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Mr. Rap ........ mathematics before he ....... to literature.

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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.
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You must be freezing - why don’t you sit by the fire and_____ up a bit.

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When I ....... her on the street yesterday, she ......a rosy skirt.

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Taiwan Kritwear Corporation’s board of directors ________ for two hour  yesterday to review the annual report. 

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

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Mr.Kang started.................... printing business 25 years ago in Pusan, South Korea.

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Mr. Tanaka decided to resign, because a significant drop in customer satisfaction has had an adverse impact on sales…………

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Organized research may discourage novel approaches and inhibit creativity, so seminal discoveries are still likely to be made by inventors in the classic individualistic tradition.

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The teacher said that we .......... harder on our pronunciation.

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In Paris, many parks use their surrounding walls or railings to____________paintings or photographs during exhibitions.

You need to figure out how many calories you need in a day and how many you actually ______.

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QIB will work…………to maintain sustainable growth and expansion plans.

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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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Ann ......... lives in London. She moved to Leeds two years ago.

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The exper_______spoke at last month's seminar on environmental awareness has been nominated for a Flagler Price.

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The little girl_____________breaking the window. She said she was playing with friends at that time.

Health is something we tend to (1) ___when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are hardly (3)____of it. But illness can come, even (2)______we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4)______ to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a century ago, (5)__________, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The (6)_____ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7)______ safer for children. The result is that (8)___________a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9)______ to live for 75 years. And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10)______ . Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
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Knowing several ……. helpful if you work for an international corporation.

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He seems________________ of any humour whatsoever.

Strategic alliances are being _             with major European companies.