首页
登录
职称英语
Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law,
Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law,
游客
2023-12-27
6
管理
问题
Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, the Bush administration paid a prominent black pundit $240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same.
The campaign, part of an effort to promote No Child Left Behind (NCLB), required commentator Armstrong Williams "to regularly comment on NCLB during the course of his broadcasts," and to interview Education Secretary Rod Paige for TV and radio spots that were aired during the show in 2004.
Williams said Thursday he understands that critics could find the arrangement unethical,but "I wanted to do it because it’s something I believe in." The top Democrat on the House Education Committee, Rep. George Miller of California, called the contract "a very questionable use of taxpayers’ money" that is "probably illegal".
The contract, detailed in documents obtained by USA TODAY through a Freedom of Information Act request, also shows that the Education Department, through the Ketchum public relations firm, arranged with Williams to use contacts with America’s Black Forum, a group of black broadcast journalists, "to encourage the producers to periodically address" NCLB. He persuaded radio and TV personality Steve Harvey to invite Paige onto his show twice. Harvey’s manager, Rushion McDonald, confirmed the appearances. [br] Obviously, the word "arrangement" underlined in Paragraph 3 refers to the fact that __
选项
A、he was arranged to speak about his involvement
B、a campaign was under way to promote the administration
C、he was paid for speaking on NCLB developments
D、some critics made an arrangement to criticize him
答案
C
解析
推断题型。 arrangement指前两段提到的内容,因而应选C项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3310761.html
相关试题推荐
我们支持推动传统经济转型升级,挖掘绿色经济、蓝色经济、互联网经济等发展前景良好的新经济形态,走绿色、循环、低碳和高效发展之路。Wesupporttheef
Tobeeffectiveinthe21stcentury,educationalinstitutionswillhavetobecom
TheBritishEducationalSystemAllovertheworldmentionofEnglisheduca
PublicorPrivate,USSchoolsAimforBestEducationNeighborhoodSchools
CollegiatedebatingintheUnitedStatesisamajoreducationalenterprise.Spon
Onlythrougheducationdoesonecometobedissatisfiedwithhisownknowledge,
Thehighestresultofeducationistolerance.教育的最高境界是宽容。
Youreducationandintellectismeasuredbyyourmodesty.谦虚是衡量一个人教育程度和聪明才智的标准。
我们要为中国企业到非洲兴业发展给予政策和资金支持。Wewillprovidepolicysupportandfinancialassistance
TheterroristsandtheirsupportersdeclaredwarontheUnitedStates,andwari
随机试题
WelcometotheNationalGallery(画廊)Guided
Theprofessor’slecturewas______bytheconstantnoisefromthepassingtrucks
Inasweltering(闷热的)summerinNewYorkCitybackin1999,YolandaBaldwin
路由协议RIPv2是RIPv1的升级版,它的特点是()。A.RIPv2是链路状态
板式橡胶支座抗压弹性模量试验过程中需对试样进行对中放置,下列表述正确的包括(
患者,男性,40岁。上腹部间歇规律性疼痛2年,疼痛呈烧灼样,多于进餐后半小时发作
下列选项中不属于对厂区总平面布置要求的是()。A.改扩建项目要充分利用现有
外周血管检查:颈动脉搏动、毛细血管搏动征及水冲脉、枪击音检查。
临床表现为肾病综合征的治疗是() A.血液透析 B.控制血压 C.保养、对
为防治施工环境污染,正确的做法有( )。A.尽量选用低噪声或备有消声降噪设备的
最新回复
(
0
)