1、（填空题）  Just water these plants twice a week, and ______ the ones in the bedroom.

2、（填空题）  We ______ the new players to begin with something easy.

3、（填空题）  Drivers are being warned that an escaped ______ has been seen on the way to Paris.

4、（填空题）  Without the ______, the speaker could hardly be heard.

5、（填空题）  I’ll ______ start off for Hong Kong next week, but I'm not quite sure.

6、（填空题）  If we ______ the furniture against the walls, we'll have more space to dance.

7、（填空题）  She knew by ______ that he would never come back if he went abroad.

8、（填空题）  The police are gathering ______ to help them prove who killed the bank clerk.

9、（填空题） The building ______ a national monument in 1980.

10、（填空题）  Do you remember being ______ to Dr. Smith during your last visit?

11、（填空题）  People are more concerned about ______ issues than before.

12、（填空题）  I ______ her how much the fare was.

13、（填空题）  He broke his arm last year but he plays the piano as ______ as ever.

14、（填空题）  He spent five years in Paris, with ______ visits to Italy.

15、（填空题）  His reading ______ is very good for a child of six; he now can read short stories without any help from others.

16、（填空题）  She's very ______ about sports: Among other things, she plays tennis twice a week.

17、（填空题）  We decided to buy the house after the seller ______ the price by ten percent.

18、（填空题）  Don't expect it to improve ______.

19、（填空题）  The weather is ______ warm for this time of year.

20、（填空题）  Germany is one of the world's leading ______ nations.

21、（填空题）  You need a doctor's ______ to join our project.

22、（填空题）  He is a manager in a big company that ______ car parts.

23、（填空题）  The students ______ a party to welcome the expert from England.

24、（填空题）  There were a ______ of things I wanted to discuss.

25、（填空题）  The most surprising ______ of the house was a large room as big as a swimming pool.

26、（填空题）  We had a very tight ______ on the trip.

27、（填空题）  She is making very good preparations; she wants the meeting to be a really ______ one.

28、（填空题）  This is a big car-making company in the city and it ______ around ten thousand workers.

29、（填空题）  The first thing you need to learn here is how to ______ information.

30、（填空题）  You must ______ your own feelings and decide for yourself.

31、（填空题）  The doctor told him to ______ a month or so before going back to work.

32、（填空题）  People prefer to live in an area where transport is ______ available.

33、（填空题）  Many lakes and rivers have been ______ by industrial waste.

34、（填空题）  Only close relatives were allowed to attend the ______.

35、（填空题）  There are no plans to ______ the local airport.

36、（填空题）  Let’s meet at the ______ and go see a movie.

37、（填空题）  He was too far away to be able to ______ faces.

38、（填空题）  My father likes watching TV and his favorite is the sports ______.

39、（填空题）  New measures about car control have been introduced to solve the ______ problem in the city.

40、（填空题）  The ______ source of our strength was our mutual (互相的) trust and respect.

41、（填空题）  Smoking is ______ to lung cancer and many other diseases.

42、（填空题）  I do not ______ a car, the one I drove to the party the other night belongs to Brown.

43、（填空题） Children are ______ about animals and how they live.

44、（填空题）  Sometimes, e-mail can be the most ______ form of communication, for messages can be exchanged within a very short time.

45、（填空题）  How she manages to fit so much into a working day is beyond my ______.

46、（填空题）  The report says ______ of new homes are up 20% over the last six months.

47、（填空题）  How much liquid do you think this bottle ______?

48、（填空题）  In the winter break, I went ______ but stayed at home.

49、（填空题）  The computer contains a large number of ______ switches.

50、（填空题）  New buildings have been springing up everywhere in cities and towns since China began to carry out the opening-up ______.

51、（填空题）  We did it together; it was a(n) ______ effort.

52、（填空题）  It's ______ that she'll arrive before seven.

53、（填空题）  The best way of finding a lawyer is through personal ______.

54、（填空题）  There are reports of ______ flooding in northern France.

55、（填空题）  I'm sorry to ______ you, but my car has broken down and I am wondering if I could use your phone.

56、（填空题）  In ______ times, there was a shop round the corner, but it has been pulled down.