ABE classes are open to anyone 18 or over who desires to improve basic reading，writing，and math skills at the pre-college level．Students who are 16 or 17 must
first obtain an official release(证书) from high school before attending class．
To be accepted．students must attend an Educational Planning Session．During
the Educational Planning Session students will be given an overview of the ABE programs as well as PCC policies，fees，etc．
Students will also have their reading，writing，and math abilities assessed(评
估)during the Educational Planning Session．The results of their assessments will
help the teachers develop individual programs of study for students to guide them toward their personal goals．Students needing special help must get in touch with the Office for Students with Disabilities (503—977—4341) at least two weeks before the session is held
Courses
ABE 0741：Beginning Literacy ABE 0742：Beginning ABE 0743：Intermediate I ABE 0744：Intermediate II ABE 0745：Secondary I
ABE 0746：Secondary II(Includes preparation for the GED Test．)
56．The ABE Department serves an aim to A．provide learners with basic knowledge and skills to fit in with society
B．help learners successfully get a job in a changing world
C．offer diplomas to those who fail to finish secondary education
D．provide students with opportunities to prepare for the GED exams
57.A 17-year-old is not accepted to ABE classes only because he . A．is below eighteen
B．can’t offer a high school diploma
C．has left school without official permission D．is assessed as poor in learning performances
58．What is the Education Planning Session intended for?
A．An assessment of students’basic skill levels． B．Helping students be better at the four basic skills．
C．Finding out whether they can be accepted to ABE classes．
D．Providing special help to disabled students． 59．Different courses are offered to different students according to ． A．their own choices
B. the assessments during the Education Planning Session
C. their performances in school D．how much they pay for the courses
B
He may not be the world’s wealthiest endorser(代言人)，but he is certainly one of the tallest．That 2.26-metre height has helped NBAAll—Star Yao Ming on the basketball court and in marketing deals．
The Chinese centre for the Houston Rockets has
already appeared in TV spots for Visa and Apple and he just signed a deal for commercials for Gatorade，the spots drink．His quick rise has surprised some marketing experts, because many expected Yao’s court skills—and his status as a product endorser —to take time. “All of a sudden, he’s all over the place,”said Bob Dorfman, creative executive director for San Francisco-based Pickett Advertising. “I think it’s a surprise to see how comfortable he is on camera and how charming he is without being able to speak more than a few sentences of English．”
Ric Iverson，the vice president of sales for Harbrew，a beer importer and agent in New York．said he was in Houston in June for a restaurant trade show，which took place the same week as the NBA player pick．
A Houston radio station was throwing a party at a local bar, so Iverson gave them several cases of China’s Yanjing beer, for which Harbrew is the only US im-porter.
Because the Rockets were expected to choose Yao as the top pick overall that day．about a third of the 3,000 partygoers were Asian，Iverson said．The bar ended
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