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Because tornadoes are more prevalent in the middle states, the area from Minnesota to Texas is called Tornado Alley.

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

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The first few days at university can be very daunting, but with determination and positive attitude, freshmen will soon fit in with the new environment.

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Tomorrow I’ll have an interview, can you give some_________.

You can ride an exercise bike while you are watching television ______ you can take the stairs instead of the elevator.

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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)
(7)........................

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The machine needs ...................

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_______ I visit him, we talk about politics a lot.

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

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His voice was barely________________above the loud music.

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Avery Motors will not _______ on the design of its new line of automobiles  until the press release tomorrow.

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There are many___________signs that the quality of education is improving in this country.

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Roget’s Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order

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 The dentist administered laughing gas to her patient in order to ease his discomfort.

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.................... along the street, he met a pretty girl.

The local authority must face the _______ that they do not have enough conditions to develop economy

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

Oliver's CV is truly _______ . He's bound to get the job.

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Our email system is ---------- known as FastTrack, even though  its official name is Fast Mail Delivery and Tracking system. 

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The producers of the new play After Dusk decided to add more performances………..the overwhelmingly positive response to early shows.

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…………his appointment as our head of accounting services, Paul Robinson was working as a high-powered merchant banker in London.