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Most of the spices and many of the herbs ......... today originate from plants native to tropical regions.

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Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy (1) _______ historically revolves around extended trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan Singapore is one (2)_______ the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on export, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted twenty six (3) ________ of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well –diversified into electronic petroleum refining chemicals, (4) _______ engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world foundry water output. Singapore’s the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped. Singapore is The world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City (5) _______ Tokyo
(4)............................

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His new million-dollar luxury car is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.

The population 'stands at over 25 million _______. Islam is the largest as well as the official religion of the federation

_________ is the unit of money in many Latin American countries and the Philippines.

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She insisted ..... him wearing the red cravat.

Rice is the _______ exported product of Vietnam.

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Any employers or contractors who are found to have…………safety laws will be subject to a heavy fine.

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Throughout the 1970s, ASEAN embarked on a program of economic _______.

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This town is ………… I was born.

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What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____, a very useful development for all of those countries. ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9)__ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
(5)..........................

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We have other artwork on display until the end of August, and we_____________do not have the space to display an addition artist’s work. We strongly encourage you to continue your work and hope you will submit it to us again in the future.

The boy ........... sits in front of me in the class studies very hard.

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They’ll have finished the job .......... this time tomorrow.

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The Captain’s Seafood Restaurant can ……… seat up to twenty guests in its Starboard Lounge.

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I missed two assignments. I must make them up by the end of this week.

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Please let me know when you are available to……… Janet.

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Again, thank you for your………. .

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The children enjoyed rolling down the grassy_______________.

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Mr. Hahn and Ms. Smalls began working at ABCO Corporation at the same time, and ……… hope to be promoted next year.

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If you have not_________had the pleasure of dining at The Palace Garden Restaurant, 147.