1. A:Our company has been running in the red for the last few years.B: But this year, I think we’ll [____]


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


3. Being a housewife, I have to [____] breakfast and then [____] the dishes every day.


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


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


6. I plan to go to Jay’s concert next week, but all tickets [____].


7. The students were completely [____] about their graduation trip because the school wanted it to be a surprise.


8. As soon as it [____] raining, we will go out for a movie.


9. Mother Teresa [____] her [____] life aiding the sick and the homeless. Her selfless love has been highly praised by the world.


10. 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.


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


12. A: Why is your coat so wet?B: It was [____] when I arrived.


13. It was a _____ that the little boy survived the plane crash.


14. I used to _____ myself with a walk in the botanical garden.


15. As a college student, Jennifer’s dream job is to work as a summer _____ at a law firm.


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


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


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


19. The label on the canned pork says this product is [____] to be free of preservatives.


20. My father can speak both English and German _____.


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


22. The president of the United States can only serve two [____] of four years each.


23. The 2010 World Cup Final was broadcast [____] to people all over the world.


24. My sister knows many passages from Shakespeare [____]; she can memorize the details of his plays.


25. Danielle behaves herself [____].


26. Customer:I have 3 books to be sent to the US by airmail. How can I mail them?Clerk: [____]Customer: Thanks.


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


28. We look forward to [____] from you soon.


29. I seem to have a fever. May I have a [____] to take my temperature?


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


31. Younger children can enjoy [____] programs from the Disney Channel or play games on one of the computers in this library.


32. You owe me a/an [____] for not giving me a helping hand when needed.


33. A:Can you tell me where I can catch the number 36 bus, please?B:[____]


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


35. [____], the little girl did not open the door.


36. You are not [____] to understand the current situation.


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


38. Bodyguards were on alert throughout the presidential [____].


39. Former Japanese F2 racer Takayuki Ueda has opened the Taki Racing School on the outskirts of Bangkok. The school students [____] aged over 16 years, even if they do not have a driver’s license.


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


41. Being surrounded by the strong force of the police, the gangsters couldn’t but [____].


42. It was very much _____ my disappointment that they lost the game. 


43. To use a TravelPass, you have to insert it [____] the automatic stamping machine when you get off.


44. Humans are deeply [____] beings. Friendship and marriage make people happier.


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


46. [_____] by the terrible scene, she couldn’t move at all.


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


48. A:“I’m afraid I don’t have time to meet you today.”B:[____]


49. After many years of moving, Daniel finally found a [____] home in the Dublin suburbs.


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