1. The typhoon that hit southern Taiwan [____] several houses.


2. The post office announces: Sending packages containing [____] items is forbidden.


3. Paul’s [____] pursuit of knowledge is praised highly by his instructor.


4. The Ministry of the Interior has decided to [____] telephone fraud.


5. A: “I’m thinking of buying a notebook computer.”B:[____]


6. It didn’t take us long to get here because there [____] traffic.


7. It’s time to take a short _____. Would you like to have a cup of coffee? 


8. There is _____ that Jenny is a smart student. 


9. All the [____] on the city rail map are color-coded so that a traveler knows which direction she/he should take.


10. I haven’t [____] decided where to go on holiday.


11. A: How did you like the trip to Penghu? B: [____]A: Oh, that’s too bad.


12. If this matter cannot be resolved, I will be forced to [____] the contract.


13. It is reported that there’s [____] tension between the refugees and the local population in Pakistan.


14. John: Could you please mail this letter for me?Mary: I am sorry. I can’t because I have a lot of work to do now.John: That’s all right. [____]


15. Mayor Ting’s plan about the city will have the [____] for the betterment of our life in the near future.


16. The relationship between a salesperson and a client is important: both parties want to feel satisfied with their deal and _____ wants to feel cheated.


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


18. His efforts to improve the company have been very [_____].


19. I resented [____] that. She could have been more courteous and sophisticated.


20. Demographers study population growth or decline and things like [____], which means the movement of populations into cities.


21. I shall buy you a bracelet watch _____ condition that you promise to behave yourself. 


22. The American government has decided to provide financial assistance to [____] the automobile industry. Car makers are relieved at the news.


23. Because the couple could not have children of their own, they planned to [____] an orphan.


24. The water in the buckets [____] not clean enough to drink.


25. By 2050, Africa’s population, both northern and sub-Saharan, is expected to [____] from 900 million to almost two billion.


26. My sister and I [____] never [____] to Singapore.


27. You will have to pay extra [____] for overweight baggage.


28. A: “Why don’t we go to the baseball game?”B:[____]


29. The main thing that makes mobile phones [____] harmful is radiation.


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


31. I want to make a/an [____] with Dr. Johnson tomorrow morning. I think I’ve caught a cold.


32. Library users will be fined for returning books after the [____] date.


33. The janitor is [____] for taking care of the office.


34. There are different kinds of restaurants along the street,_____ from haute cuisine in five-star hotels to inexpensive stands selling traditional Taiwanese food.


35. As a collector, Mr. Strachwitz has built [____] is believed to be the largest private collection of Mexican-American and Mexican music.


36. Jenny’s success in her career _____ her mother very much.


37. A dissident strove to seek political [____] upon his arrival at the United States.


38. 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.


39. There is keen [____] in the sale of mobile phones.


40. Modern people tend to value material enjoyment too much and ignore [____] pursuit.


41. A: Excuse me. Do you speak English?B: Yes, but not very well.A: Can you direct me to Taipei station?B: [____]


42. The loud singing from next door really [____] and I cannot concentrate on my reading.


43. You will pay a [____] of fifty dollars for your ferry ride.


44. A:Did you tell Mary about my birthday party to be held next Monday?B: No. [____]


45. Parents and teachers used to reject our ideas    


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


47. [____] by eating less will you lose some weight.


48. Every staff member in the post office must know that a good service [____] toward customers is important.


49. He has to send his mother to the hospital immediately since she is [_____] a serious flu.


50. Don’t [____]! Just tell me directly why you object to my plan!