ] to overcome the difficulty which they faced.


13. The audience enthusiastically [   ] the pianist on her amazing performance.


14. [   ] the doctor’s warning, he still worked overtime to earn a living.


15. I [   ] use a payphone. I just use my cellphone instead.


16. We stood at different locations when the accident happened. His [   ] of the accident was very different from mine.


17. Having published many important papers, he enjoys a high __ as a scholar. 


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


19. The Ministry of Finance announced tax [   ] for the victims of the 921 earthquake and of typhoon Toraji.


20. Sharon was going to pay for the yellow blouse with credit card, [   ] then decided to pay cash instead.


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


22. After many years of moving, Daniel finally found a [   ] home in the Dublin suburbs.


23. A: Can you pass the test? B: [   ] A: Good for you. I’m very likely to fail.


24. A:Did the doctor tell him to stop smoking cigarettes, or did he do it on his own? B: [   ]


25. The approaching typhoon forced the organizer     the game. 


26. Volcanic __ grounded thousands of passengers and fliers across Europe last year. 


27. A few political extremists ____ the crowd to attack the police. 


28. Robert can’t drive us to the airport. He has [   ] to take us all.


29. Michael, as well as his two older brothers, [   ] the scholarship several times.


30. The piano is one of the most popular musical [   ] today.


31. My father and his partners’ cooperation is based upon their [   ] respect and understanding.


32. My mother always says we should think things through before [   ] anything.


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


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


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


36. Chinese traveling abroad began as a trickle in the '90s, but they are [   ] Asian destinations like a tourism tsunami.


37. Has the contest already [   ]?


38. He decided to continue the exhausting training for the Olympics, [   ] his physical condition was poor.


39. Students must study hard, [   ] they will fail the test.


40. Imagine [   ] an extra day off this weekend. That would be great.


41.     I read the proposal     the budget was so high. 


42. To see is    . 


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


44. Many college graduates fight their way into the renown and     companies for better career advancement. 


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


46. He can type very fast. He __ type 80 words a minute. 


47. Do you know the man [   ] lives next door?


48. 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 [   ].


49. You can never make him [   ] his mind.


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