1. When a big company goes out of business it is usually all _____ the news.


2. _____ change your mind, please give us a call.


3. The [____] cake appears so [____].


4. It is hard for me to [____] with vendors. I usually take the first price they offer.


5. Melanie forgot [____] her parents in Taiwan when she arrived safely in America.


6. I am sure I had made quite a good [____] on the personnel manager in the interview because I got the job.


7. Expo 2010 [____] in Shanghai, China from May 1 to October 31, 2010.


8. As lots of victims have moved into our district after the disaster, we _____ a shortage of water very soon.


9. Can you [_____] Mary from her sister?


10. The child [____] on the couch all day long.


11. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain is a famous story [____] reading.


12. The boss was [____] Ted’s laziness and decided to fire him.


13. It's getting late. Let's [____].


14. The building collapsed, and only one person buried underground could _____ survive the catastrophic earthquake.


15. After walking for 10 miles, I just want to [____] down and take a ten-minute rest.


16. Retarded children are most [____] to physical abuses in a family.


17. If Scott had studied hard enough, he [____] the midterm exam. Now he has to burn the midnight oil to pass the final exam.


18. One of Hualien’s long-standing traditions is stone carving, which is not surprising considering the city’s main [____] is marble.


19. The children were [____] loud [____] I couldn’t hear you.


20. Mother told her son, “[____] junk food you eat, [____] you will become.”


21. The candidates' challenge in the 2008 election was [____]: to get supporters out to the meetings and to win over the large numbers of undecided voters.


22. The danger of heart disease is a family affair. Women whose husbands suffer a heart attack often [____] to share many of their husbands’ cardiovascular risk factors.


23. I sent Tom a present as a token of my [____] for his kind assistance.


24. Mark was injured in the car accident yesterday, so his elder brother _____ his place in the race. 


25. You would go far to find a companion so [____] as Catherine, always pleasant and humorous, smiling and helpful.


26. Cindy and her husband are so busy that it is difficult for them to [____] dates for a vacation.


27. Healthcare workers, pregnant women and children aged between 6 months and 6 years are set to be [____] recipients of immunization vaccine against the H1N1 virus.


28. John, please remember [____] off the lights when you leave.


29. At our hotel your butler will [____] that your requests are satisfactorily fulfilled.


30. I ordered a pizza and asked it to be [____] to my office.


31. After the summit meeting, both sides agreed to _____ fire so that the peace talks could go on.


32. Do you know [____]?


33. [____] the cockroach when she screamed and stomped her feet furiously.


34. In the movie, all the stuffed animals came [____].


35. A good place to end a tour of Rome is the Trevi Fountain. Legend has it that if you toss a single coin into the Trevi, you are [____] a return to Rome.


36. Parents and teachers used to reject our ideas    


37. He fashioned himself as an executive in the mold of Jack Welch, [____] he’d worked at GE’s NBC.


38. Many of America’s parks and monuments have been made possible by the [____] donations of its citizens.


39. A:[____]B:Could you give me some constructive advice on how to improve it?


40. Ang Lee _____ one of the best movie directors in the world.


41. A cat got into the kennel last night and created a tremendous _____.


42. Without your kind assistance, I [____] a very serious mistake.


43. The post office announces that airmail service to Haiti is temporarily [____] due to the severe earthquake in January.


44. It is [____] to park cars on the sidewalk.


45. After a three-day strike, the employer and the employees have reached a consensus, and the factory has [____] operations.


46. The two eastern counties suffered losses of NT$11.4 million to farms and local agriculture, while related facilities sustained damage [____] 18 million NT dollars.


47. Taichung City is home to a little more than 700 thousand residents with 64% of the [____] employed.


48. Mary [____] at Taipei University since 2008.


49. Taiwan is famous [____] its many famous scenic spots, such as, Sun Moon Lake, Ali Mountain, etc.


50. If I [____] a bird, I would fly anywhere I want.