1. A: Can’t you meet me later this afternoon to talk about our investment project?B: _____


2. It was very kind of him to [____] my mistake. I’d never forget his kindness.


3. I need to [____] fifty thousand dollars from my brother to buy a new car.


4. Peter: My hands really itch. I can’t stop scratching them.Robert: It looks like a rash. Are you allergic to anything?Peter: [____] It never happened to me before.


5. Joyce [____] Walter if she had made a different choice three years ago.


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


7. The man, [____], is going to give a lecture at our school.


8. It’s sad that he died of a heart [____].


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


10. She is [_____] speaking German language.


11. A:Let’s study hard now and go skiing during this coming Christmas holidays.B:_____________ 


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


13. The professor asked his students to finish the report in one month. Tomorrow will be the _____.


14. Fifty dollars [____] not enough for me to have a dinner nowadays.


15. The crew [____] the burning ship and were saved by the rescue team.


16. You’ve lived in California for a long time, [____]?


17. After years of trying, the couple have finally [____] the fact that they will never have their own children. They decided to adopt one.


18. I [_____] my high school classmate in a department store yesterday.


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


20. A:“Look at the line in front of the restaurant! We should have made a reservation.”B:[____]


21. A: Excuse me. Is this the investment consulting service?B: [____]


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


23. Although the Enlightenment may have overestimated the power of reason to guide human conduct, it nevertheless opened to men and women a more humane view of their fellow passengers.


24. When the orange trees [____], there is a sweet fragrance in the air.


25. Sexual [____] is regarded as a serious violation of women’s rights.


26. I look forward to [_____] after working hard in the company for so many years.


27. Mark is so _____ that we like him.


28. He drives much [____] than his girl friend.


29. Rescuers from many countries went to the [____] of the earthquake to help the victims.


30. A: Are you sure we’re on the right way to the post office?B: Yes, [_____]


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


32. You shouldn’t [____] your parents’ love [____]; instead, you should cherish and reward it.


33. A: Where are you now? I have been waiting for you in the park for one hour already!B: _____


34. Be sure to wear enough. The temperature is [____] low today.


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


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


37. A: I have put on some weight in the last three months.B: _____


38. It’s too cold for me to take a cold shower. Please turn on the [____] for me.


39. Owing to human greed, there is little chance of [____] peace in the world.


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


41. [____] birds are suspected to be major carriers of avian flu.


42. The parrot used its strong [____] to crack open the nuts.


43. The company [____] a 46% rise in earnings per share in the final quarter of 2007.


44. Do you know [____]?


45. A [____] film won the Oscar Award last year for its explicit exposure of corruption in our society.


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


47. The plane leaving for Tokyo from Hong Kong will [____] at seven p.m..


48. You have the [____] of going to work or studying abroad.


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


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