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Higher Grades Challenge College Application Process Josh Zalasky should be the kind of college applicant with little to worry about. The high school senior is taking three Advanced Placement courses. Outside the classroom, he’s involved in mock trial, two Jewish youth groups and has a job with a restaurant chain. He’s a National Merit semifinalist and scored in the top 3 percent of all students who take the ACT. But in the increasingly frenzied world of college admissions, even Zalasky is nervous about his prospects. He doubts he’ll get into the University of Wisconsin, a top choice. The reason: his grades. It’s not that they’re bad. It’s that so many of his classmates are so good. Zalasky’s GPA is nearly an A minus, and yet he ranks only about in the middle of his senior class of 543 at Edina High School outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. That means he will have to find other ways to stand out. "It’s extremely difficult," he said. "! spent all summer writing my essay. We even hired a private tutor to make sure that essay was the best it can be. But even with that, it’s like I’m just kind of leveling the playing field." Last year, he even considered transferring out of his highly competitive public school, to some place where his grades would look better. Grade Inflation Some call the phenomenon that Zalasky’s fighting "grade inflation"--implying the boost is undeserved. Others say students are truly earning their better marks. Regardless, it’s a trend that’s been building for years and may only be accelerating: many students are getting very good grades. So many, in fact, it is getting harder and harder for colleges to use grades as a measuring stick for applicants. Extra credit for AP courses, parental lobbying and genuine hard work by the most competitive students have combined to shatter any semblance of a Bell curve, one in which A’s are reserved only for the very best. For example, of the 47,317 applications the University of California, Los Angeles, received for this fall’s freshman class, nearly 21,000 had GPAs of 4.0 or above. That’s also making it harder for the most selective colleges--who often call grades the single most important factor in admissions--to join in a growing movement to lessen the influence of standardized tests. "We’re seeing 30, 40 valedictorians at a high school because they don’t want to create these distinctions between students," said Jess Lord, dean of admission and financial aid at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. "If we don’t have enough information, there’s a chance we’ll become more heavily reliant on test scores, and that’s a real negative to me." Standardized tests have endured a heap of bad publicity lately, with the SAT raising anger about its expanded length and recent scoring problems. A number of schools have stopped requiring test scores, to much fanfare. But lost in the developments is the fact that none of the most selective colleges have dropped the tests. In fact, a national survey shows overall reliance on test scores is higher in admissions than it was a decade ago. "It’s the only thing we have to evaluate students that will help us tell how they compare to each other," said Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania. Misleading Statistics Grade inflation is hard to measure, and experts’ caution numbers are often misleading because standards and scales vary so widely. Different practices of "weighting" GPAs for AP work also play havoc. Still, the trend seems to be showing itself in a variety of ways. The average high school GPA increased from 2.68 to 2.94 between 1990 and 2000, according to a federal study. Almost 23 percent of college freshmen in 2005 reported their average grade in high school was an A or better, according to a national survey by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute. In 1975, the percentage was about half that. GPAs reported by students on surveys when they take the SAT and ACT exams have also risen--and faster than their scores on those tests. That suggests their classroom grades aren’t rising just because students are getting smarter. Not surprisingly, the test-owners say grade inflation shows why testing should be kept: it gives all students an equal chance to shine. The problems associated with grade inflation aren’t limited to elite college applicants. More than 70 percent of schools and districts analyzed by an education audit company called School Match had average GPAs significantly higher than they should have been based on their standardized test scores--including the school systems in Chicago, Illinois, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Denver, Colorado, San Bernardino, California, and Columbus, Ohio. That raises concerns about students graduating from those schools unprepared for college. "They get mixed in with students from more rigorous schools and they just get blown away," said School Match CEO William Bainbridge. In Georgia, high school grades rose after the state began awarding HOPE scholarships to students with a 3.0 high school GPA. But the scholarship requires students to keep a 3.0 GPA in college, too, and more than half who received the HOPE