First he ................... as a salesman, then as a night clerk, and after that he quit his job and became a writer.

______ Peter gets here, we will congratulate him.

Library and information science majors should be reminded of the seminar beginning…………at 6:00 p.m in room 212B

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If you are going to give a talk, it is important when you can get to the end to have a strong_____________.

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: 

We have to remember is that we have to give people a leg up to succeed in this society and that’s not something we ought to be embarrassed about.

The US. President serves a maximum of two ________ terms.

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The hiring committee had discussed the possibility of interviewing the candidates in person but decided on telephone interviews………

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_______leaving Tokyo on June 15, I need to leave on the thirteenth and return on the sixteenth.

Malaysia is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations _______.

The seemingly simple act of exchanging business cards is more complex in Japan because  the business card represents not only one's identity but also his _______ in life.

The meteorological agency recommended that tourists to the region be…………dressed for frigid conditions.

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ASEAN also works for the _______ of peace and stability in the region

They say he inherited his money from a _________ relative he had never met.

Opera singer Maria Callas was known for her ________, powerful voice.

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Cross Cove is home to several New Zealand artists, most………Francis Seward and Kyle Mcintyre.

GDP stands ___________ "Gross Domestic Product" and represents the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a period of time.

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I object …………..to the sea in this cold weather.

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.
(6)......................

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

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We invite you to participate in our guest survey about your recent overnight stay at the 

Matsuyama Elegance Hotel. Your feedback is --------- important to us as it helps ensure  we are meeting our goals of exceptional hospitality and unequalled service. 

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The teacher _______ before we arrived.