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

 The company director decided to raise the workers’ wages. He did not want them to leave.

     

This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk  ________ accidents. 

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

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

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)......................

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

We saw many beautiful birds _______ in the lake.

Tom and Mary ............. for Vietnam tomorrow.

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:

My parents’ warnings didn’t deter me from choosing the job of my dreams.

The 8th ASEAN Science and Technology Week is now being _______ in Manila from 1 to 11 July 2008.

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

All the members of the__________-- had a party after the play was over.

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

In a formal interview, it is essential to maintain good eye with the interviewers.

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

Visitors should reserve opera tickets well in advance ----- they hope to see a performance while in Westgard City. 

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Mr. Rap ........ mathematics before he ....... to literature.

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Let’s wait .............. the rain stops.

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: 

Indifferent to hunting or wrestling or drinking, Bill, who likes to read, is thoughtful and gentle.

A.    B. C. D. 

I love this film. I .................... it four or five times already. 

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

The octopus__________ itself from larger fish by surrounding itself in a cloud of black ink. 

ASEAN economic cooperation _______ many areas, such as agriculture, industry, services, transportations, and tourism

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____, a very useful development for all of those countries. ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9)__ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
(6)..........................

Choose the underlined part that needs correction: The new employees enjoyed their first day at work, although everyone agreed that the lunch was the bad food they had ever eaten.

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:

The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer