1. A: Can’t you meet me later this afternoon to talk about our investment project?B: _____


2. I love going away, but there’s no place like [____].


3. [____] you need to get in touch with me, you can reach me at 224338654 at my travel agency.


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


5. The movie is _____ the novel by Joseph O’Neill. 


6. The new technique in a Malaysia based garment manufacturing company has [____] them to double the production of the factory.


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


8. If I [____] enough money, I [____] that luxurious car.


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


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


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


12. Mike forgot to save the file and the computer [____] suddenly. It was a real disaster.


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


14. A:[____]B:Could you give me some constructive advice on how to improve it?


15. You should understand that learning a language well results from _____ practice.


16. Despite facing an imminent labor shortage as its population ages, Japan has done [____] to open itself up to immigration.


17. These facilities in the playroom are for children aged between 1–12 [____].


18. Mr. Johnson wore a suit and tie [____].


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


20. Because son preference has been a significant phenomenon in Asia for centuries, the Chinese actually have a term for such [____]: “bare branches” – branches of the family tree that will never bear fruit.


21. It is believed that international sports competitions would promote friendly relations [____] nations.


22. More fathers are becoming aware of their responsibilities to their families. They feel now they must get [____] to help raise their children.


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


24. 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.


25. Mayor Ting’s plan about the city will have the [____] for the betterment of our life in the near future.


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


27. Since the economy is improving, many people are hoping for a [____] in salary in the coming year.


28. All his family members attended the [____] because they wanted to congratulate him on obtaining a college diploma in person.


29. Though it is not very _____ paid, the job is quite interesting.


30. The child was in [____] condition with over 85% of her body seriously burnt.


31. She takes a lot of [____] measures to lose her weight.


32. This is a good _____ for a post office because it is in the middle of town.


33. Mother told her son, “[____] junk food you eat, [____] you will become.”


34. A:This is Kevin McQueen, his former classmate. Do you know what time he will be back?B: _____


35. Parents and teachers used to reject our ideas    


36. I am sure I had made quite a good [____] on the personnel manager in the interview because I got the job.


37. John felt the house shaken and [____] out immediately.


38. A: [_____] It is raining outside.B: Yes please. It is so kind of you.


39. A:Jack used whisky to brush his teeth.B:______


40. You have worked so hard for a whole year-_____ taking a break.


41. The government will [____] a statement about tax increases soon.


42. The MRT system has greatly [____] this area; I can’t even recognize the location of my old school.


43. Although the leader sometimes tends to [____] the situation, the team works well together.


44. The child [____] on the couch all day long.


45. The hiking route of the Shitoushan Trail is not [____] and so is suitable for most people, including the elderly and young children.


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


47. A: You are so busy. [____]B:Thank you for your kindness. Can you please type this letter for me?


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


49. A: I came across my old classmate in town yesterday.B: _____


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