............... the flight delay, they didn’t attend the conference.

One of the popular ____ used in smartphones at present is voice recognition.

 Though the cloakroom was very crowded, she managed to find ______ coat fairly quickly, but it took me a long time to find ______. 

The people ...........  for the bus in the rain are getting wet.

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Glasses for holding beer are________

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Developing new technologies are time-consuming and expensive.

A  lot  of  generous businessmen have _____ valuable  contributions to helping needy people.

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I'm expecting to have this book ................ soon this year.

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It is a ........ drive from here to the city center.

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As he hated________, he decided to desert.

Many of the things we do (1) ______ on receiving information from other people. Catching a train, making a phone call and going to the cinema all involve information (2) ______ stored, processed and communicated. In the past this information had to be kept on paper (3)______, for example, books, newspapers and timetables. Now more and more information is put (4) ______ computers. Computers play a role in our everyday lives, sometimes without us even realizing it. (5) ______ the use of computers in both shops and offices. Big shops have to deal with very large (6) ______ of information. They have to make sure that there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy, they need to be able to reorder before (7) ______ run out. A lot of office work in the past involved information on paper. Once it had been dealt with by people, the paper was (8) ______ for future reference. This way of working was never (9) ______ easy or fast. A computer system is much more (10)______
(9).........................

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The  _____________  technology used in pots by Claypol Housewares keeps the handles from getting too hot to touch.

The telescope was designed to distinguish between random signals and_______ which might be in code. 

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People burn incense to show respect to their ________ during Tet.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Many illnesses in refugee camps are the result of inadequate sanitation.

 He had a terrible cold ............  he insisted on going swimming.

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It was ……………….. an interesting speech that everyone stayed till the end.

I tried to __________ them from going, but they wouldn’t take any notice.

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The nasal spray allowed Bert to keep his seasonal allergies  ______________  control without having to get a prescription.

He threatened to remove_______ by force. 

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