The Solstice1 on December 21, 2012, precisely at 11:11 AM Universal Time, marks the completion of the 5,125 year Great Cycle of the Ancient Mayan Long Count Calendar.

2012年12月21日太阳直射南回归线那天，世界标准时间格林尼治时间上午11点11分整，标志着古代玛雅人长历法中长约5125年的一个大周期的结束。

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The topic introduction has been copied from the task and is deducted from the word count. This leaves the answer underlength at 236 words, so the candidate loses marks for this.

文章的开篇是从标题问题中抄来的，所以不克不及算字数。剩下的只要236个字，考生因而失分。

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As you climb the stairs, you mark off the length of the barometer along the wall. You then count the number of marks, and this will give you the height of the building in barometer units.

在爬楼梯的同时，你在墙上依次标出气压计的长度，记下计量的总数，就可以得出用气压计长度表示的建筑物高度。

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Controversies over the alleged overpromotion of antipsychotic Risperdal and heart drug Natrecor should probably count as marks against Weldon, too.

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But Mr Evans said that "where appropriate" pupils in Wales should continue to do modular courses, picking up marks that count towards their final grades during the school year.

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Trouble is, the thing they count on to save them from having to ask questions comes with a whole bag of question marks too.

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