1. I will be sure to let you know about future promotional _____ for your business in Thompson.


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


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


4. [_____], he didn’t survive the big earthquake.


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


6. Thank you! It’s [____] I’ve ever received.


7. I want to change a new job. Can you please help me how to write a letter of [____]?


8. Come in, please. Let me _____ some water and make tea for you. 


9. You should understand that learning a language well results from _____ practice.


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


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


12. After coming back from Europe, he told me everything about the trip [_____].


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


14. You will be [____] for littering in public places.


15. The government should take measures to control the growing [____]. Food prices have gone up sharply recently.


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


17. These magnificent buildings date back to the period of Japanese_____.


18. Most of the people in my office want to stay _____, so they exercise regularly.


19. A:Do you know when the new traffic rules will become effective?B: [____]


20. While courts in the U.S. generally favor the mother in the event of a divorce, Taiwan family and divorce laws will grant custody to the father, [____] some other agreement is reached.


21. Mike forgot to save the file and the computer [____] suddenly. It was a real disaster.


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


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


24. The [____] consists of the usual march-past by the military and some interesting displays by the marching girls, martial arts clubs and dragon dancers.


25. Due to food shortages, there will be a great number of _____ suffering from starvation in many poor countries.


26. The _____ shows that Mary stole her friend’s computer.


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


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


29. Middle children often feel less important than their older or younger [____].


30. Do you know [____]?


31. Although the unemployment rate reached an all-time high in mid-2009, it has fallen for four [____] months by December.


32. As a baseball pitcher, Wang Chien-ming gained his international [____] by having nineteen wins within a baseball season.


33. I [____] a shower when the phone rang. So I could not answer it in time.


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


35. I am so hungry. The noodles look _____ to me. 


36. He is not an [____] person. He simply wants to live a simple life and does not want to compete with others.


37. Don’t take sight and hearing for _____; make the best use of them.


38. This job is easy. I think I can finish it [____] myself.


39. We [____] the fine weather to go fishing.


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


41. This toy car is too expensive. Please give me a [____] one.


42. An open-minded city, Taipei [____] Asia’s first Gay Pride parade which has now become an annual autumn event.


43. Sherlock Holmes [____] smoke in the air and assumed the killer had not left for too long.


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


45. As he had grown up in the country, he was not [____] to the fast pace of the city life when he first moved to Taipei.


46. We eat [____] live, not live to eat.


47. Jason [____] a moment before replying because he was not sure how to respond to the interviewer’s question.


48. Sophia has profound knowledge of Greek history, which makes her a [____] in that field.


49. The fireman soon _____ the fire.


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