1. In many cultures, it is considered rude if we [ ] other people’s conversation.


2. It’s finally here, after months of rumors and delays: Palm’s new wireless PDA and it is cool! The design, while notably different from that of other current Palm models, is sleek, slim, and light.


3. Of all the patients in intensive care units who are at [ ] of dying, some 20 percent present difficult ethical choices—whether to keep trying to save the life.


4. How are you going to spend the bonus money?


5. Writers need to [ ] a mass of information by means of some orderly system.


6. All teenagers under the age of 16 must have the consent of their parents to drive a car.


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


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


9. The British are the biggest [ ] of chocolate; each person, on average, eats nearly 10 kilograms per year.


10. One difference between the theater and the movie is that the audience in the theater [ ] at the end of the performance.


11. We still have a long way to go. I think we’d better take turns driving.


12. He battled weight problems, which contributed to knee and back [ ].


13. Little Betty [ ] with a cold and had to miss her piano lesson.


14. The audience should be encouraged to enjoy rather than [ ] the movie.


15. The high risk of getting lung cancer still cannot [ ] people from smoking.


16. There is little evidence to suggest that security cameras [ ] crime or terrorists.


17.
When the singer started to sing, all her fans were _____ by her beautiful voice.


18. I do not believe his stories. He [ ].


19. The airline’s employees are planning to stage a five-day _____ for better working conditions and improved wages.


20. Most film actors enjoy being in the spotlight because they like getting a lot of [ ] from the press.


21. Jessie has to pass one more exam before she is [ ] and able to graduate from school.


22. Mrs. Pai drove into town because she had a few odds and ends [ ].


23. Although the Enlightenment may have overestimated the power of reason to guide human conduct, it nevertheless opened to men and women a more humane view of their fellow passengers.


24. President Bush said the United States would not reduce its support for Taiwan [ ] better relations with mainland China.


25. Judy: May, would you like some tea?May: [ ]Judy: Here you are.


26. The two news programs may be different in their modes of expression, but they have quite a lot _____.


27. Linda:Hey, did I tell you I went to Taipei from Kaohsiung by the High Speed Railway yesterday?Harry: [ ] Linda: The train ran so smoothly and the trip only took me about 90 minutes. Harry: Nice! Maybe I should try it next time.


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


29. Quite a few doctors admit that they have been tempted to be less than perfectly honest with their patients.


30. Laundry ______ is a major source of pollution to the river.


31. Tension and anxiety at test time may cause students to forget what they have read.


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


33. The terms “blue collar” and “white collar” are occupational _____ that distinguish workers who perform manual labor from workers who perform professional jobs.


34. Gilbert: You look down. [ ]。Peter: Oh, I feel like it's the end of the world. I did poorly in the interview this morning. Gilbert: Don't worry. You'll do better next time.


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


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1. ________ in bed, I could not go to work for a couple of days last week.


2. In such a rainy day, I ________ stay at home watching TV ________ go to a movie.


3. Can you ________ why he has such strange behavior?


4. The man ________ is our teacher.


5. She loves her boyfriend because he is a man ________.


6. He works harder than he ________ when he entered the trading company five years ago.


7. I ________ to be out when she called.


8. 儘管Diana 很苗條,她還想再瘦幾磅。


9. She was seen ________ the building about the time the crime was committed.


10. ________, he is quite expert in computer technology.