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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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The new cowboy film catches the fancy of the children.

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The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense.

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Good friendship should be based on mutual .............

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............... is the ancestor of most types of domestic ducks is well documented.

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A surprising percentage of the population in remote areas is illiterate.

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Nevada Jobfind Inc. is planning to host a career fair for college graduates seeking…………in the healthcare sector.

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Current job ……. at Elite Insurance Company have been posted on the internal Web site and on major Internet job-search sites.

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

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The railway ……..  for weeks because of the snow.

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She ....... since she was 12 years old.

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Under the direction of James Pak, the orchestra has become one of the most highly------- performing arts groups in the region. 

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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________ the hypothesis, the results of the study showed that there was no  significant difference in total sleep time between the two groups. 

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In remote communities, it's important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in.

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I think the weather ......nice later.

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School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.

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In some countries, the disease burden could be prevented through environmental improvements.

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Most of my friends detest ............ early.