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Companies now can exploit the opportunities presented by _______ integrated market of increasingly prosperous consumers in the region of ASEAN.

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On White Valentine, Japanese girls give chocolates ........ their boyfriends.

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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)
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--------- demonstrating an impressive work ethic, Ms. Hyun often takes on extra projects in addition to her regular workload

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Market research results for Thermabrite’s new handheld thermometer prototype were_______encouraging.

Mary and John are meeting at the cinema.

Mary: "Hi, John. How are you?" John: " ................. . And you?"

When did Vietnam _________ the association of Southeast Asian Nations?

 Who .......... food in your family when your Mom is away? 

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Because of the large number of tourists in summer months, travelers should  plan _______ and make their reservations early. 

Districts in wealthy suburbs often have fully staffed libraries with abundant resources, spacious facilities, and curricular and instructional support. In  __________school districts in many poor areas house their libraries in ordinary classrooms or in small rooms. 

Greg O'Leary has been leading research in our laboratories…………over eighteen years.

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Because Legolos Company recognizes the importance of protecting  customer information, it has made data privacy a high -----------.

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.
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He _______on a serious relationship at a very young age; naturally, it ended in tears.

It was last night______ Sue borrowed my bike.

Almost everyone ........... for home by the time we arrived. 

Personnel changes within the marketing department …………no surprise, as it completely failed to meet the target on the most recent project.

Be prepared! No  _____ how good the childcare may be, some children are going to protest wildly if they are left.

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You have to sleep under a net to avoid being bitten by_____________.

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One of ASEAN's objectives is to help people think about peace and _______ and do something about it.

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This is the best book I ........... .