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While our representatives try to reply to all e-mails............. , responses may be delayed by weekends and public holidays.

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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I don’t understand this sentence.What ..........................?

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Do you have difficulty .................. a flat to rent?

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There are believed ........... over 300 species of trees in El Yunque rain forest in Raco.

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The number of rhinos is in steady decline. There are fewer rhinos than ever before.

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.
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……… you think that I like you?

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Sports and festivals form an integral part of every human society.

I met a  .............  girl at my friend's birthday party last Sunday.

– Mary: “That’s a very nice skirt you’re wearing.”

–Julia”                  ”

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Many residents  of Alston have expressed…............. to the construction of a new warehouse complex near Fieldspring Lake.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: It is _____ to fail a difficult exam than not to take it at all.

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The ASEAN Investment Area aims to enhance the competitiveness of the region for attracting direct investment which flows into and within ASEAN.

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Nobody knows the origin of the Vietnamese long dress. There was no evidence about where and when it appeared.

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Renowned violinist Aya Kodura maintained a rigorous practice schedule  _________ her national tour.

Pasteur ...................in the 19th century. 

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The shopping centre is easily______________from the motorway.

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________ Malone Heating can provide same-day installation of heating units,  an extra fee will be charged.

Lan ................ learning English a few years ago.

Some engineers have predicted that within twenty years automobiles______almost completely of plastic.