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III. READING

  a. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.

                   domestic        goods           stability           membership

                      organization         trade        acceleration       peacefully

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a geo-political and economic (36) __________ of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia. ASEAN was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, (37) __________ has expanded to include Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Its aims include the (38) __________ of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and (39) __________ of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences (40) __________.

The ASEAN region has a population of about 560 million (2006), a total area of 4.5 million square kilometres, a combined gross (41) __________ product (GDP) of almost $1,100 billion, and a total (42) __________ of about $1,400 billion. Trade has been growing within the region as a result of ASEAN initiatives to encourage freer movements of (43) __________ and peoples.

B. Read the passage carefully, decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F), and then answer the questions.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. ASEAN covers a land area of 4 million km2, 3% of the total land area of earth. It has a population of more than 600 million people, or 8.8% of the world's population. In 2012, its  combined nominal GDP had grown to more than US$ 2.3 trillion.

The ASEAN Declaration states that the aims and purposes of the Association are to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region and to promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries in the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter. The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies.