Ducks have been domesticated for many centuries ____________commercially for their meat and eggs.

What is the author's attitude towards edutainment? A: Edutainment software is better for learning than less commercially appealing programs. B: Edutainment software is better for learning than the old book-based methods. C: Less commercially appealing programs and the old book-based methods are better for learning than edutainment software. D: Edutainment software is not necessarily better for learning than less commercially appealing programs and the old book-based methods.

Surgeons<br/>and physicians are( )known as doctors. A: commercially B: collectively C: correspondingly D: comprehensively

When using network resources,if it is the network resources of ____, and can be obtained through purchase, it means that it can be used commercially. A: Illegal releasing B: embezzlement release C: original release D: modifying the publication

According to the passage, when could people start using a maglev commercially A) In 5 years. C) In 20 years. B) In 10 years. D) In more than 20 years. A: According to the passage, when could people start using a maglev commercially B: In 5 years. C: In 10 years. D: In 20 years. E: In more than 20 years.

Your competitors may have access to the company intranet, so never discuss commercially __________ issues online. A: sensible B: sensitive C: logical D: consistent

Supposedly Bellow’s _____ was his most commercially successful novel. A: The Adventures of Augie March B: Herzog C: Henderson the Rain King D: Humboldt’s Gift

Which of the following statements about radio broadcasting in America is NOT true?( ) A: By 1928, the United States had three national radio networks. B: After World War II, television’s visual images replaced the audio-only limitation of radio as the predominant entertainment and news vehicle. C: The beginning of regular commercially licensed sound broadcasting in U.S. was in 1920. D: In an era in which TV is clearly the glamour medium, the reach of radio is largely reduced.

Read the introductory paragraph Exporting American Culture: Disneyland in Japan and France Since its opening in 1955, Disneyland has been viewed as an important part of American popular culture. One critic notes, "America's two enduring gifts to modern civilized life are its music, based on black culture, and Walt Disney" (Pilger 10). Building on the tradition of worlds' fairs, Disney is credited with "developing the prototype of a technologically advanced, immensely entertaining, and commercially feasible amusement park in contemporary society" (Weinstein 147). According to one scholar, Disneyland's success is due to its ability to reflect and reinforce "America's most important beliefs, values, ideals, and symbols" (Weinstein 151).

Aside from perpetuating (使……持续存在) itself, the sole purpose of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters is to “foster, assist and sustain an interest” in literature, music, and art. This it does by enthusiastically handing out money. Annual cash awards are given to deserving artists in various categories of creativity: architecture, musical composition, theater, novels, serious poetry, light verse, painting, sculpture. One award subsidizes a promising American writer’s visit to Rome. There is even an award for a very good work of fiction that failed commercially once won by the young John Updike for The Poorhouse Fair and, more recently, by Alice Walker for In Love and Trouble. The awards and prizes total about $750,000 a year, but most of them range in size from $5,000 to $12,500, a welcome sum to many young practitioners whose work may not bring in that much money in a year. One of the advantages of the awards is that many go to the struggling artists, rather than to those who are already successful. Members of the Academy and Institute are not eligible (有资格的) for any cash prizes. Another advantage is that, unlike the National Endowment for the Arts or similar institutions throughout the world, there is no government money involved. Awards are made by committee. Each of the three departments Literature (120 members), Art (83), Music (47)—has a committee dealing with its own field Committee membership rotates every year, so that new voices and opinions are constantly heard. The most financially rewarding of all the Academy-Institute awards are the Mildred and Harold Strauss Livings. Harold Strauss, a devoted editor at Alfred A. Knopf, the New York publishing house, and Mildred Strauss, his wife, were wealthy and childless. They left the Academy-Institute a unique bequest (遗赠): for five consecutive years, two distinguished (and financially needy) writers would receive enough money so they could devote themselves entirely to “prose literature”（no plays, no poetry, and no paying job that might distract). In 1983, the first Strauss Livings of $35,000 a year went to short-story writer Raymond Carver and novelist-essayist Cynthia Ozick. By 1988, the fund had grown enough so that two winners, novelists Diane Johnson and Robert Stone, each got $50,000 a year for five years. How much do the awards and prizes offered by the Academy-Institute total approximately each year?