Such education becomes ___ important as people gain more and more leisure time.

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Employees are reminded to print only________is needed so as to avoid wasting paper.

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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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She is preparing for the university entrance ...............

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The little girl can't stand ....... made fun of by her classmates.

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

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I’m becoming increasingly absent–minded. Last week, I locked myself out of my house twice.

The Malaysian unit of __________ is the Ringgit.

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Many of the older buildings in this area have been torn down to make room for the_____ of the highway.

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The publisher's roster of science fiction authors has grown large enough in recent years to  merit its own division, according to Bryce. "Increasingly. readers are seeking a sense of  wonder,conveyed so well by science fiction," said Bryce. "Lightspeed was created to  address this ---------------.” 

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Office supplies are stored in the copy room,___________ the fax machine.

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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.
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Don’t let children .......... in the kitchen.

After studying rainbows in ________, Sir Isaac Newton was able to explain how they are formed.

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She thought she was the ....... bride in the world.

The defenders _____the enemy until reinforcements arrived.

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They have gone out for a drink ......... 2 hours.

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

You arrived two days ago. You are going to leave next Sunday. By the time you leave, you ........... nine days here. 

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Research suggests that children are more resilient than adults when it comes to getting over an illness

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That is a well-behaved boy whose behaviour has nothing to complain about.