1. Bad habits usually result [____] bad health. Thus if you want to be in a good shape, you need to get rid of some habits.


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


3. Fortunately, the patient’s condition remains [____] after the operation. She will be recovering soon.


4. Schizophrenia is a kind of [____] caused partially by utter isolation from the outside world.


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


6. If the rain doesn’t stop soon, we should consider [____] Joe’s farewell party.


7. Could you please tell me [____]?


8. Do you know [____]?


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


10. I shall buy you a bracelet watch _____ condition that you promise to behave yourself. 


11. The children were [____] loud [____] I couldn’t hear you.


12. We are sorry. All lines are currently busy. Please [____] on for the next available agent.


13. Demographers study population growth or decline and things like [____], which means the movement of populations into cities.


14. I missed the early morning train because I [____].


15. _____ change your mind, please give us a call.


16. The typhoon that hit southern Taiwan [____] several houses.


17. A: I don’t feel well. I have an upset stomach.B: You _____ have eaten something bad.


18. Without your kind assistance, I [____] a very serious mistake.


19. 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.


20. Our manager _____ from his position yesterday because he needed more time to take care of his sick father.


21. A:“I think it is impolite for a guest to leave the house without saying goodbye to the host.”B:[____]


22. It is [_____] that a foreigner can speak Mandarin so fluently.


23. We are genuinely grateful for your long-term [____] in carrying out the building project.


24. A: “Are you ready to order?”B:[____]


25. The earthquake’s [____] was such that hundreds of houses were destroyed and thousands of people were killed.


26. The river was [____] by the chemical waste from the factory.


27. I walked to school on foot, and [____].


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


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


30. For most readers, her diary was a record of her inner _____.


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


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


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


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


35. I _____ to act for the director while he is off. 


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


37. I tried to [_____] my son who had just failed an examination, but in vain.


38. My sister and I [____] never [____] to Singapore.


39. The trip to Africa was full of [____] and joys, and we all really enjoyed it.


40. [____] Daisy has spent two hours shopping in Sears, she still cannot find the kind of hat she wants.


41. London coffee houses became centers of discussion [____] as “penny universities”.


42. The police arrested the suspect, but in the absence of [____] he was set free soon.


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


44. Do not [____] John and Lisa when they are busy with the project.


45. Please remember _____ the radio before you sleep.


46. If Scott had studied hard enough, he [____] the midterm exam. Now he has to burn the midnight oil to pass the final exam.


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


48. On the Sunday [____] your visit, I went to see Johnny with Mr. Powell. He sent his regards to you.


49. The Presidential Office in Taiwan is a classic mix of European renaissance and baroque style architecture, [____] ornate with simple features.


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