.........................you go to the dentist? 

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.
(9)......................

Lan is really__________ about going to Singapore. 

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: 

Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.

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The estimated production costs for the new Pro Tip markers will be $2.15 per set, excluding the cost _______the packaging.

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That was the most interesting story I ......... .

No one has ______ discovered a way to predict whether a substance will taste sweet, and it was by chance alone that all the man-made chemical sweeteners were found to be sweet.

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I'm not leaving _______ I get an apology from you.

Mark a 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.

 It is generally believed that almost all young birds are very vulnerable to predators.

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His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam _________  other ASEAN leaders signed the ASEAN Charter on 20 November 2007 in Singapore.

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It is not ........ that he came first. He’s been working very hard.

You are never too old to go to college and gain some…………….

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Carro Rentals offers flexible rate plans that make renting a car easy, whether for business……pleasure

At local neighborhood level, trees also _______ important environment benefits.

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

 Man:”I heard you have a part in the school play tonight.” Woman:”Yes, and I’m on pins and needles.”

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“ What’s taking you so long?”- “I’ll be there as soon as I ....... my keys.”

I wouldn’t say I know her __________, but we see each other from time to time.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: So far we have completed fewer than half of the twenty lessons in the same reading book that their class has ______ finished.

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He came home late, so I asked him where ...... been.

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.
(1).........................

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She was very angry about my saying. She ...... me.