1 have never seen such a beautiful  dress _     you before.

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Divided into two parts, rites and festivals, the ceremony commenced at 19:00 with the song, “Vietnam– our Fatherland”. The surprise appearance of parachutists, carrying the 11 (1)_______flags of the competing Southeast Asian countries, was greeted with thunderous applause from the audience.
All the stadium’s lights suddenly came on, marking the start of the procession of Vietnam’s flag and the 22nd SEA Games; symbol. The 11 sporting delegations then marched past the reviewing stand to excited applause from officials and spectators. { rites: nghi lễ, parachutist: người nhảy dù, delegations; đoàn đại biểu}
The sacred (2) ______, which symbolizes the humanity of the games and desire to compete with burning intensity, was taken from The Ho Chi Minh Museum and passed by some famous Vietnamese athletes and athletes from 10 regional countries to Nguyen Thuy Hien (wushu artist) who gave it to the Prime Minister, who in turn passed it to an athlete dressed like national (3) ______ Giong. { sacred: thiêng liêng}
From this athlete’s hand, the official flame was lit at My Dinh National Stadium and will burn thoughout the course of the Games.
Speaking at the (4) _______ceremony, Minister-Chairman of the Physical Training and Sports Committee, who is also the head of the 22nd SEA Games Organizing Board, warmly welcomed Party and State leaders, delegates, domestic and international guests, and 11 sports delegations (5) ______ southeast Asian countries to the 22nd SEA Games
(5).....................

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A frightening number of illiterate students are graduating from college.

By the end of this March he ______ here for 20 years.

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Midtown Hospital compares ______________   with other hospitals and provides services at lower rates.

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Wheelpoint's new line of tires performs------- under the most hazardous road conditions.

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People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating the house and cooking traditional foods to welcome Tet holiday now.

Some people say that it is better to _________ for today. 

 __________ she usually spends her time talking about old times.

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Once the project ends next year, employee evaluations  __________  to assess performance and decide on pay increases.

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submissions  __________  meet Literati Magazine's standard will be considered for publication our next issue.

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Athlete Tim Ferguson has made a -------recovery from his injuries and will be able to play in his team's next match.

It took him a long time to ____________the death of his wife.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: "It is ….. difficult to speak to her."

Although Adlai Stevenson was never elected presidents, he was one of the pre-eminent American ________of the mid-twentieth century

Your English is improving considerably. It is getting ________

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Brilla Boutique staff may refund a customer's clothing purchase _____________   after a customer has presented a receipt.

All activities took place as scheduled in an atmosphere of ________ and friendship among Southeast Asian people.

In November, 1997, Brunei was _________ as official member, raising total of members to 10.

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Mary Rose was asked to join the information access team because she  _________  to similar projects previously.

A spectacular art performance program with the _________of 300 musicians and 500 artists was held to welcome the success of the Games.