Secondary rainbows are unusual because the light is reflected twice within the raindrop before it ________ a rainbow, so the colors are in reverse order and not as bright as primary rainbows.

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Last  year, Trigto  Communications___________seven successful new phone models.

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Have you washed your hands before ………lunch?

In summary, for most visitors, the Japanese are _______ and difficult to understand.

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Dear Ms. Hsu 

We are writing to inform you that your Brisbane Independent Daily Herald subscription  rate is about to change from $18.75 per month to $21.00 per month. We regret any  financial burden this may place on our subscribers, but ------- our rising operating costs,  we find the change unavoidable. 

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The last shipment was refused by the buyer  damage that occurred while the  product was in transit.

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For a brochure explaining the city’s.......................... to encourage recycling, please contact Christine Lee.

Alexander Fleming,                    received the Nobel Prize in 1945.

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I hate the beginning of each year when all the____________start coming in and I have to find the money to pay them all.

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________ in the field of neurobiology consider Dr. Patterson’s study  inconclusive because of its limited sample size. 

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..................... the garment is designed for active, outdoor use, we wanted it to give as much wear between washings as possible.

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Please remember that we also have trained personnel avaiable to help you……… your car.

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

You were ….not to be killed in the accident.

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:

In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew 25 years ago.

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

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John, ....... that his girlfriend went out with another guy, decided to say goodbye to her.

The book __________ last year has been lost. 

Is there any more……..about the accident?

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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)

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Where’s_______ report I left on the table next to the TV in the living room.