My dad likes to watch World Cup football ____________ on TV. He thinks it is really exciting to watch so many great players play. (A) helmets (B) sponsors (C) competitors (D) matches
(D) matches
5
I like Jessica’s new dress. It is ____________ and simple in design, but it really looks nice on her. (A) protective (B) competitive (C) plain (D) commercial
(C) plain
10
Whenever Christmas comes around, I enjoy putting up all kinds of beautiful Christmas ____________ with my family. (A) aspects (B) decorations (C) commercials (D) competitors
(B) decorations
15
Some fans think that this band’s music has become too ____________, so that’s why they have stopped buying their albums. (A) commercial (B) bare (C) potential (D) annual
(A) commercial
5
Ian put a tablecloth over his newly-bought CD player so as to ____________ it from dust. (A) sponsor (B) protect (C) coach (D) deliver
(B) protect
10
According to ____________, pineapples should not be used as offerings to ghosts during the Ghost Festival because this is thought to bring very bad luck. (A) delivery (B) tradition (C) competition (D) decoration
(B) tradition
5
Sue is showing her ____________ for playing the piano at an early age, so her parents have decided to send her to a famous music school abroad. (A) tradition (B) coach (C) protection (D) potential
(D) potential
5
Judy was very excited to buy so many interesting second-hand ____________ at the flea market; she thinks that they will fit her new house perfectly. (A) deliveries (B) goods (C) helmets (D) commercials
(B) goods
5
Can you believe that you can ____________ the same item online for only half the price? (A) display (B) purchase (C) aim (D) offer
(B) purchase
5
Jason has been feeling a lot of pressure recently because his mother is ____________ him to get married to his long-time girlfriend as soon as possible. (A) profiting (B) purchasing (C) urging (D) offering
(C) urging
5
Hank told his younger brother to try again because he believes that ____________ his efforts will pay off. (A) eventually (B) similarly (C) profitably (D) cleverly
(A) eventually
10
John’s working experience in a five-star hotel gives him a(n) ____________ over others in getting this job. (A) impulse (B) awareness (C) advantage (D) trap
(C) advantage
5
Housing prices have gone up recently; ____________, the cost of food is also higher in many parts of Taiwan. (A) eventually (B) familiarly (C) similarly (D) profitably
(C) similarly
5
I smelled something strange, and then I suddenly became ____________ that my bread was burned in the oven. (A) profitable (B) clever (C) aware (D) eventual
(C) aware
5
The ____________ of this concert is to raise funds to help young children who have cancer. All the money from the concert will used to cover the medical expenses of these children. (A) aim (B) similarity (C) trap (D) awareness
(A) aim
10
The Eiffel Tower is the symbol of Paris, so people always ____ it with that city. (A) destroy (B) associate (C) express (D) calculate
