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The association of Southeast Asian nations gives a forum for its members ________ socio-economic development.

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In the original itinerary you sent, I did not see any information regarding transport to and from the airports in Tokyo and Seoul.If you have not already done so, I would appreciate it if you could ….. that.

You need to figure out how many calories you need in a day and how many you actually ______.

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She was very angry about my saying. She ...... me.

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Diner prices at the Palace Garden Restaurant are_________, and making reservations in advance for any weekend dining plans is recommended.

This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk  ________ accidents. 

Such education becomes ___ important as people gain more and more leisure time.

Abundant is the most common occurring sugar, ______ of which include fruit and honey

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You can't make ........... if they don’t want to.

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If you have not_________had the pleasure of dining at The Palace Garden Restaurant, 147.

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The manager has asked Mr. Lim to submit his final report on the sales of the new washing machine…………April 30th.

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Long has decided ……. a cooking course.

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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. 

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.

Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people who depend on the lunar calendar to manage their crops, the start of the year.

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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Newer branches can be opened worldwide…………we can properly translate our marketing goals.

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

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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The teacher told his students _________ laughing.

To the majority of us, this is someone we trust completely and who understands us better ______ anyone else.