According to the preliminary analysis by the labor department, the recovery of the economy this year lead to an increase in employment, __________ with the same period last year. 

I’m going on holiday on Saturday. This time next week I .................on a beach in the sea.

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Those shoes_______________ your hand bag really well.

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When it rains heavily, John usually ........ at home.

Health is something we tend to (1) ___when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are hardly (3)____of it. But illness can come, even (2)______we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4)______ to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a century ago, (5)__________, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The (6)_____ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7)______ safer for children. The result is that (8)___________a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9)______ to live for 75 years. And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10)______ . Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
(2)............................

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Noted author Neha Dehuri will be signing copies of her…......... acclaimed book,

The Forgotten, on Sunday at the Gloucester University Bookstore.

Now the school is doing well and it seems ____ it will continue to run in the future. 

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There is the very real possibility that these animals could panic, frighten and would break away, should there be a sudden loud noise.

I would like to show you my lastest ________, which I have called “Boasts on a Lake”

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We are bored ……… the same activities in English lessons.

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You want to address an envelope to whole family. You write: ________.

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
(3)...........................

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My father likes to be called a “senior citizen”, an old age _______.

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

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.In order to guarantee your room reservation at the Palembang Hotel. Please reply to this e-mail ……… 24 hours.

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Dear Ms. Hsu 

We are writing to inform you that your Brisbane Independent Daily Herald subscription  rate is about to change from $18.75 per month to $21.00 per month. We regret any  financial burden this may place on our subscribers, but ------- our rising operating costs,  we find the change unavoidable. 

His broken leg is still very………..

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

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When you consider all the advantages you've gained I think you'll admit you had a good run for your money.

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 I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.

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When …… a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and abbreviations it contains.