1. When we receive text messages of promotions from a company, we must be ____ of possible false advertisement out of which the company wants to make profit.  


2. At busy intersections, [   ] should cross the street via underground passages.


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


4. Can you [   ] how old Ms. Wang is? She is 50, but she looks as if she were only 30.


5. It seemed that the walls    . 


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


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


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


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


10. This handmade car sold for a million dollars because it was [   ].


11. A:Did the committee members ask you many questions in your thesis defense? B: [   ]. I am not optimistic about the result of the defense.


12. John [   ] broke his glasses while playing basketball with his classmates. He should have been more careful.


13. The shopping [   ] policy aimed to stimulate consumption in order to boost up droopy economy.


14. The traffic accident took three lives, [   ] the truck driver.


15. We should work together [   ].


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


17. You should have finished this work a week ago, but you didn’t. I think you should give me an [   ].


18. A:How did it go in the office today? B: [   ]


19. We have to admit that everyone of us is more or less __ to some sort of superstition. 


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


21. Jenny was brought up in a poor family. She had to [   ] her free time to baby-sit her neighbor’s 2-year-old boy to pay for her high school education.


22. The luxury tax is set to [   ] on July 1, but it has already dampened enthusiasm in the real estate market.


23. It took the Davies' fifteen years to complete that [   ] mansion.


24. In the [   ] of anyone better, we chose him as the leader.


25. I may not be as [   ] as you, but I believe my hard work can make me successful in the long run.


26. The police arrested the suspect, but in the absence of [   ] he was set free soon.


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


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


29. A brand brings a set of __ in the mind of the consumer and one of these is the country of origin. 


30. On the average, a healthy heart [   ] to pump five tablespoons of blood with every beat.


31. Anna has been asking Henry to eat more healthily but he hasn't been [   ] by her arguments.


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


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


34. I’m not [   ] you! Our team has just won both the gold medal and the silver medal.


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


36. Don’t buy me a whole cake. A __ will be enough. 


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


38. I like all [   ] of music—pop music, country music, jazz and so on.


39. You could not [   ] all of your readings the night before the exam. You had better start to prepare for the test at least a week earlier.


40. The Spanish Flu [   ] from 1918 to 1920 claimed over thirty million lives around the world.


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


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


43. Tina plans to [   ] children in a remote school in the mountains after college.


44. If Judy [   ] so shy, she might have spoken to the man that she liked so much.


45. I just learned that Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark was the [   ] for the original Disneyland in L.A., California.


46. 《Sam》: Would you like to go swimming with me? 《Jane》: [   ]   I think I’m getting a cold.


47. With a big family to support, John has been [   ] trying to get a job for months, but has not found one yet.


48. Lucy is a member of the drama club. Her dream is to become an [   ] or a singer.


49. A: Can you visit us in New York over Christmas? B: I really want to, but I don’t think I can. A: [   ]. What’s the problem?


50. The habit of doing extensive reading helps to lay the [   ] of children’s writing skills.