This is such a letter ____came last night．
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B．which |
C．that |
D．as |
After work I went to the box office to buy the tickets for Kungfu Panda 2, only to be told there was ______ left．
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A．nothing |
B．none |
C．no one |
D．neither |
Immediately, the people around made_________ to hospital.
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A．the injured send |
B．injured send |
C．the injured sent |
D．injured being sent |
More and more rich people have promised to ______ their wealth after death to help the poor and the disabled.
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A．give away |
B．give up |
C．give out |
D．give in |
Young students are______ not to smoke both in and out of school.
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A．suggested |
B．requested |
C．hoped |
D．agreed |
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In the United States, engineering is a profession that has been dominated historically by men． Even today, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that’s something www．EngineerGirl．org aims to change． Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great career choice they might not have considered．
“Women are very much underrepresented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of course, down the road, in the engineering workforce． So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women．”
Mary Mattis in the National Academy of Engineering, says the EngineerGirl website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14, when they are just getting old enough to start thinking about their futures．
“We know from the research that middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and that it’s a time when we need to reach them, both with an understanding, increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering, what a wonderful productive and exciting career you can have as an engineer． But we also need to reach them at that time because you have to take certain courses, and you can’t start thinking about taking those courses when you’re a junior in high school．”
Engineering is a demanding course of study ---there is a lot of science and mathematics, for many girls and even boys, that can be challenging． But Ms． Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stresses that engineering can also be fun and exciting．
“It’s about designing things． It’s about changing the world for people． It’s about making a difference． And, in addition, you can make a good living, you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer． All of those things are messages that girls need to get．”
While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and --- believe it or not --- chocolate engineering．
“There’s a section called ‘why be an engineer,’ and that talks about the many opportunities and increasingly different opportunities like with bio-engineering and environmental engineering, some fields that might appeal to girls who want to make a difference or have a meaning for their careers beyond earning an income．”
Even if you are not a girl in the target age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies of some notable women engineers．
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Website（71）______ Girls to learn Engineering |
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Present （72）_____ for the engineering profession in the USA |
The majority of men take up the profession throughout（73） ______, while only a small number of women work as engineers． |
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（74）_____ of the website |
To make young women （75）_____ of interesting fields in engineering and what productivity and（76）_____ the career of being engineers can bring them． |
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（77）_____ of being engineers |
* It can be fun and exciting． * It can（78）_____ the world for people． * You can make a good living． * You can gain economic（79）_____ by becoming an engineer． |
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Other fields concerning engineering |
Various opportunities are talked about like bio-engineering and engineering （80） _____ to sports, and even chocolate． |
