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


2.     I read the proposal     the budget was so high. 


3. Please turn off the light. We should save [   ]; otherwise, the bill might go up again.


4. We are so glad that Miss Snow is teaching [   ] English.


5. Public education ____ would need to be increased for small-size classes, teacher training programs and new E-learning facilities. 


6. A:I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch. B: OK. What do you want to eat? A:Why don’t we have Italian food? B: [   ]


7. The city is going to hold a public hearing to discuss     the historical building should be torn down. 


8. Of all the novels I’ve read, this one is __ interesting. 


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


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


11. There is only a little juice left in the [   ].


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


13. Oscar doesn’t like to watch baseball games. [   ] does his twin brother.


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


15. My twin sister’s values have [   ] so much over the years that we are no longer compatible.


16. 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.


17. Since the typhoon, the basement has been filled with water. We have to [   ] it as soon as possible. Otherwise, waterborne diseases might spread.


18. Many couples wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any __. 


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


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


21. Mary is never absent and always studies hard, so she [   ] as one of the excellent students in her class.


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


23. Do you have [   ] for one thousand dollars?


24. Don’t buy me a whole cake. A [   ] will be enough.


25. In the United States, air pollution [   ] at its worst in the 1960s.


26. 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.


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


28. Tom’s desk was so [   ] with papers that it was hard to find anything.


29. Tigers are a(n) [   ] species, but they are still hunted for their bones and skins in some areas.


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


31. 《Pam》:John, where are the cookies? Don’t tell me you ate them all! Again! 《John》:Yes, I did. [   ] They were so good. 《Pam》: I thought you didn’t like cookies. 《John》: Well, I don’t like cookies flavored with chocolate at all. But vanilla is different. I love them to death.


32. 《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.


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


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


35. Group registrations are not allowed. Each member must register for the conference    . 


36. I was so hungry that I ate one cookie after [   ] until they were all gone.


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


38. Michelle would certainly have attended advisory board meeting __ on the highway. 


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


40. The annual charity fundraising event is ____ by several financial institutions in Taiwan. 


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


42. Joseph is a man of great [   ]. Once he has made up his mind, no one can change it.


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


44. I read about the crime in the [   ].


45. Although experts agree that it is vital to eat a good breakfast, not many people are [   ] their advice.


46. That is my [   ] favorite restaurant. The service is bad and the food doesn't taste good.


47. No city, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem [   ], is home to more Jewish people than New York.


48. Historical insights serve to clarify and [   ] the critical activity of a period.


49. A lot of heavy smokers [   ] lung cancer every year.


50. Because the blood [   ] to supply enough oxygen to his brain, he feels dizzy quite often.