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Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam joined _________ 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999.

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My grandmother ........ this picture for a week and she .......it.

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Long has decided ……. a cooking course.

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The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
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Our science teacher always reminds us to be succinct when writing down data so that only the important information is recorded.

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When he served as President of Delvan Manufacturing, Pierre Dunn ________  several policies that transformed the company. 

       _____________ he had a suggestion he didn’t raise his hand.

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
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Mary will have finished all her work _______.

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I suddenly caught him …….. in the bathroom.

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The captain realized that unless immediate action was taken to discipline the crew, there could be a___________on the ship.

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In the original itinerary you sent, I did not see any information regarding transport to and from the airports in Tokyo and Seoul.If you have not already done so, I would appreciate it if you could ….. that.

The film was ……..and he became very rich.

Anyone…………experiences complications with the new software is encouraged to bring this matter to Mr. Gruber's attention in room 210.

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He ...... me to take a lawyer to court with me.

______attempts were made to search those buried beneath the rubble of the collapsed building.

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There weren't many tough questions in the exam, so I could answer most of them.

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We also guarantee that you will have a working résumé_____________one week of consulting

He hit the other boy again and again as his friends ________him on.

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Ms. Anderson is ……… knowledgeable in the fields of international and financial law, and we feel very fortunate to have her with us.

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Inclement weather and a reduced workforce……the greatest challenges to the renovation of the Kern Science Center.