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Constributions to our global education________will be instrumental in establishing learning oportunities for individuals all over the world.

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My grandmother ........ this picture for a week and she .......it.

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She enjoys …….. with her friends more than with her mother.

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The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
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The railway ……..  for weeks because of the snow.

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

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One responsibility of the staff assistant is tosort incoming mail,________it so that only pertinent information is sent to the director.

I .............. to the same barber since last year. 

Another common superstition is that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house - it will either bring  misfortunate to the person who opened it or to the whole ______.

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The copy machine at the top of the stairs has now been_______________.

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The number of rhinos is in steady decline. There are fewer rhinos than ever before.

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The main_____________of the new electronic notepad is internet use.

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
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Simon says he____________ giving up studying French in school, as now he has been offered a job in France.

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I’m not quite sure I understand completely. Could you be a bit more___________?

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I need your ........ to repair the roof.

In economics, a country's _______ is the total value of goods and services produced within a country in a year, not including its income from investments in other countries

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Good friendship should be based on mutual .............

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He___________his life to the skill of the surgeons.

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................. about what he had heard, John phoned his brother.

..............the water clear but also prevent the river from overflowing.