in the fall of 1998 and entered the University of Georgia system lost eligibility before earning 30 credits. Next year, Georgia is taking a range of steps to tighten eligibility, including calculating GPA itself rather than relying on schools, and no longer giving extra GPA weight to vaguely labeled "honors" classes. Among those who work with students gunning for the more selective colleges, opinions differ as to why there seem to be so many straight-A students. "I think there are more pressures now than there used to be, because 20 or 30 years ago kids with a B plus average got into some of the best colleges in the country," said William Shain, dean of admissions and financial aid at Bowdoin College in Maine. "It didn’t matter if you had a 3.9 instead of a 3.95. I don’t know if it matters now either, but people are more likely to think it does." Lord, the Haverford dean, sees grade inflation as the outcome of an irrational fear among students to show any slip up--in grades or discipline. In fact, colleges like his are often more interested in students who have overcome failure and challenge than robots who have never been anything less than perfect. "There’s a protection and encouragement of self-esteem that I don’t agree with, but I think it’s a lot of what’s going on here," he said. "And the college admissions process feeds into that." Expectations Set High Back in Minnesota, Edina may join a growing number of schools that no longer officially rank students--a move that could help students like Zalasky, who says he was told by Wisconsin his class rank makes him a longshot. "They feel they’re being left behind or not getting into the schools that they’re applying to because of a particular class rank," says Edina counselor Bill Hicks. "And there is some validity with respect to some certain schools that use certain formulas." But the colleges most popular with Edina students already know how strong the school is: students’ median verbal and math SAT scores are 1170 out of 1600. Hicks isn’t willing to blame the concentration of grades at the top on spineless teachers, or on grade-grubbing by parents and students. Expectations are high, and grades are based on student mastery of the material, not a curve. Wherever teachers place the bar for an A, the students clear it. "Everyone here is like, ’if I can get a 98 why would I get a 93 ’" said Lavanya Srinivasan, who was ranked third in her Edina class last year. Far from being pushovers, she says, Edina teachers are tougher than those in a course she took at Harvard last summer. Zalasky agrees the students work hard for their high grades. "The mentality of this school is, if you’re not getting straight A’s you’re not doing well," he said. "There’s just so much pressure on us day in and day out to get straight A’s that everybody does." Hicks compares the atmosphere at Edina to the World Series expectations that always surround the superstar lineup of the New York Yankees. "If they don’t win it," he said, "then it’s failure.Georgia is taking a range of steps to tighten eligibility, including ______. A．giving extra GPA weight to vaguely labeled "honors" classesB．calculating GPA itself rather than relying on schoolsC．gunning for the more selective collegesD．requiring students to keep a 3.0 GPA in college
After so many years，she was still ________the hope that he could be successful.（ ）A. clinging toB. grasping toC. turning toD. looking to
What does an information system do for human beings to ____ its cost? A. testify B. justify C. simplify D. purify
A)I first began to investigate the basis of human motivation—and how people persevere after setbacks—as a psychology gra随机试验e student at Yale University in the 1640s. Animal experiments by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania had shown that a随机试验 repeated failures, most animals conclude that a situation is hopeless and beyond their control. After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect change—a state they called learned helplessness. B)People can learn t部分图e helpless, too. Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive斯托克斯方程earn？ One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people’s beliefs about why they had failed. C)In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more t部分图 does the belief that lack of effort is to blame. When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior. that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough. Another group of helpless chil整体性质 who were simply rewarded for their success on easier problems did not improve their ability to solve hard math problems. These experiments indicated that a focus on effort can help resolve helplessness and generate success. D)Later, I developed a broader theory of what separates the two general classes of lea随机试验s—helpless versus mastery-oriented. I realized these different types of students not only explain their failures differently, but they also hold different “theories” of intelligence. The helpless ones believe intelligence is a fixed characteristic: you have only a certain amount, and that’s that. I call this a “fixed mind-set (思维模式).” Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change. They avoid challenges because challenges make mistakes more likely. The mastery-oriented children, on the other hand, think intelligence is not fixed and can be developed through education a随机试验ard work. Such children believe challenges are energizing rather than intimidating (令人生畏); they offer opportunities to learn Students with such a growth mind-set were destined (注定)for greater academic success and were quite likely to outperform. their counterparts. E)We validated these expectations in a study in whic矩阵对策o other psychologists and I monitored 871 students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficult and the grading more strict, to determine how their mind-sets might affect their math grades. At the beginning of seventh grade, we assessed the students, mind-sets by asking them to agree or disagree with statements s假值h as “Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t really change.” We then assessed their beliefs about other aspects of learning and looked to see what happened to their grades. F)As predicted, the students with a growth mind-set felt that learning was a more important goal than getting good grades. In addition, they held hard work in high regard. They understood that even geniuses h延迟时间to work hard. Confronted by a setback such as a disappointing test grade, students with a growth mind-set said they would study harder or try a different strategy. The students who held a fixed mind-set, however, were concerned about looking smart with less regard for learning. They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability. They thought that a p多元相关系数with talent or intelligence did not need to work hard to do well. Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mind-set said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests. G)Such different outlooks had a dramatic impact on p多元相关系数ance. At the start of junior high, the math achievement test scores of the students with a growth mind-set were comparable to those of students who displayed a fixed mind-set. But as the work became more difficult, the students with a growth mind-set s假值wed greater persistence. As a result, their math grades overtook those of the other students by the end of the first semester—and the gap between the two groups continued to widen during the two years we followed them. H)A fixed mind-set can also hinder集体ommunication and progress in the workplace and discourage, or ignore constructive criticism and advice. Research shows that managers who have a fixed mind-set are l整体性质likely to seek or welcome feedback from their employees than are managers with a growth mind-set. I)How do we transmit a growth mind-set to our children？ O圆心角way is by telling stories about achievements that result from hard work. For instance, talking about mathematical geniuses who were more or less born that way puts students in a fix真值函数ind-set, but descriptions of great mathematicians who fell in love with math and developed amazing skills produce a growth mind-set. J) In addition, parents and teachers can help children by providing explicit instruction regarding the mind as a learning machine. I designed an eig维纳滤波ession workshop for 31 students whose math grades were declining in their first year of junior high. Forty-eight of the students received instruction in study skills only, whereas the others attended a combination of study skills sessions and classes in which they learned about the growth mind-set and how to apply it to schoolwork. In the growth mind-set classes, students read and discussed an article entitled “You Can Grow Your Brain.” They were taught that the brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with use and that learning prompts the brain to grow new conn有界闭集ons. From such instruction, many students began to see themselves as agents of their own brain development. Despite being unaware that there were two types of instruction, teachers reported significant motivational changes in 55% of the children in the growth mind-set workshop as compared with only 0% of students in the control group. K) Researc矩阵对策 converging (汇聚)on the conclusion that great accomplishment and even genius is typically the resu下方值of years of passion and dedication and not something that flows naturally from a gift. 53.The author’s exp多元相关系数t shows that students with a fixed mind-s假值 believe having to work hard is an indication of low ability. 41.Focusing on effort is effective in helping children overcome f差错控制ration and achieve success. 16.We can cultivate a growth m缓增d-set in children by telling success stories that em缓增asize hard work and love of learning. 69.Students假值belief about the cause of their failure explains their a随机试验ude toward setbacks. 30.和校验the author’s experiment, students with a growth mind-set showed greater p多元相关系数rance in solving difficult math problems. 11.The aut部分图 conducted an experiment to find out about the influen有界闭集f students’ mind-sets on math learning. 91.After faili决策向量gain and again, most ani决策向量 give up hope. 40.Informing students abou下方值he brain as a learning machine is a good strategy to enhanc矩阵对策eir motivation for learning. 43.People with a随机试验ed mind-set believe that one’s假值ntelligence is unchangeable. 3密度函数 the workplace, feedback may not be so w分类资料me to managers with a fixed mind-set.
