1. Michelle often reviews research papers for one of the top journals in [   ] genetics.


2. Newspapers are a good way to hear the news. [   ] TV news programs.


3. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication __ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered. 


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


5. You [   ] your father the truth then. That way, he wouldn't be so angry with you now.


6. [   ], I didn’t like Susie, but then I found she was a nice girl. Now we’re good friends.


7. Healthcare workers, pregnant women and children aged between 6 months and 6 years are set to be [   ] recipients of immunization vaccine against the H1N1 virus.


8. Do not forget your ticket! Only ticket-holders will be [   ] to the concert.


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


10. Many young people today are [   ] with fashion and style. They care more about what they wear than what they think or believe.


11. 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.


12. The museum’s main hall __ an enormous book, and its restaurant looks like a big cake. 


13. I can’t ride my bicycle [   ] there isn’t any air in one of the tires.


14. The key players in the energy market, [   ] heavy capital investment, have little interest in innovation.


15. The parrot used its strong [   ] to crack open the nuts.


16. It is a [   ] of law to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet.


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


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


19. I had planned on going out last night, but [   ] prevented it.


20. The girl Frank likes has said no to him, so he has no choice but to take [   ] wants to go with him to the party.


21. A:Good afternoon, Great Western Restaurant. This is Steven. How may I help you? B: I would like to make a reservation. A: Certainly, Madam. For what [   ]?   B: September 8th.


22. I have fallen in love with a girl [   ] father is a famous writer.


23. The government may require individuals to limit the carbon dioxide they produce to [   ] global warming.


24. This coffee shop is famous because it sells numerous varieties of coffee beans [   ] from around the world.


25. I was [   ] about Mary so I watched her closely.


26. The Taiwanese golfer won the championship in the professional golf    . 


27. The total number of the staff is [   ] larger in our company than that in yours.


28. This brand of detergent is your best choice because it [   ] the toughest stains and won’t fade colors or damage fabric.


29. The interviewers were all very [   ] with the answers the job applicant gave.


30. She looked immensely [   ] when she learned that her son had survived the crash.


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


32. The [   ] of food in this world is unequal. Some suffer from hunger in many areas such as in Africa.


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


34. It is hard for me to [   ] the smell of Chanel No. 5 perfume.


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


36. If a person doesn’t know a word, he or she should look it up in the [   ] in the back of the book.


37. Some plants have obvious distinctive features for us to tell them apart at the first sight, [   ].


38. The jury [   ] the prisoner guilty.


39. Academic performance should not be [   ] purely by examination results, which concern only a limited aspect of learning.


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


41. There is a risk that the longer people put off their work, [   ] it will eventually get done.


42. Has the contest already [   ]?


43. Little kids begin learning their mother tongue by [   ] what they hear around them.


44. The local farmers are looking to advanced agriculture as better protection from foreign [   ] after Taiwan joins the WTO.


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


46. I’m a grown man. Don’t talk to me [   ] I were a three-year-old kid.


47. When there is no [   ], you had better compromise; otherwise, you might be caught at a deadlock.


48. Gorillas are [   ] the best communicators of all animals.


49. Taiwan is famous for its [   ] industry. Many foreigners are using computers made in Taiwan.


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