1. There are two people in the office. One is John and [   ] is William.


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


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


4. The building collapsed, and only one person buried underground could [   ] survive the catastrophic earthquake.


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


6. After the earthquake, the government has taken steps to [   ] the losses.


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


8. Tigers are a(n) [   ] species, but they are still hunted for their bones and skins in some areas.


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


10. A fine will be     on the drivers who fail to pay their highway toll on time. 


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


12. At first I didn’t find her annoying, but after a while her behavior began to [   ] me.


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


14. [   ] are small stores that sell fashionable clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc.


15. Today is a beautiful day, [   ]?


16. The manager talks as if he     mad at you, but this is just the way he talks to everybody. 


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


18. __, I cannot agree with him on the matter. 


19. Look! Here is a new [   ] bill.


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


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


22. A friend of [   ] is coming to stay with me next week.


23. He moved to the countryside as soon as he retired. However, he found himself unable to [   ] to country life because it was not so convenient as living in the city.


24. Jason is a great tour guide because he is not only ready to help [   ] also very knowledgeable.


25. The man spent so little time with his family [   ] his daughter didn’t even recognize him.


26. A cat got into the kennel last night and created a tremendous [   ].


27. 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.”


28. The original model has been ____ and replaced by the new one. 


29. All of my friends were opposed [   ] a party without Mary and John.


30. Jane got a high score on the English test today. She [   ] very hard last night.


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


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


33. The manager insists that the door [   ] locked at night.


34. Do you have [   ] for one thousand dollars?


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


36. Just look at how much we [   ] when we worked together last week.


37. There are elegant shops on [   ] side of the street.


38. The children could not help but [   ] when the clown stepped on the stage.


39. Benson [   ] his back when he fell off the tree.


40. He is a very conscientious professor. Never [   ] he let his students leave his classes earlier.


41. The freeway is now __ to motorists after it was blocked off by a huge landslide yesterday. 


42. How much do you guess [   ]?


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


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. A 5-year-old child was lost in the __. The forest made it hard to trace him down. 


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


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


48. 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.


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


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