1. Hong Kong became a [ ] manufacturing hub in its own right—until the colony’s growing wealth began to impede growth.


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


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


4. Parties on river-boats have lost their [appeal] since one sank last year killing thirty-three people.


5. Linguistically the Jicarillas are of the same stock as the Apache of Arizona; but here the relationship ceases, for the two peoples have virtually no knowledge of each other.


6. Thank you for your enquiry. [Please see the following tables for the range of products and pricelist].


7. Privacy [ ] have grown increasingly worried that digital tools are giving governments and powerful corporations the ability to peek into people’s lives as never before.


8. I try to judge people by their character, not by something as [ ] as physical appearance.


9. Now it’s up to the elected _____ of the developed countries to take the right action to curb global warming.


10. [ ] initial recognition while still quite young.


11. The owner of the shop said that his business could never [ ] without the Internet.


12. A committee [ ] students, faculty, staff and alumni was appointed by the president of the university to help select a commencement speaker for the 2004 graduation.


13. Do you know [ ]?


14. Teresa heard the rock music and woke up like a bullet.


15. If you are afraid of height, you should not try [ ].


16. Please put ______ your lab coats before you leave the laboratory.


17. If a loop of wire is moved between two poles of a magnet, electricity is [ ] in the wire.


18. Barbara, working as an intern in the company, was very [ ] being assigned routines instead of challenging tasks.


19. I was transported with joy at the news.


20. The movie was recommended for mature audiences only because there were many scenes of intense violence which would be too _____ for children.


21. Many of the problems were caused by a ______ in communications.


22. I can’t wait to [ ] my old car because it has been causing me a lot of trouble.


23. Loyalty, or an unspoken agreement to remain faithful and supportive, [ ] in friendship than in kinship.


24. I wish I ______ about this the day before yesterday.


25. The authorities have confirmed the criminal’s whereabouts from _____ information sources and are determined to hunt him down.


26. The film The Last Emperor [ ] the leading actor international fame.


27. (On the phone)Eunice: Hello, my watch isn’t working. Clerk: What’s wrong with it? Eunice: It just stopped. Can you fix it?Clerk: Well, [ ]. I’ll have a look at it.


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


29. An elephant can lift [ ] a ton with its tusks.


30. He broke his glasses while [ ] basketball.


31. Let us hope Mike doesn’t become a sailor because he couldn’t tell the difference between latitude and longitude in our [ ] class.


32. The challenging job required a strong, successful, and [ ] candidate.


33. He looks [ ] he were very exhausted from work.


34. Simon felt terribly embarrassed when he accidentally [ ] his cup of coffee and spilled it all over Mary's dress.


35. Is Mr. Jackson in the office?


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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. Mother Teresa has long been ________ a living evidence of love and tenderness.


2. When the president retires, his son will ________ the company.


3. He insisted that you ________ to the party.


4. I didn’t mean to interrupt you. Please ________.


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


6. 他們贏了那場比賽令我感到很驚訝。


7. English ________ an international language.


8. 你不需要道歉。


9. 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。


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