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It’s hard to get more white-fenced than Naperville. In the western Chicago suburb, crime is an annoyance, not a problem. The streets are clean and the schools are some of the most impressive in the state, producing some of the brightest students who attend the nation’s best colleges. 41. ________________.
The rankings will be phased out over the next year, with 2007’s upperclassmen deciding whether to include such a rank in their official transcripts. By no longer ranking students, the Naperville School District 203 is squarely in line with a trend that is fast sweeping the nation, as more and more private and public schools are dropping the practice. Tile goal, proponents say, is to cut down on the hyper-competition and lessen the stress at such a critical learning point and maturation curve in kids’ lives.
"It’s a high bar we set, and it should be," said Naperville Superintendent Alan Leis. "But there needs to be more

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It’s hard to get more white-fenced than Naperville. In the western Chicago suburb, crime is an annoyance, not a problem. The streets are clean and the schools are some of the most impressive in the state, producing some of the brightest students who attend the nation’s best colleges. 41. ________________.
The rankings will be phased out over the next year, with 2007’s upperclassmen deciding whether to include such a rank in their official transcripts. By no longer ranking students, the Naperville School District 203 is squarely in line with a trend that is fast sweeping the nation, as more and more private and public schools are dropping the practice. Tile goal, proponents say, is to cut down on the hyper-competition and lessen the stress at such a critical learning point and maturation curve in kids’ lives.
"It’s a high bar we set, and it should be," said Naperville Superintendent Alan Leis. "But there needs to be more

[填空题](After having studied) (so hard) for more than two months, he (felt confidently) of (success). A. After having studied B. so hard C. felt confidently D. success

[简答题]It’s hard to think of a business that had a more positive effect for customers than the PC business. The rate of product improvement, the kind of empowerment it provides, this ability to create and stay in touch. You know the closest comparison is when publishing came along and people had books. Of cause books created a problem.

[单项选择]The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ______.
A) the former was easy to write C) the former was easy to spell
B) there were fewer signs in the former D) each sign stood for only one sound


A. The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ______.
B. the former was easy to write
C. there were fewer signs in the former
D. the former was easy to spell
E. each sign stood for only one sound

[单项选择]Is there anything more boring than hearing about someone else’s dream And is there anything more miraculous than having one of your own The voluptuous pleasure of Haruki Murakami’s enthralling fictions—full of enigmatic imagery, random nonsense, and profundities that may or may not hold up in the light of day—reminds me of dreaming. Like no other author I can think of, Murakami captures the juxtapositions of the trivial and the momentous that characterize dream life, those crazy incidents that seem so vivid in the moment and so blurry and preposterous later on. His characters live ordinary lives, boiling pasta for lunch, riding the bus, and blasting Prince while working out at the gym. Then suddenly and matter-of-factly, they do something utterly nuts, like strike up a conversation with a coquettish Siamese cat. Or maybe mackerel and sardines begin to rain from the sky. In Murakami’s world, these things make complete, cock-eyed sense.
Like many of Murakami’s heroes, Kafka Tamura i
A. crazy.
B. interesting.
C. fancy.
D. boring.