Choose the best answer for the following sentence: All planes __________ before departure.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Water consists __________ oxygen and hydrogen.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: If I ___________ of his arrival, I __________ him   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: He's the best boss I've ever had. ____________, he always buys everyone a present on their birthdays.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Yesterday, I had to cram all day for my French final. ______________, I did not get to sleep until after midnight.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Computers can be considered ______________ of ______________ of the 20th century. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The host country, Laos, is expected to announce official sports for 25th SEA Games ____________ November 2008.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I ____________ coffee when he came to see me. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: He always _______________ for a walk in the evening.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “John went to the hospital alone.” “If __________, I would have gone with him.”   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Each chapter in the textbook has a quiz, ____________ can be found at the back of the book. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I ___________________ to get into contact with them for a long time, but now I _______________ it up as hopeless. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Who does the book belong ______________?   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: As other _________________ supporting the host team, we cheered and shouted when the team scored a goal.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I’m not interested __________ anything that happened ___________ the very remote past.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I think the quickest way for you to lose weight is to ______________ animal fats from your diet. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Waving is one of the non-verbal forms of ___________ . Choose the best answer for the following sentence: ______________ family usually consists of a father, a mother and two or three children. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: She was a good mother; she did well ____________ her children.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Thuy Hien deserved the gold medal with such a(n) _____________ performance. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Where can people play _____________ water polo? Choose the best answer for the following sentence: He ____________ his job because he seems very happy.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: A number of graduates ______________________ scholarships from this department.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: If I hadn’t been ill, I ____________ absent from school. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: She preferred _________________ rather than give up.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The referee signals with a whistle and by lowering his arm, and the player taking the penalty ___________ must immediately throw the ball with an uninter-rupted motion toward the goal.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: A number of Britain's beaches fail to meet European ______________ on cleanliness.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: On behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of “ _______________, Honesty and Fair Play”.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: There is also a section that provides tips on how parents can help their wrestlers be ____________ in the classroom.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Overall, Egypt and Iran account to the majority of goods whilst Sudan and Libya are _______________. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Several pets, two dogs and a cat ____________________ to be taken care of while we are gone.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Those books deal mainly _________ tropical plants.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: It's the most delicious meal _________. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: By Christmas, I _____________ for Mr. Smith for six years. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Tom is the shortest of ___________ in the Smith family   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I'm considering ______________________ your invitation.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: President Kennedy __________ when he __________ through Dallas.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I arrived _______________ May last year, and ______________ the end of the year I spoke quite good English.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The state policies towards foreign employment facilities make it a suitable destination for large number of workers who come from various parts of the world in the search of _____________.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “What was your impression of last night’s lecture?” “ _____________ speaking, I thought it was rather boring.”   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: You’re having a sore throat. You’d better __________ to the doctor.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Mathematics __________________ very interesting to me.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The ship _____________________ during the night.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: “Where did you get these old dresses?" “We _________ them in the old trunk.”   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The book is worth ________________________ .   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Can you explain why some people can work better when they are __________ pressure?   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Many people __________________ of malaria, smallpox, before the process of vaccination was invented in the 19th century.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I usually have a big birthday party unless _____________ . Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The city libraries present a gloomy picture of the ____________ who used to flock the libraries every evening.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence:  Sending _________________________ ''Special Delivery'' costs about fifteen times as much as sending it ''Regular Delivery''. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: Children are told to be __________ for the whole week and promised to be rewarded at weekends.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The war victims suffered terribly ____________ cold and hunger.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: There __________________ in the world today.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: A ban was given ___________ all trade in ivory in 1989. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: ___________________ of students taking TOEFL is increasing.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: They succeeded __________ escaping __________ the burning house.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: I'd be able to lead the way if _________ . Choose the best answer for the following sentence: White has always been considered a(n) __________ of purity in Western cultures.   Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The police are looking for a man of _____________ height. Choose the best answer for the following sentence: The light went out, and the room was plunged into ______________ .