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


2. A:What’s your part in the play?B:______


3. If I [____] a bird, I would fly anywhere I want.


4. Do you know [____]?


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


6. He _____ last year. He and his wife just celebrated their first anniversary.


7. In time of economic [____], many small companies will downsize their operation.


8. For safety’s sake, it is essential to remain in our seats and _____ our seat belts before an airplane takes off.


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


10. I exercise two times a week to [____] my mind and body.


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


12. We eat [____] live, not live to eat.


13. Please remember _____ the radio before you sleep.


14. Only when you’re well-prepared will you be able to make the best use of every [____] for success when it comes.


15. A bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, [____] recognize the worth of something when he or she sees it.


16. The personnel office has made a [____] effort to make itself more efficient in responding to employees’ need.


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


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


19. According to the health official, the rate of increasing number of cases is not beyond [____] is expected and the symptoms of all the patients are mild.


20. A:What was his major in the university?B:_____________ 


21. A [____] room or seat is being kept for someone rather than given or sold to someone else.


22. Many people say couples tend to resemble each other. It seems that the longer they stay together, _____ they will become.


23. Among the things that money cannot buy [____] good health in the mind and body.


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


25. 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.


26. A(n) [____] number of volunteers showed up in the press conference.


27. While English is the [____] language in the US, Spanish is very widely spoken, especially in the south-western states.


28. Come in, please. Let me _____ some water and make tea for you. 


29. She has no [____] in country music.


30. [____] by eating less will you lose some weight.


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


32. When a big company goes out of business it is usually all _____ the news.


33. If I [____] rich enough, I [____] a luxurious house in downtown Taipei.


34. Delayed by a traffic jam, we were terribly late for a concert and had to wait until the [____] to enter.


35. After singing the national [____], the President gave a speech about Taiwan’s history and its people.


36. He is very [____]. He cares about nobody but himself.


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


38. It was a _____ that the little boy survived the plane crash.


39. Healthcare workers, pregnant women and children aged between 6 months and 6 years are set to be [____] recipients of immunization vaccine against the H1N1 virus.


40. As a baseball pitcher, Wang Chien-ming gained his international [____] by having nineteen wins within a baseball season.


41. Retarded children are most [____] to physical abuses in a family.


42. It is [____] to rain. You had better take an umbrella with you.


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


44. It’s been cold lately. So I try to [____] taking a shower every day.


45. Mary [____] at Taipei University since 2008.


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


47. If I [____] you were sick, I would have given you a leave of absence.


48. The police have suspected him of involvement in the suicide bombing but there is no [____] evidence to arrest him.


49. This novel was mainly [____] by a stranger he met on his last trip to London.


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