On the other hand, tattooing was banned in Europe by the early Christians, who thought that it was a sinful thing to _____.

Surely there are now reasons why ____ book ought to be dead, or at least very badly injured.

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

I don’t have a computer. I wish I _________ a new one.

Employees at NC media co., Ltd…………donate to local charities by hosting Fund-raising parties.

There are many superstitions in Britain, but one of the most ______ held is that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder even if it means stepping off the pavement into a busy street!

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We would ............. to stay at home this evening.

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.

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

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

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

I noticed that the door was open. I decided to go in. This turned out to be a mistake.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Our English teacher would like  us  spend  more time in the laboratory _______ our pronunciation.

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

In her latest article in Earthbound Science Journal, ecologist Mei Ling offers a ------ ----- review of Paul Winthrop's research on drought resistance. 

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: 

He is someone we can respect and look up to. but he's not so high above us that we feel low and downtrodden.

When you use the Internet, you have so much information at your_________.

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

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Knowing several ……. helpful if you work for an international corporation.

I don't like those trousers, no matter how …………………….. they are.

The man got out the car , .......................round to the back and opened the boot. 

By Christmas, I .................for Mr. Smith for six years. 

The ASEAN Science and Technology Week aims to promote science and technology _______ in the region

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.
(8)......................

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