1. All parcels are subject to [____] clearance; therefore, senders are requested to fill out these forms.


2. John, please remember [____] off the lights when you leave.


3. Mary’s uncle passed away yesterday. The _____ will be held next Tuesday. 


4. Even the typhoon is [_____], the flight still takes off on time.


5. Nowadays, [____] is a much better and wiser means than military force to solve differences or problems between nations.


6. The National Palace Museum will continue to cooperate with Beijing's Palace Museum [____] will not loan artifacts to China.


7. I can’t ride my bicycle [____] there isn’t any air in one of the tires.


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


9. He hurt his leg while climbing the mountain; [____], he would have participated in the charity event to raise money for the poor.


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


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


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


13. In southern Taiwan, people’s ties to rural folk culture are strongest. Local gods are more fervently worshipped. Tainan, for instance, has a temple heritage second to [____].


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


15. A cat got into the kennel last night and created a tremendous _____.


16. The audience enthusiastically [____] the pianist on her amazing performance.


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


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


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. Melanie forgot [____] her parents in Taiwan when she arrived safely in America.


21. The government brutally [____] the students’ protest, which in turn stimulated violent backlash.


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


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


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


25. Many people want to do some sports, but there are not enough [____] in the city.


26. A: What's the matter? You look as white as a sheet!B:[____]A:Maybe you should go to the doctor right away.


27. My boss is very [____]; he keeps asking us to complete assigned tasks within the limited time span.


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


29. An American may have great difficulty [____] a Chinese from a Japanese. To westerners, they are both Asian.


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


31. Expo 2010 [____] in Shanghai, China from May 1 to October 31, 2010.


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


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


34. A: What lovely little fruit tarts!B:[____]


35. It was so dark that [____] anything.


36. Every staff member in the post office must know that a good service [____] toward customers is important.


37. A dissident strove to seek political [____] upon his arrival at the United States.


38. The Eiffel Tower in France [_____] many tourists every year.


39. The reporter [____] from the principal’s speech that he intended to resign.


40. 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.


41. The dog was _____ death in the snowy weather. 


42. They must be [____]. They keep on yawning without a stop.


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


44. We will have a big family _____ for my grandfather’s 90th birthday this Sunday.


45. A: Shall I ring you later?B:[____]


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


47. I have no [_____] at all. I don’t feel like eating anything.


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


49. As introductory English now begins in elementary, rather than secondary school, and classes have begun to focus more on the spoken language, travelers to Taiwan can [____] without having to attempt any Mandarin or Taiwanese.


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