If so, why does it not show proper respect for these reportedly less literate times _____ die out?

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

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

Some researchers believe that multi-tasking _____ affects workers’  concentration and productivity.

Over the past 24 years, Vietnam has consistently considered ASEAN a foundation and one of top ____________ of its foreign policy.

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
(8).........................

Choose the best answer:

Does Tom own that car? No, I think his brother ........ it now.

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

Mr. Gupta is….......... the few scientists who have been honored by both the Cooperson Society and the Henley Science Committee.

Personnel changes within the marketing department …………no surprise, as it completely failed to meet the target on the most recent project.

There are many famous novelists who made a complete mess of their first novel – or who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it _______.

In Vietnam, children begin their primary ........  at the age of six.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.

As space is limited, be sure to contact Bill in the personnel department a minimum of three days in advance to…………for a workshop.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

The association of Southeast Asian nations gives a forum for its members ________ socio-economic development.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The number of rhinos is in steady decline. There are fewer rhinos than ever before.

Our country is trying its best to accelerate the rate ___ economic growth

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: 

"Is your house far from here?" "No, it's only a stone's throw away."

A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, started in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century. This did not happen by chance. It was the  ______ of changes in the way people lived in those places at that time.

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:

If desired, garnish your plate with parsley, bell pepper rings or other vegetables

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

Seating in the Bogor Stadium completely ______ the field so that all visitors  are afforded excellent views of events.

Peter … for her wife’s letter since last Friday. Now he hasn’t received yet. 

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.
(10)......................