155. My mother is a hard-working _____. (business)

156. About twenty ___________ will come to visit our school this coming Saturday. (Australia)

157. WHO means World Health ________. (organize)

158. I felt _________ sorry for having missed such a wonderful football match. (truth)

159. He apologized to Mike for the __________ from his birthday party. (absent)

160. We should throw rubbish into litter bins so as not to _______ the city. (pollution)

161. Our language lab is on the __________ floor of the classroom building. (four)

162. “Stop them! They are __________,” an old man shouted. (thief)

163. After a long __________, they got the solution to the problem. (discuss)

164. We hope our country will become more and more ________. (power)

165. Paris is the capital of _____, isn’t it? (French)

166. The lady sold five __________ of bread to the little boy and wished him good luck. (loaf)

167. Tom is better at _________ than anyone else in the class. (swim)

168. Mary ________ playing the piano for two hours every day. (practice)

169. Yao Ming is a famous _________ basketball player. (profession)

170. My mother is very ___________ though she is only forty. (forget)

171. ___________ does a lot of harm to others as well as the smoker himself. (smoke)

172. American people usually have the ___________ turkey at Christmas. (tradition)

173. The _____ light suddenly went out. (electricity)

174. Who can tell me the___ of the Himalaya? (high)

175. When autumn comes, _________ fall off trees. The ground is always covered with them. (leaf)

176. These old cans are kept for _______. (recycle)

177. Many ________ are waiting for the famous dancer at the airport.  (report)

178. Mary’s brother works as a __________ in the restaurant. (wait)

179. The man saved the little girl from the fire and took her to ________. (safe)

180. An American _______ said last week that there was enough water for life on Mars. (science)

181. The Forbidden City will be ___________ in the following years. (build)

182. Never be afraid of __________ face if you want to make progress in your spoken English. (lose)

183. John found his former friends were as __________ to him as before. (friend)

184. No one else can dance ___________ than the girl in red. (beautiful)

185. Could you tell the __________ between the three sisters? (different)

186. Taxi ________ are developing very fast in modern cities. (serve)

187. Last night on my way home, I saw a bank ___________ with my own eyes. (rob)

188. You’d better not swim in the river. The water has been __________ polluted. (serious)

189. I have received an ___________ to her birthday party. (invite)

190. The more you practise, the more __________ you can speak English. (fluent)

191. The wind is blowing _______. It’s the right time to fly kites. (gentle)

192. We’ve to work out a ___ to the problem. (solve)

193. Chinese will be _________ used in the world from now on. (wide)

194. A few friends of __________ will come to our dinner party tonight. (we)

195. The government will take action to improve the __________ in the poor areas. (educational)

196. Many people in China are not familiar with ________ customs. (west)

197. The music sounded quite __________ while the dance was not beautiful. (wonder)

198. July is usually the __________ month in Shanghai. (hot)

199. The room is so dirty that a lot of __________ can be seen running here and there. (mouse)

200. Which do you want to do, go into business or become a ___________? (fire)

201. I don’t think it a good idea. Do you want to listen to my ________? (suggest)

202. What he said __________ us a lot. We wondered what had happened to him. (surprise)

203. Nowadays ________ can be seen here and there. (foreign)

204. His grandparents have been _________ for over ten years, but he’ll never forget the days with them together. (death)