1. Having published many important papers, he enjoys a high __ as a scholar. 


2. Our boss [   ] the importance of our finishing the report over the weekend, since he wanted to discuss it at the meeting on Monday morning.


3. 《Friend A》: Look at this. I think I want to get this purple skirt. 《Friend B》: I thought [   ].《Friend A》: Yeah, but I don’t have a purple one. 《Friend B》: Do you need every color in the rainbow?《Friend A》: Yes!


4. The suppliers will claim compensation if we partially [   ] our contract with them.


5. Michelle would certainly have attended advisory board meeting [   ] on the highway.


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


7. A:How nice to meet you again, Ms. Wu. B: [   ]


8. 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.


9. The shopping ____ policy aimed to stimulate consumption in order to boost up droopy economy. 


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


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


12. The approaching typhoon forced the organizer     the game. 


13. Tom comes from a wealthy family, but John does not. In spite of their different [   ], they have become best friends.


14. Gardening is my mother's favorite [   ]. She loves to spend time taking care of the flowers.


15. I like this apartment better. It’s cheap, and [   ], it’s near my office. I can walk to work.


16. [   ] the development of human civilization, it is plain to see that human beings are easily corrupted by power.


17. 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 [   ].


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


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


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


21. Climbing unemployment rates and dropping job opportunities are huge [   ] to the new government.


22. 《Joanna》: I want to go shopping. [   ]《Rainy》: Sure. I also want to buy some winter clothes.


23. As __ as it had started, the rain stopped and the sun came out from the blue sky. 


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


25. The freeway is now [   ] to motorists after it was blocked off by a huge landslide yesterday.


26. This contract is __ approval by both parties involved. 


27. I’d like to take [   ] of this opportunity to thank you all for your co-operation.


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


29. I am [   ] the exam will be held next Tuesday. I just called to check the date.


30. In the face of energy crisis, scientists worldwide are now exploring ____ energy to replace fossil fuels. 


31. We still have [   ] time, so you don’t need to hurry.


32. Many portable products are made as     as possible for user’s ease to carry. 


33. This child has been [   ] by his parents for a long time because they have been too busy working.


34. I didn’t believe [   ] Jeffrey said, [   ] annoyed him very much.


35. The cars are moving so slowly that I can [   ] them just by walking fast.


36. Foreign-trained employees have to [   ] their learned skill-sets to the local market.


37. After the car accident, I kept [   ] that things will get better.


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


39. In my [   ], students shouldn’t spend too much time chatting on the Internet.


40. 《Andre》:Oh, man! Nobody can stand this kind of scorching heat. 《Kevin》:[   ] You can’t even stay in the sun for five minutes. 《Andre》: You’ll be scorched like a shriveled plant. Anyway, I guess this afternoon there’s nothing we can do but stay home. 《Kevin》:I guess so. I don’t want to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion or sunstroke.


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


42. You should understand that learning a language well results from [   ] practice.


43. 《Customer》: I’m looking for a portable CD player. 《Salesgirl》: [   ]《Customer》: Hmm. Do you have something a little less expensive?


44. My uncle had a 15-year-long [   ] in business before he became a teacher.


45. The traffic accident resulted from the [   ] of the traffic laws.


46. Linda is an [   ] friend of mine; there is no secret between us, and we always share our happiness and sorrow.


47. Cultures [   ], so we sometimes need to adjust our behavior when we are in a new country.


48. The food critic was famous for [   ] chefs that didn't give him complimentary dinner.


49. Michael, as well as his two older brothers, [   ] the scholarship several times.


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