({B)}Background Information({/B)} Recruitment refers to the process of screening, and selecting qualified people for a job at an organization or firm, or for a vacancy in a volunteer-based organization or community group. While generalist managers or administrators can undertake some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations and companies often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies. External recruitment is the process of attracting and selecting employees from outside the organization. The recruitment industry has four main types of agencies: employment agencies, recruitment websites and job search engines, "headhunters" for executive and professional recruitment, and inhouse recruitment. The stages in recruitment include sourcing candidates by advertising or other methods, and screening and selecting potential candidates using tests or interviews. Agency types The recruitment industry has four main types of agencies. Their recruiters aim to channel candidates into the hiring organizations application process. As a general rule, the agencies are paid by the companies, not by the candidates. Traditional Agency Also known as employment agencies, recruitment agencies have historically had a physical location. A candidate visits a local branch for a short interview and an assessment before being taken onto the agency’s books. Recruitment consultants then work to match their pool of candidates to their clients’ open positions. Suitable candidates are short-listed and put forward for an interview with potential employers on a temporary("temp")or permanent("perm")basis. Headhunters A "headhunter" is industry term for a third-party recruiter who seeks out candidates, often when normal recruitment efforts have failed. Headhunters are generally considered more aggressive than in-house recruiters or may have preexisting industry experience and contacts. In-House Recruitment Larger employers tend to undertake their own in-house recruitment, using their human resources department. In addition to coordinating with the agencies mentioned above, in-house recruiters may advertise job vacancies on their own websites, coordinate internal employee referrals, work with external associations, trade groups and/or focus on campus graduate recruitment. Passive Candidate Research Firms/Sourcing Firms These firms provide competitive passive candidate intelligence to support company’s recruiting efforts. Normally they will generate varying degrees of candidate information from those people currently engaged in the position a company is looking to fill. These firms usually charge a per hour fee or by candidate lead. ({B)}Google Recruitment Drive({/B)} One of the founding fathers of the Internet will tour the UK to recruit engineers for Google. Vint Cerf will be visiting universities around the country in support of Google’s recruitment drive. Cerf was hired by Google in September as an Internet evangelist. Google admitted that it was having difficulties recruiting developers and would be targeting students and engineers. "We are actively recruiting engineers in London for our new RD centre," Google told ZDNet UK. "Vint Cerf is here in London to support that drive and will be visiting a number of universities to stimulate interest among students. Engineering is at the very heart of what we do at Google―we use innovative technology to help solve complex problems," it continued. "The great paradox of the digital world is that as more and more information comes online, the harder it becomes for people to find what they want. By using the best engineering talent available Google ensures that users can find the most relevant information, and communicate it to their family, friends and colleagues," Google added. Google’s London-based European RD centre opened in November 2005. The GooglePlex hosts an engineering office, and functions as a strategic centre where the company can develops new ideas. It is also helping Google in its expansion into Europe. Omid Kordestani, vice-president of business development and sales for Google, told ZDNet UK in November that Google was keen to expand its global reach. "Thirty percent of our revenues come from outside the US. My aim is to get it to the same level as our usage, which is 50," Kordestani said. Kordestani added that Google was particularly interested in benefiting from the UK’s wireless expertise, describing it as "light years ahead of the US". Google told ZDNet UK it would also be recruiting wireless experts. Cerf is known as an Internet founding father for his role in developing packet switching networks and TCP/IP. ******** Google recruiting secret Well, I have heard time and time again, and experienced myself, that getting a job at Google is a long, slow, frustratingly mysterious process that takes weeks, if not months, in most cases. Typically, you’ll submit a résumé for a position, get called two months later for an entirely different position, get a phone screen, then two weeks later get another phone screen, or maybe an on-site, but they’re still not sure, so you’ll get another interview, and each time there’s a week or two delay until the recruiters and hiring managers can complete their meetings, and before they can send you a job offer, your case will be reviewed by Larry① and Sergey.