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For some reason, I decided to take a DB2 6.1 Application Developer certification exam about an hour before I was scheduled to speak.

出于某种原因，我决定在计划演讲之前，参加一次大约1小时的DB 2 6.1 Application Developer认证考试。

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Gordon: Yes, we must take an entrance exam, but it is much easier than the Chinese one. We usually only need to study for a few weeks.

戈登：是的，我们要参加升学考试，但比中国的高考容易多了。一般来说，我们只需要复习几个星期就可以了。

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The ruling says Bryant indicated he would not go to the hospital, and the detectives then informed him they had a court order saying they could take him for such an exam.

CNN: Bryant's secretly recorded statement admitted

An inquiry began when a tutor noticed identical answers to a take-home exam for an undergraduate politics course.

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Other variations: being one credit short of the number required to graduate, missing a critical court date or having to take an exam in a course for which they never went to class.

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