1、 The store recently ______ a drug testing policy for all new employees.

2、 Nothing _______ the mind better than the knowledge that you could die tomorrow.

3、 I gratefully _______ the financial support from several local companies.

4、 Children should be disciplined when the need _______.

5、 Eight kilometers is roughly _______ to five miles.

6、 Being a trust-worthy person means that you need to _______ every commitment you made.

7、 He didn’t get the job because the employers thought he _______ short of their expectation for this position.

8、 He spent five years in Paris, with _______ visits to Italy.

9、 The document was signed in the _______ of two witnesses.

10、 The rent is a matter of _______ between the landlord and the tenant.

11、 These delicate plants need careful _______, otherwise they’ll die very soon.

12、 Adam left suddenly, for no ______ reason.

13、 Careers Officers ______ contact with young people after they leave school.

14、 Fast foods offer convenience but they ______ of nutrition.

15、 Jason is a little paranoid. He is always ______ his shoulder.

16、 The beauties of the West Lake in spring were beyond my ______.

17、 I have had ______ mild headaches all my life.

18、 Our ______ concern is to provide the refugees with food and health care.

19、 The statue was in a ______ position outside the railway station.

20、 Your ______ is requested at the club meeting on Friday.

21、 The CBD area during rush hours can be horribly congested, so you can take another road that _______ the central part of the city.

22、 Dogs are _______ of hearing sounds that can’t be heard by human beings.

23、 The day _______ with a welcome from the principal.

24、 Water is a precious _______ that is often taken for granted.

25、 Teenagers who have _______ crimes should be punished according to the law.

26、 When the rescue team found them in the middle of the sea, they were _______ to a raft.

27、 A _______ disease is one that develops slowly over an extended period of time.

28、 The car accident last night has caused total _______ on the road.

29、 During that war, both sides suffered heavy _______.

30、 We plan on setting up a business with a starting _______ of $100,000.

31、 Different traditions _______ successfully hand by hand in this community.

32、 I can’t go to that concert tonight, because I got a _______ of stuff to do.

33、 We think an attempt to _______ them into submission would be counterproductive.

34、 I found the article while I was _______ through some old magazines.

35、 He has pulled the company back from the _______.

36、 Measures have been taken in the city of New York to _______ the traffic congestion.

37、 The makers of the product assured us that there had been no _______ of quality.

38、 Solutions to this problem will be talked about in a(an) _______ report.

39、 She got the first place in the competition and is now _______ with pride.

40、 One important skill in reading comprehension is the ability to guess the meaning of a word from its _______.