Despite the fact that the new…………was developed by MIN Communications, its parent company received all the credit for it.

 John ...............tennis once or twice a week. 

The villagers started a huge campaign to _____money.

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She wanted to remove the color from the curtains, so she____________ them. 

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The announcement of John Stanton's retirement was not well received by most of the staff members, but Leslie, his long time friend and colleague, was extremely …….to hear that Mr Stanton will now be able to enjoy some leisure time.

It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says 'please' and 'thank you' in the right places is (1) ______ miracle of science , but recognizing the words that make up norm al, continuous human speech is another (2)________
Not until now have computer been programmed to (3) _____to a range of spoken commands. Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user, and only then would be able to respond (4) _____to their master's or mistress's voice. Now rapid progress is being made (5) ______ systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
The IBM Tangora system, under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (6) ______ a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to (7) ______ is a likely sentence. That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules, but also with an analysis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.
On the (8) _______of this information, the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another. Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (9) ______ data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize, but never has a computer been able to match a human's ability to make sense of a three-dimensional scene (10) ______ identifying all objects in it.
(5)......................

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

For decoration, people mount animal heads on walls. They buy furs to make rooms more

lavish.

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…………….. Grappa?

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As ............ as I know, I haven't received a bill for the new computer.

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A donkey____________ loudly all through the night.

_______ in Rome than he was kidnapped.

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Passengers should be_______that the airline is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

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We have abandoned plans to install a revolving security door because our engineers determined that it is_______flawed.

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His ideas about the future of the company did not___________with those of the chairman. 

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You are very_______________ if you think everything that you read about famous pop stars is true.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction: 

When we were talking about relaxing after work, Jack said he enjoyed to listen to music, Carla said she preferred jogging, and I was considering taking up tennis.

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

Childbearing is the women's most wonderful role.

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I’ve been feeling ill all week, so I'm going to see my doctor for a ...............

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

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He began ............ English 2 years ago.

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..................... the new office building is occupied, construction vehicles will not be allowed to use the main parking area.