1. It’s too cold for me to take a cold shower. Please turn on the [____] for me.


2. The train _____ to arrive at 11:30, but it was an hour late.


3. The young girl started to panic when she _____ a man approaching her in the dark.


4. This novel was mainly [____] by a stranger he met on his last trip to London.


5. As a diplomat, Helen always pays special attention to table manners and social [____] in banquets and parties.


6. The government brutally [____] the students’ protest, which in turn stimulated violent backlash.


7. People in Taiwan can easily find many _____ stores in their neighborhood.


8. The government should take measures to control the growing [____]. Food prices have gone up sharply recently.


9. The child [____] on the couch all day long.


10. A: [_____] It is raining outside.B: Yes please. It is so kind of you.


11. Although the unemployment rate reached an all-time high in mid-2009, it has fallen for four [____] months by December.


12. It was very kind of him to [____] my mistake. I’d never forget his kindness.


13. [____] birds are suspected to be major carriers of avian flu.


14. Whether we will go or not [____] on whether we can afford the expenses.


15. A dissident strove to seek political [____] upon his arrival at the United States.


16. When [____] a conversation, it is always best to ask very broad questions such as “Where are you from?” or “How long have you been here?”


17. There is no one_____ cares about himself or herself; in other words, all of us are concerned about ourselves.


18. Library users will be fined for returning books after the [____] date.


19. There is keen [____] in the sale of mobile phones.


20. Owing to human greed, there is little chance of [____] peace in the world.


21. It is [____] to rain. You had better take an umbrella with you.


22. I remember [____] you somewhere. It’s possible that we went to college together.


23. The Dalai Lama arrived in Taiwan last night for a six-day visit to [____] victims of Typhoon Morakot.


24. Joyce [____] Walter if she had made a different choice three years ago.


25. A: What's the matter? You look as white as a sheet!B:[____]A:Maybe you should go to the doctor right away.


26. I [____] a shower when the phone rang. So I could not answer it in time.


27. [____] Daisy has spent two hours shopping in Sears, she still cannot find the kind of hat she wants.


28. Tom had stayed up watching movies and _____ this morning. 


29. A:Do you know when the new traffic rules will become effective?B: [____]


30. Mother told her son, “[____] junk food you eat, [____] you will become.”


31. In the past, high school students were not allowed [____] their hair.


32. A: [____] Tea or coffee?B: Black coffee, please.


33. Simms Engineering estimates that the proposed modifications _____ your original design will cost in the region of $200,000.


34. The [____] cake appears so [____].


35. A: My mother will be annoyed if we are late for dinner.B: _____


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


37. I went to the store _____.


38. I sent Tom a present as a token of my [____] for his kind assistance.


39. I look forward [____] you at the conference on “How to Prevent Suicide.”


40. With such a big family _____ on the man, it would be a disaster if he loses his job.


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


42. The earthquake and the tsunami almost [____] the whole city.


43. In southern Taiwan, people’s ties to rural folk culture are strongest. Local gods are more fervently worshipped. Tainan, for instance, has a temple heritage second to [____].


44. A: What was the weather like?B:[____]


45. Remember to [____] some sunscreen before you go to the beach.


46. Mayor Ting’s plan about the city will have the [____] for the betterment of our life in the near future.


47. My legs are _____ after the ball game. 


48. He [____] that he didn’t want to join the flashy fraternity of executives who dominated the industry.


49. A:Suzan went shopping again and bought herself another washing machine.B:[____] Doesn't she know that a penny saved is a penny earned?


50. A:Excuse me. The bathroom tap's dripping in my room.B:[____]