The weather this summer is really __________. 

It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says 'please' and 'thank you' in the right places is (1) ______ miracle of science , but recognizing the words that make up norm al, continuous human speech is another (2)________
Not until now have computer been programmed to (3) _____to a range of spoken commands. Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user, and only then would be able to respond (4) _____to their master's or mistress's voice. Now rapid progress is being made (5) ______ systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
The IBM Tangora system, under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (6) ______ a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to (7) ______ is a likely sentence. That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules, but also with an analysis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.
On the (8) _______of this information, the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another. Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (9) ______ data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize, but never has a computer been able to match a human's ability to make sense of a three-dimensional scene (10) ______ identifying all objects in it.
(3)......................

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Vietnam asked for _______ to ASEAN in 1995.

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He fell off his bike, ……. three teeth.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Joe seemed to be in good mood , …… he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us.

They offer shade and shelter, which in _______ reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool nearby buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe.

 The Internet ---- computer users easily to connect to other computers and information stores wherever they ---- across the world. 

ASEAN has _______ population of 575.5 million.

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The annual report indicates significant growth_____________the past several years.

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Flash photography is not permitted......................... the Sakura Museum of Art.

Identify the underlined word/phrase (A or B, C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one.

At the moment I am spending my weekend go to camping with my friends.

Several members of the environmental group were arrested at the scene.

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The progress of science and ...... has made our life better.

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Nahan-Messer Publishing announced today the launch of a division dedicated to science  fiction.The division, Lightspeed Press, will publish twenty original titles this year. It will  be led by Clara Bryce, longtime fiction --------- at Nahan-Messer. 

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Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam joined _________ 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999.

Have you visited any European countries? Yes. I .............. Spain and Italy two years ago. 

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I wonder if I could ........ this film developed by tomorrow, please?

By the age of 25, he ................. two famous novels. 

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Going out tonight means ……. the last episode of Smallville.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions: 

Many young unemployed people are still living off their parents.

In fact, it is impossible to do this, because a rainbow has no end - as you go towards the point where the rainbow seems to touch the ground, it moves away from you as quickly as you ________.