The environmental group hopes ______ the forest to its original condition by the end of the decade.

 

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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I have not seen my dog _______ the storm struck the community.

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We have abandoned plans to install a revolving security door because our engineers determined that it is_______flawed.

I love this film. I .................... it four or five times already. 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Unemployment is a massive problem for the government at the moment.

_________ one hand on the steering wheel, Ann opened a can of soda pop with her free hand.

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Hanoi Plan of Action __________ in 1998.

He did a great report on the future of the ship-building industry but I didn't agree with his……….at all.

A careful analysis of the __________ products on the market indicated that our product lacked innovation and optional features. 

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While our representatives try to reply to all e-mails............. , responses may be delayed by weekends and public holidays.

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

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: The new treaty ……  a free trade zone.

If so, why does it not show proper respect for these reportedly less literate times _____ die out?

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

The development of open learning, ______ it possible to study when it is convenient for the students, has increased the opportunities available to many people.

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Tom is a selfish boy, he is concerned only with his own .....................

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Quan is used to _____ after having crossed  the continent many times during the past decade.

A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, ______ in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century. 

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Among ASEAN's _______ greatest challenges are the integration of market diversity and the transitional economies of its member countries.

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The boy _________ eyes are brown is my friend.