1. After years of saving, Geoff finally [ ] up enough money to buy his parents’ dairy farm near here.


2. Privacy [ ] have grown increasingly worried that digital tools are giving governments and powerful corporations the ability to peek into people’s lives as never before.


3. Would you mind if we [ ] when we go out to have dinner tonight?


4. Henry: What’s the matter?Jill: [ ] Henry: How many times do I have to tell you to be more organized!


5. In the old world, class is legal and hereditary. [ ], in America, each person carves out an economic position as well as a social position.


6. After his release from prison, he promised himself he would [ ] and never commit any crimes.


7. It seems that more women nowadays are seeking out [ ] relationships with males.


8. In a dispute between siblings, parents usually take the side of the younger child [ ].


9. A dog with [ ] will often scratch itself so vigorously that the bites on its skin become worse.


10. There is a growing [ ] and concern about the problem of “Green House Effect”.


11. Though George and Mary are happily married, they cast [ ] votes in almost every election.


12. A:“Would you mind showing me your passport and flight ticket, please?”B: [ ]


13. Looking back over the past four decades, [ ].


14. Anna had a fight with her boss yesterday, and that’s [ ].


15. Much of the coast has been [contaminated] by nuclear waste.


16. The idea for the new machine came to Mr. Lane [ ] to work last week.


17. After [ ] to prison, those teens regretted not having taken advice from their parents and friends.


18. My cellphone is low on battery; it keeps beeping to remind me of [ ] it.


19. If revenge is so sweet that people crave it like candy, then what chance do societies have of rising above it?


20. A doctor’s schedule is always subject to change. He may try to finish his job by midnight but get [ ] emergency cases. He will have to change his schedule then.


21. He has an excellent memory; he can easily learn every name in this book [ ] .


22. There will be a ______ on wasteful government spending.


23. Nick tried to _____ his father to buy him a smartphone, but in vain.


24. [ ], he was as curly-haired and overweight as one of these pigs fattened for the festival, but now his hair has fallen out and he looks like a round lamppost.


25. Near the shore, the waves were enormous. But as we rowed out into open water, they began to [ ].


26. Every dieter looks for a positive result from the bathroom scale; if not a pound less, [ ] not ounce more.


27. We need to get up a plant to [ ] big trucks.


28. Which sentence structure is not correct?


29. _____ the author passed away twenty years ago, his stories live on.


30. [ ] to the college, all international students must pass an English proficiency test.


31. Hundreds of people are killed in car accidents in Taiwan every year, and many of [ ] could be prevented.


32. The customer complained that the lamps had not been delivered yet, [ ].


33. His parents' high expectation puts him under [ ] pressure to win the first prize.


34. Jennifer smiled ______ at her wedding; she was so happy.


35. [ ], people are very thirsty but are not terribly hungry.


複選題規則:
  1. 所有選項均答對,得該題全部分數
  2. 答錯一個選項,得題分的3/5
  3. 答錯兩個選項,得題分的1/5
  4. 答錯超過兩個選項或沒作答,該題以0分計算

1. ________ she’d gone, the boys started to mess about.


2. I enjoy playing sports. ________, I play basketball, baseball and tennis.


3. 儘管Diana 很苗條,她還想再瘦幾磅。


4. She flatters a person and speaks ill of the person behind his/ her back, so I won’t believe ________.


5. 請選出翻譯正確的句子:直到這意外,我才了解到父母多麼愛我。


6. Joe has been determined to study as hard as possible ________ keep up with his classmates.


7. He has got some urgent business to ________.


8. Don’t be angry with your son. What he said was ________ a joke.


9. 請選出翻譯正確的句子:恐怖份子攻擊雙子星大樓使賓拉登聞名全世界。


10. What you just said was great, but it was still ________.