Houses ______ almost in the night during the housing boom.

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He spent almost all his money to buy the hen which was said to be able to lay gold eggs, ________________(没想到这只鸡根本不会下蛋)

The ___71___ of the Second World War wasquickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost allcountries, as women were ___72___ called upon to replace men in the factories.On this ___73___ theU.S.government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools. ___74___ $6,000,000 in July, 1942, for anursery-school program for the children of working mothers. Many States andlocal communities ___75___ this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August,1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared ___76___ in day-care centersreceiving Federal ___77___. Soon afterward, the Federal government ___78___ cutdown its expenditures for this purpose and later ___79___ them, causing a sharpdrop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectationthat most employed mothers would leave their ___80___ at the end of the war wasonly partly fulfilled.

By almost any measure , there is a boom in Internet-based instruction . In just a few years , 34 percent of American universities have begun offering some form of distance learning (DL), and among the larger schools , it’s closer to 90 percent . If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven’t. It enrolls 90,000 student, a statistic used to support its claim to be the largest private university in the country.

. What is the most striking feature of the University of Phoenix？

A) All its courses are offered online.

B) Its online courses are of the best quality.

C) It boasts the largest number of students on campus

D) Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree.

By almost any measure , there is a boom in Internet-based instruction . In just a few years , 34 percent of American universities have begun offering some form of distance learning (DL), and among the larger schools , it’s closer to 90 percent . If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven’t. It enrolls 90,000 student, a statistic used to support its claim to be the largest private university in the country.

While the kinds of instruction offered in these programs will differ, DL usually signifies a course in which the instructions post syllabi(课程大纲), reading assignments , and schedules on Websites , and students send in their assignments by e-mail . Generally speaking, face-to-face communication with an instructor is minimized or eliminated altogether.

According to the passage , distance learning is basically characterized by_____

A) A considerable flexibility in its academic requirements

B) The great diversity of students’ academic backgrounds

C) A minimum or total absence of face-to-face instruction

D) t the casual relationship between students and professors

By almost any measure , there is a boom in Internet-based instruction . In just a few years , 34 percent of American universities have begun offering some form of distance learning (DL), and among the larger schools , it’s closer to 90 percent . If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven’t. It enrolls 90,000 student, a statistic used to support its claim to be the largest private university in the country.

While the kinds of instruction offered in these programs will differ, DL usually signifies a course in which the instructions post syllabi(课程大纲), reading assignments , and schedules on Websites , and students send in their assignments by e-mail . Generally speaking, face-to-face communication with an instructor is minimized or eliminated altogether.

What accounts for the high drop-out rates for online students？

A) There is no strict control over the academic standards of the courses.

B) The evaluation system used by online universities is inherently weak.

C) There is no mechanism to ensure that they make the required effort.

D) Lack of classroom interaction reduces the effectiveness of instruction.