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Writeanessaybasedonthefollowinggraph,inwhichyoushoulddescribethepiegraphandstateyouropinionsdrawnfromit.HealthCareExpenditures(tothenearestwholepercent)Total$550Billion
China's economy is unlikely to continue to grow at a______pace without innovation playing a big part, according to a scholar at one of Britain's top technology and research institutes.
______the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horsedrawn.
TheTimesisoneofBritain'soldestandmostinfluentialnewspapers.Itbeganitslifein1785.Inthenineteenthcentury,TheTimesdevelopedareputationforaccuratereportingandindependenteditorialviews.ItispublishedinLondon,alongwithitssisternewspaper,TheSundayTimes,whichhasatleasttensectionsandtakesallweektoread!"TheTimeshashadanexcellentreputationforover200years,"saiditseditor,whohasworkedforthepapersince1980,"andnowwearetryingourbesttocontinuethattraditioninordertoproduceanewspaperforthetwenty-firstcentury."
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Bandscomeandgo.Somebecomefamous.Othersdon't.Someenjoygreatwealth.Othersmakenothing.Butwhy?Sometimestheyjustaren'tpopularenough.Butothertimesit'sbecauseofthecontract.TheBeatleshadlotsofproblemswiththeirfirstcontract.In1963,theband'smanager,BrianEpstein,allowedhislawyertosignawaytheband'smerchandisingrightsinreturnforjust10%oftheprofits.Andthatwasalotofmoneytogiveaway.In1964,whileTheBeatleswereconqueringAmerica,TheWallStreetJournalestimatedthegroup'smerchandisingwouldbeworth$100milliondollarsthatyear.Thismeantthatthebandhadgivenaway$90million!TobefairtoEpstein,hehadnoideahowmuchthemerchandisingcouldbeworth—nobandhadeverbeensopopular.Sincethen,bandshavebeencarefultokeepcontroloftheirmerchandisingrights.Post-punkbandsJoyDivisionandNewOrderalsosignedprettypoorcontracts.Thebands'contractswerewithDJRobGretton,legendaryowneroftheHaciendaClubinManchester.Aspartofthedeal,Grettoncouldusethemoneyfromthebandstofinanciallysupporttheclub.Intheend,theclubsurvivedbutJoyDivisiondidn't(leadsingerIanCurtiscommittedsuicide,reportedlybecauseofmaritalproblems).NewOrderwereextremelysuccessfulasagroup,butthereweren'tmanyprofits.Infact,theirmostsuccessfulhit,"BlueMonday",costsomuchtomakethatthesongmadealoss.Andwhatmoneytherewas,wentstraightbackintotheclub.Singer-songwriterGilberO'Sullivanhadastringofhitsintheearly1970s.ButthingsturnedsourwhenGilberteventuallydiscoveredthattherecordingcontracthehadwithMAM-Recordsgreatlyfavoredthelabel'sowner,GordonMills.Gilbertsuedandwon7million,buthiscareerwasputonholdduringthecourtcase...anditneverrecovered.EvenBruceSpringsteenhassuffered.Hisfirstmanagementcontractwassobadthathehadtogetlegalhelptogetoutofit.Butwhilethiswasgoingon,hecouldn'trecordanynewmaterial.Theresult?NonewSpringsteenalbumsforalmosttwoyearsbetween1976and1978.Sometimesit'sdadwhocausestheproblems.MichaelJacksonandTheBeachBoysaretwoexamplesofthis.MurrayWilson,theBeachBoys'manager(andBrianWilson'sdad),soldtheband'ssongcatalogueforlessthan$1millionattheheightoftheirfame.Brianlaterclaimedthatitwas"likelosinghischildren".PaulWeller'sdadwashismanagerforawhile.Anex-boxerwhohadnorespectforrecordcompanyexecutives,heoncedemandedalargeadvanceforPaul'snewcontract.Therecordcompanycouldn'tbelievetheirluck,andweremorethanhappytopayasitwaslessthanhalfwhattheyhadbeenexpectingtoforkout!Daddoesn'talwaysknowbest,itseems.Butsometimesit'sthemusiciansthemselveswhoaretheirownworstmanagers.TheBeatlesmadeaterriblemessoftheirbusinessaffairswhentheytookcontrolafterthedeathofBrianEpstein.EvenmoredisastrouswasJohnFogerty,leaderofCreedenceClearwaterSurvival.HesignedacontractwitharecordingcompanyandthenrejectedtheiroffertoappearonthealbumandfilmofthemusicfestivalWoodstock.Thesedays,whoremembersthatthemostfamousrockfestivalofalltimewasheadlinedbyCreedenceClearwaterSurvival?Noone!ExceptJohnFogerty,presumably.Question56to60Fillintheblanksbelowwithinformationfromthepassage,usingnomorethanthreewordsforeachblank.
Inapetshopthereare5hutchesinarow.Adifferentrabbitisineachhutch.Workout,fromtheclues,whereeachrabbitbelongs.Theblackrabbitisnexttothewhiterabbitwithredeyes.Thefloppyearedrabbitisinoneoftheendhutches.Thefatrabbitisnotnexttothebrownandwhiterabbit,anditisfurthertotherightthanthefloppyearedrabbit.Thebrownandwhiterabbitisbetweenthefloppyearedrabbitandthewhiterabbit.Hutch2________Hutch3________
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To succeed in a scientific research project______.
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As the show Readers has been well received, ______more than 200 people were pictured lining up outside the Shanghai Library, a library equipped with professional recording devices, on March 4, to read aloud their favorite poems, essays and books.
What can we learn about the man?
With the recent scandal in mind, would you advise people who have______in their closets to clear out their closets?
How will the man go to the ski slopes after his air journey?
He is one of those men who, I am sure, always do______best even in most trying circumstances.
Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing in much the same way ______ attitudes towards night dreaming have changed.