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Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown. Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose-schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.There are still some remote places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and re- ports put into the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writing will be read. We want to arouse (引起) and hold the interest of the readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some "letters-to-be-read" file (档案) or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing. A public "scribe" ( Para. 2) is()

A. a secretary who does your business or social writing
B. a machine that does writing for you
C. a public school where writing is taught
D. a person who earns a living by writing for others

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A. The beginning of the United States.
B. The American Civil War.
C. The 19th century.
D. It’s unclear.

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At a newsstand.
B. At a car dealer’s.
C. At a publishing house.
D. At a shopping mall.

According to the passage, a job applicant should take care of his or her ______.

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, said that he was about to donate almost all of his tremendous fortune out of assisting the cause of global health. According to Forbes, with an estimated worth of more than $ 40 billion, the project will be a great devotion for Gates. Providing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $ 24 billion to solve global health issues, Gates made a promise that apart from "a few percent left for the kids", all his fortune will be used on the cause of global health.So why is the richest man in the world willing to focus most of his fortune on one interest Gates believes that the theory—" the equality of opportunity" in American society—should be extended to other countries in the world. He said, to improve the health of the people has proven to be a vital method in helping poor countries to be successful in finance. "National borders may cause inequalities," said Gates, "What we all need to do is not just saying my nation has done well but taking a more global view. We have to pay more attention to these health issues, trying to know how scarce resources they have. ""Both my parents set a good example for me when I was a child," Gates said, "My father, William H. Gates, was the head of the local Planned Birth Hood, and my mother, Mary, volunteered for the United Way. " When collecting his fortune, Gates knew he would eventually give back as well, however, he didn’t expect to devote all his energy to one project until he was about 60.But, Gates, who is 47 now, began to question whether he could wait that long. "It seemed there was something really urgent," Gates said. "1 began to think, how many people could I save before that time\ We can learn from the text that Bill Gates thinks()

Americans can be world-famous by donating all his wealth
B. Americans should treat fellow citizens well
C. Americans should give more money to people from poor countries
D. Americans should concern about people all over the world

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