1. George: What is your New Year's [ ]? Mary: I decided to give up smoking.


2. I wonder [ ].


3. The corporation can offer more opportunities to the efficient and [ ] employees and thus secure top-flight personnel.


4. Sally: Hi, Ben. What did you think of your finals last week?Ben: [ ]Sally: I’m glad to hear that.


5.
Online courses are _____ higher education, creating new opportunities for the best and huge problems for the rest.


6. Kristine can’t help feeling [ ] when she has to give a lecture in front of a large crowd.


7. Peter wanted to study at Stanford. His sister, [ ], preferred going to UCLA.


8. A:“Look at the line in front of the restaurant! We should have made a reservation.” B: [ ]


9. Writing is a very useful [ ] for students. In the future, they can use it at different workplaces.


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


11. He began to think of sad things, such as songs that could not be sung because the words [ ].


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


13. I wish to express my [ ] for your kind help.


14. I have always regretted not having studied harder at school. I [ ] more diligent at that time.


15. Office workers [ ] from back problems because they tend to sit still for long periods of time.


16. Due to keen competition, Tom’s application for a teaching position was [ ] by the screening committee.


17. My dinner with Mary was [ ]. She kept on talking about herself.


18. It can be hard for people to resist doing what others demand, but sometimes we must be strong ___pressure. 


19. A Venezuelan officer was [ ] selling military secrets to foreign intelligence agencies.


20. The course is primarily designed to improve students' English writing ability.


21. Would you please move your car? It’s blocking my driveway.


22. Our music teacher said that [ ] of chamber music was the string quartet.


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


24. Many countries, Taiwan [ ], are facing the problem of low birth rate and aging population.


25. The loud singing from next door really [ ] and I cannot concentrate on my reading.


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


27. Throughout the lecture, not once ______ the subject of foreign aid.


28. As human beings, we often vacillate between selfish and [ ] desires.


29. The actress was considered a new star in the film industry. Her first performance caused quite a [ ].


30. Tom: Do you have any plans for the summer vacation? Pete: Not really. Maybe I’ll go abroad and see something different.Tom: Really? [ ]Pete: I’m not sure. Maybe Hong Kong or Japan.


31. [ ] that the enemy troops may cross the tunnel, the soldiers blew it up.


32. The doctor gave her a [ ] for some medicine.


33. Protein has assumed an almost religious importance in the American diet.


34. Florida suffered from several [ ] this past summer.


35. More than seven years after its inception, the Kyoto Protocol was finally up and running. From February 16, 2005, countries throughout the world must [ ] their promise to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.


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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. All meetings had to be cancelled ________ the heavy snowstorm.


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


3. 請選出文法正確的句子:


4. He insisted that you ________ to the party.


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


6. She would donate a large amount of money to poor people ________, but she can barely support herself now.


7. 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。


8. ________ Anne Sullivan’s patient teaching, Helen Keller might have lived in a world of darkness forever.


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


10. The teacher ________ her students correct their answers in red.