It took a number of years before Congress was able to pass a law demanding a literacy test for immigrants.

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You can't cram information about music, the sound of music, into your head the night before a test the way you might be able to in an English course or a history course.

你不可能像对待英语课,或者历史课考试那样在考试前一天晚上,将音乐中的信息或者将声音死记硬背,以便应付考试

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I can build class stock, and I can test class stock, before I have a class market.

我可以建立一个stock类，然后在有macket类之前测试这个类。

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