广东外语外贸大学国际商务英语学院 《高级英语写作(一)》2006-2007学年下学期期末考试试卷(A) 考核对象： 2004级全体学生 考试时间： 150分钟 班级： 学号： 姓名： Part I Vocabulary (1%×10= 10%) Directions: Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A‚ B‚ C and D. Please choose one that best interprets the underlined part. Please write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. There were cottages sprinkled around the shores. A. scattered B. splattered C. splintered D. spread 2. Given falling
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One doesn’t need to shed blood or offer his body to be burned just to become a hero. Touching lives and making a big difference is enough. Such are teachers. Teachers are our modern day yet unsung heroes. They are surrogate parents‚ molders of young minds‚ and the epitome of integrity. The school is our second home and within the portals of this institution are unsung heroes who spend their time‚ effort‚ and even money to make our educational journey worthwhile. Our teachers‚ like real moms and
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A Special Kind of Love When I was in seventh grade I clicked on a youtube video that made me cry. It changed me. It made me feel disgusted by myself‚ but empowered to change not only myself‚ but those around me. The video was of a speech given by Soeren Palumbo during his senior year at Palatine High School. His story will forever be etched in my mind: “I want to tell you a quick story before I start. I was walking through hallways‚ not minding my own business‚ listening to the conversations
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that because they are not actually calling a mentally impaired person a “retard” or “retarded‚” there is nothing wrong with using those words. In 1704‚ the word “retard” was found printed in American newspapers describing something that is slowing down or diminishing. In 1720‚ in the American Weekly Mercury‚ the word “retard” was defined as creating some sort of hindrance. One major change that occurred in the 1700’s‚ was the use of the word “retard” as a noun as well as a verb. The definition of
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world comfortably. In our culture of the strong and thriving‚ with our natural selection mentality as a nation‚ we have adjusted to the thought that only the mentally and physically prevailing may be fully accepted. Anything different must be looked down upon‚ alienated‚ and/or overlooked. The mentally handicapped are made to feel bad for being the way that they are; for being the way that they were born. I remember being in elementary school with a girl who was mentally disabled. Everyone mocked
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the world in the future‚ to become scientist and discover new things. They have a lot of ambitions to get PhD. Everyone would have ups and downs‚ but these downs would motivate them to work harder. As an example Albert Einstein has speech difficulty as a child‚ and his parents thought that he was retarded‚ also he failed his university entrance exam but this downs was not a barrier to him to become a great theoretical physicist. An ambition coupled with a good goal brings success and prosperity. There
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facility has grown in the past ten years because the center allows the clients to earn money‚ spend the money on what they want. It also offers the older clients‚ who have no family a safe place to work and live. The others facilities that have shut down were more like nursing homes‚ only allowing the clients certain times to do certain things‚ and they were unable to live like individuals who have no mental disabilities. Thanks to this non-profit organization mentally disabled adults can live more
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Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of genetic diseases involving progressive weakness and degeneration of the muscles that control movement. In some forms of MD‚ the heart muscles and other involuntary muscles‚ as well as other organs‚ are affected. There are 9 distinct types of MD. Myotonic MD is the most common form among adults‚ while Duchenne MD is the most common form among children (it affects only boys). Some are severe diseases at birth that lead to early death. Others follow very slow progressive
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The 9 months that made you Our genes make up who we are. These are our building blocks to our physical structure‚ both our inner body and outer body. From the smallest nerve to your biggest smile‚ all of it is made from your genes‚ the ones your mother and father gave you. Your body is the universe’s’ greatest creation‚ but what happens when something goes wrong in your genes? The changes in your genetic information that is given to you in your mother’s womb can affect you once you get out into
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Employment Difficulties for Adults with Disabilities Abstract: Today ’s economy is suffering greatly. Since the economy is doing so poorly‚ employment is hard to come by; this is especially true for people with disabilities. There are different barriers that a person with a disability will likely have to overcome. There is a variety of services people with various disabilities could use and would benefit greatly from. According to Franklin D. Roosevelt
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