1. Because his speech was [ ], the audience gave him a big hand.


2. Batteries have always been the [ ] of electric cars; we can make one that is rugged, but it’s bound to be too heavy and bulky, and unable to store enough electricity.


3. This car is past repair.


4. Living overseas has changed Johnson's worldview entirely. His narrow perspective has been [ ].


5. [ ] I lost my health did I know the importance of it.


6. Over the decades, a few psychological researchers have ventured out of the dark realm of mental illness into the sunny land of the mentally hale and hearty.


7.
Kevin never liked cats before taking care of his sister’s cat Lily. The kitten just _____ Kevin, and he actually enjoyed her company.


8.
The approval of film reviewers can be _____ to a film’s success and can actually determine its future at the box office.


9. The government announced that after 2005, [ ].


10. You've used up all the excuses. Can't you come up with a better one?


11. Depressed people are advised not to use alcohol as a [ ] for their problems.


12. Customer: Excuse me, there’s something you could help me with. Manager: [ ] Customer: There isn’t any hot water in my room. Manager: Oh, I’m sorry. I’ll look after it right away.


13. Aristotle came at the end of the creative period in Greek thought, and after his death it was two thousand years before the world produced any philosopher who could be regarded as approximately his equal.


14. The Center for Disease Control reminded citizens traveling overseas during the holidays to be [ ] contagious diseases.


15. Although the company did not make profits this season, the manager is still _____ about the prospect.


16. She is a [ ] person. She always works hard, has excellent self-control, and takes great care to follow moral goodness.


17. He is inclined to [ ] details. Therefore, his proposals are sometimes not carefully thought-out.


18. Which of the following sentences is WRONG?


19. The U. S. is a [ ] of fifty states.


20. The trouble with David is that he never [ ] on time for meetings.


21. Income typically rises gradually from young adulthood through the middle years, but usually [ ] after retirement.


22. The excitement of hunting big game in Africa has been a lure to Europeans for 200 years.


23. Mrs. Smith took [ ] of the fine weather and went out hiking all morning.


24. When Tom called me last night, [ ].


25. You can find a great [ ] of books and magazines in the library.


26. Constructivism emerged as a prevailing paradigm only in the last part of [ ].


27. A:“Hello. Could you put me through to Philip from the Sales Department, please?”B: [ ]


28. Singapore has steadily been adding about 100,000 [ ] annually since 1990, census data shows.


29. Don’t [ ]. Answer my questions directly.


30. Earthquakes frequently hit the island, [ ].


31. His filing system is excellent and well-organized. All of the important information he needs is [ ].


32. My father ______ your show for years now.


33. According to research, good leaders are made, not [ ]; one learns to be a leader by observing other leaders.


34.
An addiction is anything that has more power over you than you do.


35. I know better than to move another peg.


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. It’s ________ to be sunny again tomorrow.


2. There ________ to be some mistake.


3. We tried to persuade him to quit smoking, but ________.


4. He had an accident ________ careless driving.


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


6. It is a good idea ________ as you would like to be treated.


7. Walk faster, ________ the train.


8. He has got some urgent business to ________.


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


10. ________ in better times, he would have lived a happy life.