As recently as 1958 about half of the public schools in the United States had no libraries at all. The _______of public school libraries increased dramatically when the federal government passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which provided funds for school districts to improve their education programs and facilities, including their libraries.

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There are many___________signs that the quality of education is improving in this country.

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I tried to get onto the train then it started to run, ....... point I saw her standing with tears on the platform. 

Tom and Mary ............. for Vietnam tomorrow.

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The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(2)........................

I love this film. I .................... it four or five times already. 

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: 

Several brands have replied and questioned the methods used in the study and they said that the number of plastics evaluated was exaggerated.

 I usually ........................away at weekends. 

I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting _______.

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
(5)...........................

______attempts were made to search those buried beneath the rubble of the collapsed building.

The volume of traffic in many citites in the world today continues to expand. This ________ many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk of accidents.

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He stood on the______________of the ship and watched the sea gulls dive for fish.

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Please note that any changes to your reservation should be made at least three days prior to your............... at the hotel.

Detroit is renowned for the _____________ car

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It is estimated that no more than 200 Siberian tigers ...... in the wild.

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............... is the ancestor of most types of domestic ducks is well documented.

Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect dies (1) ...... forever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) ...... twenty years from now.
The seas are in (3) ........ They are being filled with poison, industrial and nuclear (4) ......., chemical fertilizers and pesticides, sewage. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead. The North Sea is following. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to live in the seas.
The tropical rain forests, which are the (5) ...... of half the earth's living things (including many rare animals and plants), are being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have disappeared in twenty years. The (6) ...... on the world's climate and on our agriculture and food supplies, will be disastrous.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was (7) ...... - a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction.
Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It has raised over $35 million for conservation projects, and has created or given (8) ...... to National Parks in five continents. It has helped 30 mammals and birds, including the tiger, to (9) ........ Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. If more people give more money - and if more governments wake up to what is happening -perhaps the World Wildlife Fund will be able to help US to avoid the disaster that (10) ...... the natural world, and all of US will be with it.
(5)..................

All ASEAN countries are received equal rights and                .

Mark the 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:

The students have to sift through all the journals in the library to find the information their

professor want them to find.

Malaysia is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations _______.