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

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ASEAN has _______ a community of Southeast' Asian nations at peace with one another and at peace with the world.

As ______ as this, there is the strength of the book as a tradition.

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.
(4)......................

 The Internet ---- computer users easily to connect to other computers and information stores wherever they ---- across the world. 

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.
(4)............................

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete each blank. 
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
(5)............................

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…………….. Grappa?

We were all __________ at his progress. 

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She enjoys …….. with her friends more than with her mother.

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You are very_______________ if you think everything that you read about famous pop stars is true.

Tom ________ travel a lot. These days he doesn’t go away very often.

The development of open learning, making it possible to study when it is convenient for the students, has increased the opportunities available _______ many people.

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: 

Astrology contends that the position of constellations at the moment of your birth profoundly influences your future.

Most people ...........being disturbed while they ............

I wouldn’t say I know her __________, but we see each other from time to time.

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However, the lack of such…....... does not detract in any way from the unit's overall performance.

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After reviewing the training program for new sales staff, Mr. Vance concluded that more…… should be placed on networking skills.

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Please reply____________to the invitation for the software training.

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Please come in. Mr Jones is free ............. you now.

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Executives  from  the  two  firms  may soon  be ready to__________the terms of the proposed merger.