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


2. The most important [____] in this cake are flour, eggs, sugar, and butter.


3. It’s too cold for me to take a cold shower. Please turn on the [____] for me.


4. A:“The firefighters saved me just before the house collapsed!”B:[____]


5. A:“I’d like to see a movie shown at the Theatre Complex. Do you like to join me?”B:[____]


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


7. I’m going to the garage. My car needs _____ because it broke down the day before yesterday.


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


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


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


11. Watch your manners. You are not supposed to be so [____].


12. I seem to have a fever. May I have a [____] to take my temperature?


13. A: What was the weather like?B:[____]


14. A: How do you like your egg?B:[____]


15. Those who [____] a quake [____] life more.


16. Because of credit _____, many companies which have financial difficulties cannot get a loan from banks.


17. People traveling to a foreign country may need to apply [____] a visa.


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


19. Remember to [____] some sunscreen before you go to the beach.


20. Tom had stayed up watching movies and _____ this morning. 


21. A:Our company has been running in the red for the last few years.B: But this year, I think we’ll [____]


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


23. Since he went to Japan, I haven’t heard [____] him again.


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


25. The two companies signed a document to strengthen [____] business relations.


26. Owing to human greed, there is little chance of [____] peace in the world.


27. Watching TV is interesting, but it takes patience to watch TV _____, which advertise all kinds of things.


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


29. [____] has become a very serious problem in the modern world. It’s estimated that there are more than 1 billion overweight adults globally.


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


31. A: Where are you now? I have been waiting for you in the park for one hour already!B: _____


32. To cut down on the garbage, it is essential that all household trash _____ and put into trash bags.


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


34. I used to _____ myself with a walk in the botanical garden.


35. We [____] you to join us in supporting the Hope Scholarship program.


36. You should live within your income. Otherwise, you won’t be able to earn enough money to [____].


37. After a three-day strike, the employer and the employees have reached a consensus, and the factory has [____] operations.


38. The Ministry of the Interior has decided to [____] telephone fraud.


39. A: That chair is in the way. Could you please move it?B: _____


40. I would like to [____] $500 from my savings account.


41. His speedy recovery from a fatal car accident still remains [____] for a lot of people.


42. I prefer a round table to a [____] one. Round represents completeness.


43. A:“Where can we buy souvenirs at a reasonable price in this vicinity?”B:[____]


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


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


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


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


48. I resented [____] that. She could have been more courteous and sophisticated.


49. A: “Why don’t we go to the baseball game?”B:[____]


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