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


2. In May and June, the museum [____] a series of one-week exhibitions.


3. The flight to Chicago has been [____] due to heavy snow.


4. The room is so [____] that I can see nothing here.


5. A good place to end a tour of Rome is the Trevi Fountain. Legend has it that if you toss a single coin into the Trevi, you are [____] a return to Rome.


6. [____] a new language is interesting.


7. A: Why didn’t you call me?B: [____]


8. Don’t take what he said seriously. He was only [____].


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


10. This novel was mainly [____] by a stranger he met on his last trip to London.


11. After having an _____ with me, the boss decides to give me the job. 


12. [____] buyers want is technology that makes cars go further and faster for less money.


13. The [____] woman made a point of visiting people in the hospital who had no relatives to visit them.


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. I ride the bicycle to the office every day. I save money _____ gas.


16. Do you know [____]?


17. [____] more manpower and fund, we'll complete the task within two months.


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


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


20. A:What was his major in the university?B:_____________ 


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


22. A bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, [____] recognize the worth of something when he or she sees it.


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


24. Unlike other springs locations, Taian Hot Springs is relatively serene, with no more than six large-scale resorts in the area, so the place is not as [____] as Wulai and Beitou.


25. For fear that its economy would _____, the Spanish government is trying to get loans from its neighbors.


26. The company is [____] the new products now, so you can buy one and get the second one free.


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


28. The danger of heart disease is a family affair. Women whose husbands suffer a heart attack often [____] to share many of their husbands’ cardiovascular risk factors.


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


30. Waiter: Are you ready to order, sir? Guest: [____]


31. [____] I lost my health did I know the importance of it.


32. The boss says that we must [____] our business promotion in the upcoming three months.


33. I remember [____] you somewhere. It’s possible that we went to college together.


34. A:“I wonder if you could reserve a table with a view for me.”B:[____]


35. 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.


36. She has no [____] in country music.


37. A: Hi, John. How’re you doing today?B: [____]


38. A:As you sow, so shall you reap. We all have to work harder.B:_____________ 


39. Our teacher always tells us that knowledge should be [____] through years, not gained in one day.


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


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


42. I need to check my _____ to make sure that I am free for the meeting.


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


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


45. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain is a famous story [____] reading.


46. We are not happy _____ the result.


47. A: Sir, I want to open a time deposit account.B: _____A: One year.B: OK. Please fill in this signature card first.


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


49. I need some [____] for taking buses around town.


50. I might have the chance to visit the theater _____ person.