Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Our …..  goal must be the promotion of the socio-economic cooperation among ASEAN.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair or group of sentences in the following questions.

I noticed that the door was open. I decided to go in. This turned out to be a mistake.

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.
(2)......................

At meeting, it’s important to follow the agenda and not interrupt ______ speaker.

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

About half of them are trying to get qualifications and skills to help them with their jobs, the _________ are taking recreational subjects for personal satisfaction.

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He can swim and ................. can I.

When the passenger ________, will you please give him this package?

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I have not seen my dog _______ the storm struck the community.

…………his falling out with his former employer, Mr. Lee still meets with some of his old co-workers from time to time.

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

Franklin Catering Company offers a…. range of menu choices for both lunch and dinner.

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Employees should_________ the shift manager if assembly work is interrupted by a machinery breakdown.

She’s won the lottery! She’s _____ the moon.

I have been learning English _______ I was twenty years old.

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 came to the meeting late on purpose so she would miss the introductory speech.

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Peerplane, Inc., stated yesterday that its new prototype airplane passed all……..testing.

His village was completely _____ in the earthquake.

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The full report on the company’s budget decisions will not be available until the end of the week, but a_________memo will be issued sometime today.

He says the government must introduce tax incentives to encourage _______.

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Does she have a hard time .......... English?

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Employees at Thompson Labs must wear all the protective gear shown on the poster at the lab entrance,............. safety regulations.