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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C10】

A．other than
B．for fear
C．rather than
D．in order
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C3】

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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C4】

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A．formidable
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A．create
B．avoid
C．neglect
D．keep
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C6】

A．essential
B．decisive
C．eminent
D．objective
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C6】

A．comparing
B．connecting
C．equipping
D．replacing
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C7】

A．if
B．while
C．and
D．until
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C7】

A．artistic
B．academic
C．specific
D．physical
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C8】

A．accommodates
B．comprises
C．supervises
D．represents
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C8】

A．right
B．wrong
C．opposite
D．same
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C9】

A．appreciating
B．tutoring
C．disciplining
D．raising
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C9】

A．long
B．deep
C．far
D．fast
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C10】

A．other than
B．for fear
C．rather than
D．in order
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C10】

A．present
B．alike
C．afraid
D．nearby
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C11】

A．remove
B．adjust
C．adopt
D．oppose
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C11】

A．however
B．though
C．while
D．since
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C12】

A．vacation
B．tradition
C．ceremony
D．feast
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C12】

A．follow
B．indulge
C．transform
D．explain
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C13】

A．dedicated to
B．related to
C．talked over
D．troubled by
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C13】

A．unusual
B．meaningful
C．creative
D．daunting
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C14】

A．habit
B．tradition
C．practice
D．regulation
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C14】

A．So
B．Or
C．But
D．Hence
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C15】

A．free
B．commercial
C．economical
D．low-cost
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C15】

A．convictions
B．priorities
C．hypotheses
D．criteria
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C16】

A．launched
B．understood
C．marketed
D．chosen
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C16】

A．put away
B．build up
C．carry out
D．take down
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C17】

A．virtual
B．precious
C．costly
D．romantic
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C17】

A．pretty
B．instead
C．only
D．ever
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C18】

A．So
B．And
C．Unless
D．But
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C18】

A．reliable
B．stable
C．sensible
D．incredible
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C19】

A．adds
B．enriches
C．includes
D．attributes
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C19】

A．concentrate on
B．believe in
C．choose between
D．account for
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What do Russia"s Belgorod province and some schools in Florida and Connecticut have in common They are unlikely recruits to the war on Valentine"s Day. In 2011 the governor of Belgorod banned celebration of the holiday in educational and cultural institutions on the【C1】______that it was harmful to Russian spirituality and【C2】______. Last year two schools in Orange County, Florida,【C3】______Valentine"s gift-giving, citing such reasons【C4】______the need to "maintain instructional focus" and "【C5】______distraction". And this year a school in Connecticut wrote to parents to say it would be【C6】______sweets and parties on February 14th with healthy snacks and【C7】______activities. This puts them all on the【C8】______side as many Muslim countries that have banned the celebration of Valentine"s Day. Saudi Arabia has gone so【C9】______as to ban all things red from flowers and gift shops on the day—with little effect【C10】______to create a black market for red roses. A Kyrgyzstan"s leader recently urged his fellow legislators to【C11】______a ban, too, dubbing Valentine"s Day a "holiday from the devil". Originally a Christian【C12】______associated with several victims called Valentine, February 14th was also the day when birds chose their mates in folk stories. In 1400 Charles VI of France picked the date to propose a "High Court of Love",【C13】______matters of the heart. The passing of love notes became fashionable in England in the 1700s, and in 1797 "The Young Man"s Valentine Writer" was published, formalizing a long【C14】______of telling men how to propose. In 1913 Hallmark produced their first【C15】______Valentine"s card. In the 1980s the diamond industry followed flower"s and chocolate"s businessmen, who had already【C16】______Valentine"s Day as a moment to give (or expect) a【C17】______gift. What bothers some of Valentine"s Day"s enemies is its Christian, or Western, origins. For others the problem is the stimulation to commerciality, evil or even unhealthy eating.【C18】______their battle is doomed to failure. Valentine"s Day has a conveniently unspecific origin myth. It【C19】______cheer to the post-Christmas depression. It provides an opportunity to give and get, and, for businesses, to【C20】______.【C20】

A．advertise
B．discount
C．profit
D．win
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Everyone knows how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But what about how to get into the nation"s most honorable university For【C1】______high-school students today, the【C2】______for getting into that school can seem just as simple. The conventional wisdom is that keeping your head down【C3】______the single-minded pursuit of qualifications is the path to【C4】______It makes every election for every tiny organization a heated battle and makes classes almost a second choice. Every hour not spent in class is spent building a【C5】______resume: student council, National Honor Society, captaining the football teams, and joining a dozen other student organizations. Of course, that isn"t to say that a 4.0 of Advanced placement classes isn"t still【C6】______. Do all of that【C7】______you"ll get into Harvard, right Well... "We could fill our class twice over with those students," Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said. That means admissions officers rely on things like interesting essays or particularly unusual recommendations to decide who【C8】______the 5.9 percent of candidates who get in. Faust"s top tip for【C9】______a Harvard man or woman: "Make your children interesting! " For parents and students【C10】______, that"s both good news and bad news. The bad news is that of course it"s much easier to say that than to actually make it happen, 【C11】______Faust recommended encouraging children to【C12】______their passions as a way to develop an interesting personality. It"s much easier to complete a checklist, however【C13】______, than to actually be interesting. 【C14】______the good news is that when colleges use this set of【C15】______, kids can focus on shaping their teenage years in a way that isn"t just about trying to【C16】______resume line after resume line, and【C17】______focus on a more whole sense of self That seems like a far more【C18】______way to move through high school than spreading oneself too thin trying to get a lot of positions one can"t really ever【C19】______That encourages an inferior approach to learning and society that is just the【C20】______of what the liberal arts have traditionally tried to encourage.【C20】

A．advantage
B．vision
C．denial
D．opposite
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