1. Imagine [   ] an extra day off this weekend. That would be great.


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


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


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


6. The government is taking a very [   ] approach to managing this economic crisis.


7. You are the leader of this team; therefore, you need to listen to your members’ ideas and write down [   ] points for later discussion.


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


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


10. I like to [   ] time [   ] my family.


11. In India, eighty percent of the entire [   ] are Hindus.


12. A: Are you excited about your first day of work? B: Of course. That’s my first job. A: How are you going to the office? B: [   ]


13. You cannot leave [   ] you finish all the work the boss expects you to do.


14. I went to the store [   ].


15. [   ] she told me I was her good friend, she never talked to me about her problems.


16. I remember you. You [   ] to go to school here.


17. 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.


18. The escaping criminal [   ] himself as an old security guard, so the police failed to recognize him at first sight.


19. He went to a [   ] high school to get practical knowledge and job-related skills.


20. It’s a pity that I failed again. If I had read the book carefully,     the test. 


21. Employees considered non-essential were    . The temporary leave resulted from bad economic situations. 


22. Paparazzi are photographers who [   ] celebrities’ privacy by taking their pictures.


23. 《Woman》: May I speak to Mr. Smith? 《Man》: [   ]《Woman》: Never mind. I will call him again later this afternoon.


24. 《Susan》: I'm going to Tokyo on vacation next week. 《Alice》: Oh, how nice! [   ] 《Susan》: Thanks a lot.


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


26. The exact number of the audience is still unknown, but it is [   ] that there are around 10,000 people in the theater right now.


27. The Review Board could be considering ____ the grants given to several non-governmental organizations. 


28. The UN has __ its troops from Iraq. Let’s hope that war will come to an end soon. 


29. A:Good morning, traveler’s check department. B:I’ve lost my traveler’s checks. I want to stop payment. A: [   ] Your name, please.


30. I was browsing in the library and [   ] an interesting book on traveling in Alaska.


31. Many journalists do not [   ] whether or not it is appropriate to interview a child during a tragic event for he/she is usually too young to understand the trauma he/she is involved in.


32. Mr. Chang is a very successful salesman; he is very aggressive and always takes the [   ] in his work.


33. The factory workers [   ] that their workload was too heavy but the pay was too low. They decided to stage a protest.


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


35. 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?


36. You can never make him [   ] his mind.


37. Yani Tseng, who won several ladies professional golf championships, spent [   ] of time practicing golf before she became so successful.


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


39. A:Jenny seems to be angry at me, and I don’t know why. B: I know. She is unhappy because you said she looked old in her new dress. A:But I was just joking! B: She didn’t take it lightly. She felt hurt. A: Well, I guess you’re right. [   ]


40. High school students in Taiwan often [   ] that preparing for tests keeps them from having enough sleep.


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


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


43. All of my friends were opposed [   ] a party without Mary and John.


44. Many of our character traits are not tested [   ] we are in a difficult situation.


45. It is essential that officials at all levels of government refuse to accept [   ] from business interests.


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


47. [   ] help us fly kites in spring and cool us in summer.


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


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


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