We shouldn’t use too many plastic bags because they are very hard to _______.

   

Up to now, ASEAN has got ten _____________.

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The gunman ........... the pilot of the plane to change direction.

There are all sorts of things that can ______ about this special relationship.

Any employers or contractors who are found to have…………safety laws will be subject to a heavy fine.

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Do you mind ……. me …. this computer?

Feminism, collective term for systems of belief and theories that pay special (1) ________ to women's rights and women's position in culture and society. The term tends to be used for the women's rights movement, which began in the late 18th century and continues to campaign for complete political, social, and economic equality between women and men. This article (2)________specifically with the development of the ideas behind that movement and their  (3)____________and impact. 
Feminists are united by the idea that women's position in society is unequal to (4) ________of men, and that society is structured in such a way as to benefit men to the political, social, and economic (5) __________of women. However, feminists have used different theories to explain these (6) ____________ and have advocated different ways of redressing inequalities, and there are marked geographic and historical variations in the nature of feminism. 
Historically, feminist thought and activity can be divided into two waves. The first wave, which began in about 1800 and (7) _______until the 1930s, was largely concerned with gaining equal rights between women and men. The second wave, which began in the late 1960s, has continued to fight for (8) ______ but has also developed a (9)_______ of theories and approaches that stress the difference between women and men and that draw attention to the (10)_____ needs of women.
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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: 

Astrology contends that the position of constellations at the moment of your birth profoundly influences your future.

They have to make _______ there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy, they need to be able to re-order before stocks run out, to decide which things are selling well and so on.

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Minnesota’s thousands of lakes ...... over 4,000 square miles.

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The teacher considers letting one of her students stay at home ……. her biggest mistake.

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: When …… a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and abbreviations it contains.

After marriage, Mrs. Hoa always keeps a good_____with her mother-in-law.

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

Guitarist Carlos Roldan……. his newest music at a fund-raising concert in Madrid last month.

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
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Use the word at the end of each gap to form a new word with which to fill the gap: 
‘It is simply this. That Space, as our __(1)___ (MATH) have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call __(2)___ (LONG), Breadth, and __(3)___ (THICK), and is always definable by __(4)___ (REFER) to three planes, each at right angles to the others. But some philosophical people have been asking why THREE dimensions ___(5)__ (PARTICULAR) - why not another direction at right angles to the other three?-and have even tried to construct a Four-Dimension geometry. Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago. You know how on a flat surface, which has only two dimensions, we can represent a figure of a three _(6)____ (DIMENSION) solid, and _(7)____ (SIMILAR) they think that by models of three dimensions they could represent one of four-if they could master the perspective of the thing. See?’
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The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
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The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
(4)....................

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
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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Bob spends a lot of time ....... the essay.

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Personnel changes within the marketing department …………no surprise, as it completely failed to meet the target on the most recent project.