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She went on crying, with her head sunk into a pillow, and cried and cried _______ the pillow was wet through.

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

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2007 was the 40th anniversary of the _______ of ASEAN.

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Roget’s Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order

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After Mariana _______ her exam, I _______ her out to eat.

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Market research results for Thermabrite’s new handheld thermometer prototype were_______encouraging.

Amnesty International is an international recognized ______ organization.

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This boy is poorly-educated and doesn’t know how to behave properly.

Melanie was the only person __________ a letter of thanks.

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Candidates for the position must____________their applications by the end of the month.

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Dr. Tang has been chosen to accept        award on behalf of the development team.

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My mother used to be___________with her friends at university because of her beauty.

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The tasks that Ms. Ogawa must …. are outlined in her employment agreement.

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Preparing a budget encourages an executive to --------- several options before deciding on a course of action. 

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Bob spends a lot of time ....... the essay.

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He retired when he ___________ the enterprise’s project.

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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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He made one last futile effort to convince her and left home.

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Because there were so………. people registered for the Business Writing seminar, it was postponed until September.