1. The secretary was [   ] for work because of the heavy traffic.


2. You should live within your income. Otherwise, you won’t be able to earn enough money to [   ].


3. Accounting is a profession [   ] has always interested me.


4. The     plan of the company provides income security for their employees after retirement. 


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


6. We still haven't got used to [   ] in the hot and humid city after these many years.


7. The FDA planned to grant [   ] to clinical trial testing the use of the new drug.


8. The average was down [   ], went briefly into the black around lunchtime, then ended with a loss of 139.


9. Before the final exam, our teacher taught us how to use our time [   ] while preparing for tests.


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


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


12. Volcanic [   ] grounded thousands of passengers and fliers across Europe last year.


13. The museum’s main hall [   ] an enormous book, and its restaurant looks like a big cake.


14. Many customers in Taiwan believe that they were being     as compared to the much lower price of the same product sold in the US. 


15. Sherlock Holmes [   ] smoke in the air and assumed the killer had not left for too long.


16. China is calling for a new global currency [   ] the dominant dollar.


17. A few political extremists [   ] the crowd to attack the police.


18. A [   ] of food can cause millions of people to die of hunger.


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


20. Please fill out the paperwork before [   ] in line.


21. A: You look awful. What’s wrong? B:I can’t sleep well these days. I still have nightmares about the car accident. It’s really scary to know that your life is still at risk even when you follow the traffic rules. A:I understand how you feel. All I can say is that [   ].


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


23. The minister went to Hong Kong to attend the conference [   ] our government.


24. Mary can't hear, and she can hardly speak [   ].


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


26. Sara felt [   ] tired [   ] exercise yesterday.


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


28. The [   ] you work, the [   ] you will succeed.


29. Which fruit is this country famous for, bananas or [   ] ?


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


31. It seemed that the walls    . 


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


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


34. The best way to buy train tickets [   ] book online.


35. For many people, one of the joys of [   ] is the prospect of parenthood.


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


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


38. Not until Toyota debuted the model Prius in the late 1990s [   ] the technology of hybrid engine.


39. I don’t know [   ]of the people in this room. Can you introduce each of them to me?


40. John doesn’t speak French, and [   ].


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


42. A study shows that intelligence accounts for only 20 percent of the factors that determine success, [   ] EQ playing an important role in the remaining 80 percent.


43. A: Excuse me. I lost my cell phone on the MRT train. B: [   ] A: I lost my cell phone on the MRT train. Can you help me find it?


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


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


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


47. She can sing well and [   ]. That’s why her friends usually ask her to sing karaoke together.


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


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


50. We can always work toward improving our self-control, and, __, we can help others do the same.