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Aside from. perpetuating itself, the sole purpose of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters is to "foster, assist and sustain an interest" in literature, music, and art. This it does by enthusiastically handing out money. Annual cash awards axe given to deserving artists in various categories of creativity: architecture, musical composition, theater, novels, serious poetry, light verse, painting, and sculpture. One award subsidizes a promising American writer’s visit to Rome. There is even an award for a very good work of fiction that failed commercially—once won by kite young John.
Updike for The Poorhouse Fair and, more recently, by Alice Walker for In Love and Trouble The awards and prizes total about ＄750,000 a year, but most of them range in size from ＄5,000 to＄12,500, a welcome sum to many young practitioners whose work may not bring in that much money in a year. One of the advantages of the awards is that many go to the struggl
A. only
B. single
C. solemn
D. significant

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Aside from. perpetuating itself, the sole purpose of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters is to "foster, assist and sustain an interest" in literature, music, and art. This it does by enthusiastically handing out money. Annual cash awards axe given to deserving artists in various categories of creativity: architecture, musical composition, theater, novels, serious poetry, light verse, painting, and sculpture. One award subsidizes a promising American writer’s visit to Rome. There is even an award for a very good work of fiction that failed commercially—once won by kite young John.
Updike for The Poorhouse Fair and, more recently, by Alice Walker for In Love and Trouble The awards and prizes total about ＄750,000 a year, but most of them range in size from ＄5,000 to＄12,500, a welcome sum to many young practitioners whose work may not bring in that much money in a year. One of the advantages of the awards is that many go to the struggl
A. Harold Strauss and his wife both earns a good living.
B. Raymond Carver earns his living by writing short stories.
C. The money devoted by Harold Strauss and his wife would quickly drain out.
D. Diane Johnson and Robert Stone are not professional editors like Harold Strauss.

[单项选择]FECKLESS : PURPOSE ::
A. constant : habit
B. eccentric : convention
C. inherent : attribute
D. innate : possession
E. inimical : harm

[单项选择]The director tried to wave aside these issues as _________ details that would be settled later.


A. preliminary
B. primary
C. trivial
D. alternative

[单项选择]What is the purpose of the conversation

[单项选择]What is the purpose of the text


A. To introduce a language school in Japan.
B. To hire language teachers to work in Japan.
C. To describe working conditions in Japan.
D. To make clear the requirements for Japanese teachers.

[单项选择]What is the purpose of the interview


A. To broadcast an awards ceremony.
B. To announce a meeting of tribal theater.
C. To celebrate the opening of a new theater.
D. To inform people about a performance.

[单项选择]What is the purpose of this conversation


A. To schedule the woman for classes next semester.
B. To discuss a change of major.
C. To file for graduation.
D. To drop a class.

[单项选择]What is the purpose of the meeting


A. To determine who will be in the play.
B. To determine the details of the volunteers.
C. To choose the director of the play.
D. To start planning for the play.

[单项选择]The primary purpose of the passage is to


A. explain and resolve a controversy among meteorologists
B. present and describe a recently discovered phenomenon
C. suggest and prove a theory on the cause of a phenomenon
D. describe and confirm research findings under question
E. (E) discuss and evaluate the soundness of certain experimental observations

[单项选择]For what purpose did the Canadian government make gold seekers bring one year's supplies with them


A. To prevent them from dying of hunger and cold.
B. To equip the army with enough food for fighting a war.
C. To enable them to trade with the Eskimos.
D. To make Alaska prosperous with the supplies.

[单项选择]What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To outline contrasting types of economic systems.
B. To explain the science of economics.
C. To argue for the superiority of one economics systems.
D. To compare barter and money-exchange markets.

[单项选择]The "particular pedagogical purpose" mentioned in Paragraph 3 is to ______.

[单项选择]What is the main purpose of this conversation


A. The use of photographs in painting.
B. The TV program about Norman Rockwell.
C. The Saturday Evening Post magazine.
D. Exhibits of art on magazine covers.

[单项选择]What is the main purpose of the conversation