Strategic alliances are being _             with major European companies.

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It is estimated that no more than 200 Siberian tigers ...... in the wild.

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............... is the ancestor of most types of domestic ducks is well documented.

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.
(5).........................

– Mary: “That’s a very nice skirt you’re wearing.”

–Julia”                  ”

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

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.
(2)......................

Fast………….in computer technology have made it possible for the public to access a second-to-none amount of news and information.

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

Mr.Kang started.................... printing business 25 years ago in Pusan, South Korea.

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Visitors to the Sydney Orgo Lab  facilities must_________by an employee at all times.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:   ……..Jane arrives, we will have finished this group project.

The product was ________by the car manufacturer because of the faulty accelerator pedal.

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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Despite the move of several new restaurants to the area Vitella's Restaurant is still attracting enough customers_____ in business.

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:

The shop assistant was totally bewildered by the customer’s behavior.

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After reviewing the training program for new sales staff, Mr. Vance concluded that more…… should be placed on networking skills.

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:

Any students who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.

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

They have to make _______ there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy, they need to be able to re-order before stocks run out, to decide which things are selling well and so on.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction: The new employees enjoyed their first day at work, although everyone agreed that the lunch was the bad food they had ever eaten.

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

Major industries in this district include food processing and aircraft ----------.