A combined gross domestic _______ of the member countries of ASEAN has grown at an average rate of around 6% per year

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted came up with a good answer

Greg O'Leary has been leading research in our laboratories…………over eighteen years.

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It’s a beautiful coat, but I’m afraid of it doesn’t_____________ me. It’s too small.

Companies now can exploit the opportunities presented by _______ integrated market of increasingly prosperous consumers in the region of ASEAN

Colleagues normally use the family names, and title - for example 'Doctor' or 'Professor', so you shouldn't use first names ______ a person asks you to.

I’m sorry for ___ such a fuss about the unfruitful plan.

 I usually ........................away at weekends. 

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

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

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His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam _________  other ASEAN leaders signed the ASEAN Charter on 20 November 2007 in Singapore.

The more we spent with the sales team, the more…………we were with their innovative marketing skills.

_______ consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia with a total land mass of 329,847 square kilometers

Thunderstorm and lightning posted a significant threat to the safety of the performers on stage so they had to ______the show.

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He didn’t stay at home. ………., he went out with his friends.

This new center is an interesting ...................

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He came home late, so I asked him where ...... been.

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It is necessary ............ forests.

 Jack ................the door. 

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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.
(9)..........................

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When you ........ here at this time tomorrow, I ...... the room.

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.
(3)....................