1. College students worry about the uncertainty of entering the labor market during a _____ when economic activity slows down and the unemployment rate rises.


2. I always keep candles in the house [ ] there is a power blackout.


3. John used to be very rude, but he's [ ] his ways.


4. Ann: I see you’re washing the windows. Joan: Yes. They have not been washed for a long time. Ann: [ ] Joan: Sure, if you don’t mind.Ann: No, not at all.


5. With the publication of her second book, Jane's writing career [ ]. She has written 10 best-selling novels since then.


6. Mr. Morgan strongly _____ of his daughter’s marriage to a divorced man and refused to attend their wedding.


7. The traffic law [ ] all motorcyclists to wear helmets.


8. We'd better [ ] the whole thing over again before we make a decision.


9. 台灣的電腦業已經從生產電腦零件,提升到開發整套系統的層次。


10. Linda has high goals for herself. With her [ ] and ambition, I think she will have no trouble reaching her goals.


11. Income [ ] is a serious social problem worldwide. The gap between the world’s rich and poor is widening drastically.


12. Success takes hard work, _____ , and patience. One who gives up easily never achieves his or her goal.


13. Despite his [ ] to be on time, he is always late.


14. I usually have a busy schedule, but once in a while I spend a few days in the mountains.


15. Some people prefer to follow a predictable pattern in their life: school, then marriage and children.


16. Firefighters were prepared to rush out at a moment's [ ].


17. The temperature dropped from 30℃ to 5℃ in the afternoon, so we had to [ ] before going out for dinner.


18. Have you been to this new restaurant?


19. The result of the careless storage and disposal of wastes is the [ ] of vectors of disease.


20. Literature [ ] provides only fragments of information about the Anglo-Saxon period.


21. In most cases, we go through a series of 4 to 6 sleep ______ each night.


22. Fire [ ] the entire restaurant in less than an hour. Fortunately, all the diners and staff escaped unhurt.


23. Harry Potter, the hero created by J. K. Rowling, is the most famous _____in modern English literature.


24. The landlord asked for an NT$10,000 ____ on the apartment to let, and it will be returned to the tenant eventually. 


25. I can’t wait to go to the Ricky Martin concert this weekend. I [ ] it for weeks.


26. There seems to be no better [ ] to their financial problems than the one you put forward at the meeting.


27. The farm workers’ union urged consumers to ______ imported fruit.


28. Your apartment looks great! What did you do with it?


29. I didn’t play the game well because I had [ ] my ankle.


30. Ann lived on the [ ] of the city.


31. Though the five clans of the Shinnecook Indian tribe sometimes envy and resent each other, they stand together because they know that [ ] will keep their land from being lost.


32. These three wooden boxes are [ ]; they are of the same size, shape, and color.


33. In the last few months, bottled water, like plastic bags, has been increasingly portrayed as an environmental [ ] by political leaders, activist groups, and media.


34. After being lost in the sea for six days, John began to [ ]. He saw things that weren’t really there.


35. Owls are [ ] creatures, for they can hardly be seen during the day.


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  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. Walk faster, ________ the train.


2. It is ________ that I don’t have to do much to keep it clean.


3. Josh: I can’t find Nick anywhere. Do you know where he is now?Tina: Well, ________  .


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


5. Although he was badly injured, he ________ the pain as long as he could.


6. Everybody thinks my idea ________.


7. They could not open the box ________ their efforts.


8. You need time and money. ________, you need diligence.


9. Health and wealth are both important to us, but without health, wealth is of no use. Therefore, ________ is more significant than ________.


10. I ________ to be out when she called.