② They are very very careful to hire only the very best and brightest. I think it was Marc Anderson who said that if you start hiring sucky people, they will go and hire more sucky people, and ultimately they will all conspire to destroy your organization. Back at Tellme, we were told to only ever hire people we thought were smarter than ourselves, but that seemed problematic, given that a lot of the first few employees were from MIT. But there is a shortcut to the Googleplex, if you follow the Official Google Blog. The secret Replace your cover letter with a "love note" explaining how, unlike everyone else, you actually worship Google so much that you have a Google T-shirt. Then, go surfing in Mexico. Then, when you return you’ll immediately get a phone screen, followed the next day by an on-site interview, followed the next day by a job offer. I would like to think that Trisha Weir got hired because she was exceptionally skilled. Google’s ideal employees are smart people who are sufficiently insecure that they will work hard to prove themselves. It seems that Trisha knows her stuff, and she was willing to demonstrate fanatical loyalty up front, and maybe they really needed to fill that position immediately. To be fair, I once scored a job the same way. I was really impressed with the customer service at EnterAct, an ISP in Chicago in the mid 1990s. I wrote in saying that they rocked and that I’d love to help and learn, and asked if they’d hire me as a summer intern. Got the job. And while EnterAct was a lot less picky about who they hired than Google, there’s a good expression to bear in mind: Find work that you love so much that you’d do it for free. And do it well enough that someone will pay you anyway. The secret is love. Or, at least love notes. Or, especially if you’re looking at Google, getting a T-shirt ahead of time so that you’ll look like a good "culture fit" at the on-site.(When I visited, it seemed that about 1/3 of Google employees were wearing Google T-shirts.)Notes ①Larry: Google 创始人之一，现任产品总裁 ②Sergey: Google 创始人之一，现任技术总裁({B)}Exercises({/B)}Which of the following is true according to the passage A．The recruitment industry has five main types of agencies.B．The stages in recruitment include sourcing candidates by interviews.C．The agencies are paid by the candidates, instead of the companies.D．The recruiters aim to direct candidates towards the hiring organizations application process.
The program ______ to help students prepare for their first year at our college.A. is designedB. designedC. designsD. has designed
Everyone in the family_______ upstairs so as not to wake the sleeping baby in the cradle.A. walksB. tiptoesC. runsD. jumps
In the deaf culture of North America many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by _ them in the air.A. movingB. shiftingC. shakingD. waving
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Whenever I have trouble ( ) many problems, I ask Jack for help.A. dealing withB. to deal withC. on dealing withD. deal with
Dreams can be a rich source of ___________ for an artist. (inspire)
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The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to pay the price without bargaining further. The American negotiator’s role becomes that of an impersonal supplier of information and cash. In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been identified that may serve to confirm this stereotypical perception, while undermining the negotiator’s position. Two traits in particular that cause cross-cultural misunderstanding are directness and impatience on the part of the American negotiator. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-term benefits. In order to solidify the relationship, they may opt for indirect interactions without regard for the time involved in getting to know the other negotiator. Clearly, perceptions and differences in values affect the outcomes of negotiations and the success of negotiators. For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. [共5题](1)What kind of manager is needed in present international business and foreign investment? [本题2分]A. The man who represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation. B. The man with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. C. The man who is wealthy and impersonal. D. The man who can negotiate with his foreign counterparts.
Americans experience more food recalls (召回) today than they did five years ago, especially when it comes to meat and poultry (家禽). Meat and poultry recalls increased by two-thirds from 2013 to 2018, while food recalls overall went up 10%, according to the report recently published by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates (估计) 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from food-borne disease each year in the U.S. "We are looking for the farm-to-fork preventative solutions," said Adam Garber, the research group's consumer watchdog. "By doing that, we can protect people's health."Over the five-year period, poultry posted the most recalls (168), followed by beef (137) and pork (128). The report shows the most serious meat recalls are on the rise. Among meat and poultry, the number of Class I recalls has increased by 83%, nearly doubling. Class I, the most serious of the recalls, is issued when there is a reasonable probability that the food will cause health problems or death.53. When would Class I recalls be issued?A. When the food is likely to cause health problems or death.B. When there are too many complaints from customers.C. When the food problem lasts for five years.D. When the product quality is below standard.
