單選題 每題2分

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1. Taichung City is home to a little more than 700 thousand residents with 64% of the [____] employed.

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2. Please take out the [____] to make the room clean.

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3. My bookshelves were destroyed in the flood. I need to find a [____] to fix them.

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4. The janitor is [____] for taking care of the office.

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5. He is a [____] person. He doesn’t like changes but enjoys old ways of thinking.

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

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7. After the summit meeting, both sides agreed to _____ fire so that the peace talks could go on.

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

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9. The corporation can offer more opportunities to the efficient and [____] employees and thus secure top-flight personnel.

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10. A:I suggest that you buy stocks owned by financial institutions.B:Because they must have evaluated the companies before investment?A:_____ They are also a good financial supporter for the company in case the company needs more capital.

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11. Can you [_____] Mary from her sister?

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12. 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.

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13. Maria is shouting _____ excitement because she just won the first prize.

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14. The production of rice and wheat in this country is [____] by the local government.

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15. The challenging job required a strong, successful, and [____] candidate.

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

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17. A: You speak very good English.B: _____

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

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19. He didn’t know the word, chic, and [____].

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20. Since the typhoon, the basement has been filled with water. We have to [____] it as soon as possible. Otherwise, waterborne diseases might spread.

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21. In yesterday’s protest, the demonstrators [____] leaflets of their claims against air pollution to passers-by.

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22. The earthquake and the tsunami almost [____] the whole city.

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

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24. It’s sad that he died of a heart [____].

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25. My mother wants me to [____] USD5,000 from the bank.

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26. Jumbo jet had made [____] for people [____] for a long distance comfortably.

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

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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.

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

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

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31. A kind of natural disaster caused by earthquakes under the ocean and characterized by a sudden surge of giant and massive wave is known as [____].

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

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

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

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35. He is a very conscientious professor. Never [____] he let his students leave his classes earlier.

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36. The birth rate in Taiwan was at a/an [____] low last year.

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37. The [____] cake appears so [____].

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38. I wish I [____] ten thousand dollars to buy that sweater.

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

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

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41. This artist’s [____] are on exhibition at the museum.

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42. Hong Kong is one of the world’s most thrilling Chinese New Year travel destinations. The [____] is the spectacular fireworks display on the second day of the New Year.

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43. I haven’t [____] decided where to go on holiday.

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44. The newly built gym has [____] equipments with qualified trainers to provide personal services.

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

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

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

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48. Tom called to check [____] I had received his message.

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49. The singer’s [____] increases even though she gave birth to a new baby.

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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.

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