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


2. The former CEO of Highhills Inc. was believed [   ] a suicide.


3. Many ads use our [   ]—like fear or love—to persuade us that we need the product.


4. The coach, together with his team players, [   ] warmly welcomed when they got off the bus.


5. [   ] are those who act in contradiction to their stated beliefs or feelings.


6. Free Spirit Team will probably [   ] the speech contest as it is much better than our team.


7. 《Ken》: Oh my! 《Claire》: [   ]《Ken》: My headache is killing me.


8. To prevent sewage from entering the waterways and protect public health, the city councilman strongly demanded that the sewage system ____ in three months. 


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


10. The [   ] from the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro is amazing.


11. [   ] I did not like her at first, she ended up becoming my best friend.


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


13. Tammy receives no payment because she is a [   ] worker in the hospital. She works there just because she enjoys helping people.


14. We can always work toward improving our self-control, and, [   ], we can help others do the same.


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


16. To have her own clothing store, Jane borrowed money from family members to get her business [   ].


17. The dentist was ?lling a large [   ] in her tooth.


18. Children like to go trick-or-treating in special     on Halloween. Some may dress like an angel or a robot. 


19. The annual charity fundraising event is [   ] by several financial institutions in Taiwan.


20. I haven’t decided when I’m __ New York. I’ll let you know once I get the flight ticket. 


21. He bought a car right after he obtained a driver's [   ].


22. As he had grown up in the country, he was not [   ] to the fast pace of the city life when he first moved to Taipei.


23. George suffered very serious brain [   ] in a car accident.


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


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


26. The local farmers are looking to advanced agriculture as better protection from foreign __ after Taiwan joins the WTO. 


27. According to the health official, the rate of increasing number of cases is not beyond [   ] is expected and the symptoms of all the patients are mild.


28. The representatives, with cigarettes in their hands, ____ over a few details when suddenly smoke detector set off the fire alarm. 


29. Hank was [   ] of accepting bribes because he couldn’t explain why he suddenly had so much money in his bank account.


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


31. A: I love to look at the ancient art. B: [   ]We can learn a lot from them.


32. Most of the     were satisfied with the annual bonus the company gave based on their job performance. 


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


34. If you pay your bills on time, you will have good [   ].


35. I bought a book and finished reading it [   ] I was on the train. The reading made the long-hour trip easier.


36. The MRT system has greatly [   ] this area; I can’t even recognize the location of my old school.


37. [   ] the lobbying groups been backing up the new protocol, but several industry labor unions are now voicing their stern support for it.


38. The minimum [   ] is the lowest amount of money an employer is allowed to pay an employee.


39. Though unwilling to follow his father’s footsteps, Jason still [   ] the family business when his father passed away.


40. If you want to be promoted at work, you need to work [   ].


41. All branch stores are required to fill out the [   ] report to check if there is enough merchandise on shelf and in stock.


42. Joy and happiness spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa, where people [   ] their own president in January 2011.


43. The government hopes that the charge for trash disposal can [   ] people from throwing away usable resources.


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


45. The [   ] earthquake has buried over 18,000 lives in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.


46. At Patty’s wedding, her mother made a few polite [   ] about her husband’s family.


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


48. A spokesperson for the MOTC says that the “fat cat“ problem will be [   ] in the coming weeks in order to meet the expectations of the public.


49. A: Gee, your room is a mess. B: I have been preparing for an important exam these days. [   ]


50. Though it is too early to say whether the storm will make [   ] in Taiwan, it is predicted heavy rain for northern and eastern parts of the island over the coming days.