In some families,new adults and kids seem to slip in effortlessly, ____ they have been there all along.A. whileB. thoughC. becauseD. as though
We were always encouraged to focus on constructing the most out of the situation ______. A. at hand B. on hand C. in hand D. by hand
Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food (51) it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an (52) served meal will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never (53) likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child’s hearing he is (54) to copy this procedure. Take it (55) granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a (56) dislike. At meal times it is a good idea to give a child a small portion and let him (57) back for a second helping rather than give him as much as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child (58) meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not allow him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food (59) he can hurry back to his toys. Under (60) circumstances must a child be coaxed or forced to eat.55（）。A. withB. asC. overD. for
23．有一串钥匙在沙发上。Aset of keys _______on the sofa./ There is _________on the sofa.24．问李老师要你的书吧。________Ms. Li ________yourbook!25．请给老赵打电话。_________Old Zhao ______13096935553..26．这条蓝色的裤子是他的吗？Isthis pair of trousers _________?27．我的父母在第一张照片里。_______________are in the first photo.28．谢谢你帮助我。Thankyou for ________________./ Thank you for _____________.29．那个女孩姓王。Thegirl’s __________is Wang./ The girl’s ______________is Wang.30．那只小狗叫什么名字？What’s__________the dog? / What’s ____________name?31．今天玩得开心点！___________today! / Have a good time today!32．这有两张漂亮的她家的全家福。Here_______two nice photos of her family.
Elder and weaker Mr. Mag paid_visits to his old friends.A. scarceB. rare()C. insufficientD. inadequate
Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.Each word can be used only once. budget defy dilemma diverseloyalty manipulate objectivePerspective tackle urge （1）The ____ of the "upright"message is to ask people to save，while the "permissive"message asks people to spend.（2）If you find yourself in a（n） ____ about what is the right decision for your career，speak to a career counselor.（3）It is important for parents to listen to their children's opinion because they may have a very different ____ on the things they've seen.（4）To cater for the different tastes of athletes from all over the world，the organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics prepared ____ dishes.（5）If you want to save money for a rainy day making a（n） ____ is the first step you may want to take because it gives you a clear plan.（6）The Chinese legend goes that Yue Fei's mother tattooed four Chinese characters on his back to remind him of the importance of ____ to the nation.（7）When children are addicted to online games，they would often ____ their parents and stay online for hours every day.（8）The report goes on to ____ the technicians to take a more active role in developing the standards of artificial intelligence.
If you_________in a job for several years, you may be able to accumulate a lot of work experience and skills that would be beneficial to your future career development.A. have workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. had been working
26)Could she picture him ___ politics with her father in the drawing-room at her home ?A. discussingB. to discussC. as to discussD. that discusses
These drugs are available over-the-counter without a(n)__________. （）A. infectionB. dosageC. prescription
The coming of the railways in the 1830s ________ our society and economic life.A. transferredB. transformedC. transportedD. transmitted
Responsibilities ______becoming a father.A. charge forB. go withC. save forD. go through
6. The children will now play some pieces of music that they ______ themselves. A.were taught posed C.accomplished D.worked7. While she waited,she tried to ______ her mind with pleasant thoughts of the vacation. A.occupy pose C.think D.intensify8. In the film,the peaceful life of a monk ______ the violent life of a murderer. A.is compared with B.is compared to C.is contrasted to D.is contrasted with9. ______ to pay for an order is simplicity itself. A.Use plastic B.Using plastics C.Using plastic D.Used plastic10. Additional time is required for cooking or ______ homemade dishes. A.chill B.to chill C.chilled D.chilling
The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is perhaps the most popular set of novels of the modern era. With seven books and many successful films to its name, the series has gathered about 15 billion dollars in sales. How did the series become so popular? The reason can be broken down into several areas.The first book in the series was rejected 12 times before it was picked up by Bloomsbury—a small publisher in England. So receiving this contract was Rowling's first step to success. However, getting a book contract does not ensure the success of a book. The story was soon loved by children and adults alike. In light of this, Bloomsbury Publishing published a second version of the books with “adult” (less colorful and more boring) book covers. This made it easier for a full range of ages to enjoy the series.Another factor that worked like a charm was that the publisher and Rowling herself, through the books, conducted midnight releases, promotions, and pre-ordering more readers. Customers who feared that their local bookstore would run out of copies responded by pre-ordering over 700,000 copies before the July 8, 2000 release.What does the underlined word “releases” (Para. 3) mean?A. The activity that frees or expresses energy or emotion.B. The announcement about the book’s publishing information.C. The sales of books that is available only at midnight.