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


2. A: Have you finished writing your annual report?B: Not yet. [____]


3. An American may have great difficulty [____] a Chinese from a Japanese. To westerners, they are both Asian.


4. Those angry peasants held a sit-in [____] make their protests against the new policy.


5. Clark: Hi, young lady._____Dianne: Oh, I’m just looking.Clark: O.K. If you need any help, just let me know.


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


7. The tourists were not able to [____] the hotel because it was booked up.


8. The audience enthusiastically [____] the pianist on her amazing performance.


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


10. A: That chair is in the way. Could you please move it?B: _____


11. Mandarin is widely [____] in the world, and you can find Chinese food restaurants in many big cities.


12. Watch your manners. You are not supposed to be so [____].


13. Since he went to Japan, I haven’t heard [____] him again.


14. He [____] that he did something wrong and asked his parents for forgiveness.


15. The train _____ to arrive at 11:30, but it was an hour late.


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


17. Living in a highly [____] society, some Taiwanese children are forced by their parents to learn many skills at a very young age.


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


19. After the flood, there is no [____] food and water in that small town.


20. A: What was the weather like?B:[____]


21. Kristine can’t help feeling [____] when she has to give a lecture in front of a large crowd.


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


23. Remember to [____] some sunscreen before you go to the beach.


24. A:I keep worrying that I left the back door unlocked.B:_____________ 


25. All parcels are subject to [____] clearance; therefore, senders are requested to fill out these forms.


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


27. A:“The firefighters saved me just before the house collapsed!”B:[____]


28. When I feel hungry at night, I usually eat [____] noodle.


29. He didn’t know the word, chic, and [____].


30. May I have two hundred U.S. dollars in small [____]?


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


32. The news was [____] good [____] true.


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


34. Mary’s watch is as expensive as her husband’s. Her father’s watch is [____] theirs.


35. People are advised to [____] traveling to areas with landslides.


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


37. I will visit you the day after tomorrow, if it is [____] for you.


38. I couldn’t help [_____] when I heard about the death of my cousin.


39. A: Would you like some cereal for breakfast?B:[____]


40. I don't think that Tom will have an [____] to get the high-paying job.


41. In the past year I have developed an important relationship with my [____].


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


43. The chef has made a special sauce to [____] the beef.


44. The recent decline in stock markets has led to greater _____ in inexpensive goods.


45. Our cell phones use one of the most [____] technologies in the electronic business. No one beats us.


46. As the bus rolled into her hometown, Liz looked around at the familiar streets and shops that she [____] for two years.


47. It is said that there are only a few lucky days [____] for getting married in 2010.


48. A: Have the prices of the antique cars gone down recently?B: [_____]


49. Will you buy an electric car when they [____] available?


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For more information, please call Paul Stanley at (02)2422-8769 or ______ http://uoftaichung.edu.tw.