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____________the last decade, Louellen Hospital has been recognized for exemplary patient care and progressive technology.

The author.................quite annoyed when she ............that the publisher was very dishonest. 

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Some researchers believe that multi-tasking _____ affects workers’  concentration and productivity.

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In times of war, the Red Cross is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war.

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Is he really ................ that you can’t come there.

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

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She ....... since she was 12 years old.

 At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I........................... my clothes.

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.
(10)......................

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 I am looking forward to ....... from you soon.

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There is no alternative. The president must approve the bill if the Congress passes it

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Twenty new mechanical engineers will be____________the company next month.

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.
(2)..................

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The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer

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 …………. nonsense and you are out of the group!

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We have not had ……..  interesting talk to each other for a long time.

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Diner prices at the Palace Garden Restaurant are_________, and making reservations in advance for any weekend dining plans is recommended.

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Mr Lane urged any parents who have concerns about the disease to seek medical help at once.

It is now ending its first term as a school _____by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  …….unprepared for the exam, I felt sure I would get a low score.

Lan is really__________ about going to Singapore.