1. The boss was [ ] Ted’s laziness and decided to fire him.


2. Life in Britain was transformed by the [advent] of the steam engine.


3. 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.


4. Customer: There must be a mistake. I didn't ask for the steak. Waiter: Sorry. I'll take it back. [ ] Customer: The seafood combo.


5. People gathered in the square to [ ] homage to the king when he visited their village.


6. The briefings that rely on asking people [ ] what they have just been through may not necessarily bring cathartic help to those who have suffered traumatic events.


7. Mary’s watch is as expensive as her husband’s. Her father’s watch is [ ] theirs.


8. She        his ego, at least momentarily, by announcing-to everyone within a ten-mile radius-that he had the intellectual range of a baked potato.


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


10. Physician Stephen Hawking teams up with his daughter to write a cosmic adventure story for kids. The Hawkings portray the universe as harmonious and largely [ ].


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


12. Taiwan government has implemented a yearly control quota for catching whale sharks. The maximum number is 65 and the quota system is set up in [ ] with a global conservation drive.


13. The song on the radio [ ] us of our childhood in the country.


14. Before we went to the party last night, I [ ] my purse.


15. They were [ ] to accept the offer without knowing all the details.


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


17. The senators reached a [ ] agreement and they will work out a final resolution later.


18. The school year in Taiwan universities usually [ ].


19. When facing an accusation we should examine our behavior first instead of [ ] others.


20. In that country today there is still no


21. Bobby lied to me yesterday. I wish that he [ ] me the truth then.


22. Why don’t we go to a movie this evening?


23. Perhaps by that time, we ______ that it is better to cooperate than to fight.


24. He broke his glasses while [ ] basketball.


25. Because of poor money management, the company was [ ] by a large firm last year.


26. Read the ______ on this stone. This building is now over 500 years old.


27. As a result of his ______ manner, Jim’s work as a waiter lasted only for one day.


28. The baseball team will travel to the United States [ ].


29. The Colosseum in Rome and sites in the historic walled town of Urbino have suffered damage due to _____ snow-fall.


30. Studios make most of their box-office money in the first 10 days of a movie's [ ].


31. The bulls are


32. 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。


33. A: “How would you like your steak to be cooked?” B: [ ]


34. You have missed a lot of lessons. You may find it difficult to [ ] with the rest of the class.


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


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1. 我們直到年紀變長,才能體悟青春的短暫。


2. ________ as freely in the sky as a bird!


3. 請選出翻譯正確的句子:他雖然年輕且沒經驗,但充滿熱誠又有責任感。


4. 他們贏了那場比賽令我感到很驚訝。


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


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


7. 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。


8. ________ that, I haven’t decided yet.


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


10. 請選出翻譯正確的句子:今天年輕人自己尋找伴侶而不是讓父母為他們安排婚姻。