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You will find the  manual  very helpful__________any problems you encounter when you first use the software.

During the last 400 years, most scientists have  ________on mathematics in their development of their inventions or discoveries.

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.
(6).........................

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I don’t have to get up until ten o’clock tomorrow - what a____________!

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The association of Southeast Asian nations gives a forum for its members ________ socio-economic development.

The seemingly simple act of exchanging business cards is more complex in Japan because  the business card represents not only one's identity but also his _______ in life.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: The ASEAN countries are going to …….  a resolution to establish a free trade zone.

We ...........................there when our father died. 

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We sincerely thank you for sharing your opinions as we continue to do our best to make  each visit ---------. 

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It has been projected that sales organic fruit and vegetables will increase __________20 percent this year.

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When …… a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and abbreviations it contains.

In the past, this information used to be kept on paper in the _______ of, for example, books, newspapers and timetables.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Dear Ms. Hsu 

We are writing to inform you that your Brisbane Independent Daily Herald subscription  rate is about to change from $18.75 per month to $21.00 per month. We regret any  financial burden this may place on our subscribers, but ------- our rising operating costs,  we find the change unavoidable. 

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.
(7)..................

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

She's a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.

Obviously, if children are bent over their computer for hours, _____ in some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong.

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  Mai usually spends one hour _____ to work every day.

A washing machine of this type will certainly ______ normal domestic use.

Despite the fact that the new…………was developed by MIN Communications, its parent company received all the credit for it.

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When I woke up this morning, it ......  

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: 

For decoration, people mount animal heads on walls. They buy furs to make rooms more

lavish.