The robber ............... sure that no one ............... before he crept through the window. 

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The consequences of the typhoon were disatrous due to the lack of effective measures.

Health is something we tend to (1) ___when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are hardly (3)____of it. But illness can come, even (2)______we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4)______ to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a century ago, (5)__________, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The (6)_____ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7)______ safer for children. The result is that (8)___________a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9)______ to live for 75 years. And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10)______ . Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
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Malaysia is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations _______.

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 Far more people ......... football on a Saturday afternoon than play it.

On July 28, 1995, Vietnam became ______ seventh member of ASEAN.

Since 1980, scientists all over the world … a lot of things to fight against AIDS. 

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Economist Eun-Hee Kim has published a………..new book about monetary policy

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Payne Carpet’s decorative rugs are made from a ________ of synthetic and  natural materials.

When I last saw him, he..........................in London. 

Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a ____ case.

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The country owes billions of dollars ............. foreigner creditors.

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John wants to buy a new car, so he starts setting aside a small part of his monthly earnings.

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In that organization, they put emphasis on mutual aid and cooperation

Feminism, collective term for systems of belief and theories that pay special (1) ________ to women's rights and women's position in culture and society. The term tends to be used for the women's rights movement, which began in the late 18th century and continues to campaign for complete political, social, and economic equality between women and men. This article (2)________specifically with the development of the ideas behind that movement and their  (3)____________and impact. 
Feminists are united by the idea that women's position in society is unequal to (4) ________of men, and that society is structured in such a way as to benefit men to the political, social, and economic (5) __________of women. However, feminists have used different theories to explain these (6) ____________ and have advocated different ways of redressing inequalities, and there are marked geographic and historical variations in the nature of feminism. 
Historically, feminist thought and activity can be divided into two waves. The first wave, which began in about 1800 and (7) _______until the 1930s, was largely concerned with gaining equal rights between women and men. The second wave, which began in the late 1960s, has continued to fight for (8) ______ but has also developed a (9)_______ of theories and approaches that stress the difference between women and men and that draw attention to the (10)_____ needs of women.
(7).........................

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When we were talking about relaxing after work, Jack said he enjoyed to listen to music, Carla said she preferred jogging, and I was considering taking up tennis.

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GCSE are not compulsory, but they are the most common qualifications taken by students.

It was a disaster on the ______ of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl.

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The captain realized that unless immediate action was taken to discipline the crew, there could be a___________on the ship.

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The Waterown South bus station is..................... for repairs until May 16.