My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment be would be able to walk normally, but would never run very well. The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would lump fight m and run and play, too. In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and run more than any of the others. Although the entire team runs only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team. so he didn’t know. He continued to run four to tire miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn’t run four miles with a 103-degree fever. So he didn’t know. Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. We never told him he shouldn’t expect to make the team. We never told lure he couldn’t do it, So he didn’t know. He just did it, What conclusion we can probably get from the passage
A. Good health is over wealth.
B. A good beginning is half done.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. Failure is the mother of success.
Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled "Good Morning to All". When Mildred’ combined her musical talents with her sister’s expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education; "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success. The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of the Kindergarten" in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University’s Teacher College, a gentleman ’by the name of Robert ft. Coleman published the song, without the sisters’ permission. To add insult to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You". Mr. Coleman’s addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters’ original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to You", the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters’ original title, "Good Morning to All". After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed, owned the melody. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties from it, whenever it is sung for commercial purposes. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. why "Good Morning to All" was replaced by "Happy Birthday to You"
B. how the song "Happy Birthday to You" was composed
C. the history of the song "Happy Birthday to You"
D. why the song "Happy Birthday to You" is popular
Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled "Good Morning to All". When Mildred’ combined her musical talents with her sister’s expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education; "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success. The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of the Kindergarten" in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University’s Teacher College, a gentleman ’by the name of Robert ft. Coleman published the song, without the sisters’ permission. To add insult to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You". Mr. Coleman’s addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters’ original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to You", the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters’ original title, "Good Morning to All". After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed, owned the melody. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties from it, whenever it is sung for commercial purposes. What was the purpose of the legal action taken by Patty and Jessica
A. Commercial uses of the song should be forbidden.
B. No one could use the song except the Hills.
C. They wanted to put Mr. Coleman into jail.
D. They asked for the recognition of being the real owners of the song and its royalties.
2006年6月7日,我国A公司应美国B公司的请求,报出某种产品1000公吨,每公吨 CIF纽约210美元,即期装运、不可撤销信用证付款的报价,并规定报价的有效期至6月17日。 B公司于6月12日来电表示接受A公司的报价。 A公司在收到对方的电报后,发现拟售商品的国际市场价格猛涨,于是,以“货已售出”为由,通知B公司撤销原先的报价;同时指出,由于原先的报价中并无“实盘”的字样,因此,应认定为一项虚盘,而虚盘是可以撤销的。而B公司认为:A公司6月7日的报价,尽管没有标明“实盘”字样,仍是一项要约;B公司6月12日的电报是一项有效的承诺;如果A公司拒绝按照报价的条件交货,则必须赔偿B公司的损失。下列说法有哪些是正确的( )
A公司6月7日向B公司发出的报价是一项要约
B. A公司6月7日向B公司发出的报价不是一项要约
C. B公司6月12日的电报是一项有效的承诺
D. B公司6月12日的电报不是一项有效的承诺