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:

Ask Mum for permission to go out now. She looks like she’s in a good mood.

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Official______________is required for all vessels leaving the port.

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My brother has …….

In public pools, there ---- a much higher level of safety with trained lifeguards on duty whenever they ---- open.

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

It has been ________ proven that stroking a cat can lower your blood pressure.

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Thank you for inquiring about the résumé-writing services provided by our staff at Competitive Edge Corporation. We specialize in creating résumés for managerial and top- level executives, and we have a wealth of experience serving clients like you from the pharmaceutical industry.__________, we think our company is well-suited to meet your needs

…………his falling out with his former employer, Mr. Lee still meets with some of his old co-workers from time to time.

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I want to remind you that Allen Hall……. some construction work next week.

(John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963) the 35th us President (1961-1963). He was the country's youngest president and the first Roman Catholic ever ____ (1) ____, He was___(2)____known informally as Jack Kennedy and JFK. His wife was Jackie Kennedy. He won a medal for____(3)____during World War II, and was elected to the us House of Representatives (1947-1953) and then___(4)___ the us Senate (1952-1960).
Kennedy's greatest success___ (5) ___President was in___ (6) ___the Cuban missile crisis and his worst failure was over the Bay of Pigs incident. He worked ____ (7) ____his brother, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to support the civil rights___ (8) ___. He was murdered in Dallas, probably by Lee Harvey Oswald, in one of the most shocking events in us history. Some people believe that others were responsible for his murder, but ___ (9) ___has ever been___(10)___proved. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage (1956), won a Pulitzer Prize.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
John F Kennedy
(6)........................

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Janning Footwear’s marketing campaign was ______ aimed at young adults in  an attempt to broaden its customer base. 

To build on the field of political and security cooperation, _______ ASEAN Leaders have agreed to establish the ASEAN Security Community CASC).

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  The film star wore dark glasses _____ that no one would recognize him.

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_________her experience in sales, Ms Woo has a background in public relations.

The population 'stands at over 25 million _______. Islam is the largest as well as the official religion of the federation

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Since jobs in the global division require extensive international travel, employees must be able to……… to unfamiliar situations.

A washing machine of this type will certainly ______ normal domestic use.

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:

Tourists today flock to see the two falls that actually constitutes Niagara falls.

Melanie was the only person __________ a letter of thanks.

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We are too late. The plane ........ off ten minutes ago.

His broken leg is still very………..