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The government placed ______ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.
A．limitations
B．restraint
C．requirements
D．restrictions
A.A.
B.B.can not contain
C.C.can not contained
D.D.can not be contained
E.E.not be contained
The reason for the government's expansion program working not so well is______
A．because the farmers were uncertain about the financial support the government guaranteed
B．because the farmers were uncertain about the benefits of expanding production
C．because the farmers were uncertain whether foreign markets could be found for their produce
D．because the older generation of farmers were strongly against the program
The best title for the text could be______.
A．The World Must Prepare for Pandemic Influenza
B．Similar Episodes of Initial Outbreak Are Always Evasive to Laymen
C．The Government Should Take Lead in the Prevention of Pandemic Influenza
D．The World Health Organization Must Authorize the Relevant Rescue System as Is Discussed in the Text
PartA 2. The National Association of Securities Dealers is investigating whether some brokerage
houses are inappropriately pushing individuals to borrow large sums on their houses
to invest in the stock market. Can we persuade the association to investigate would-be privatizers of Social Security？ For it is now apparent that the Bush administration’s privatization proposal will amount to the same thing: borrow trillions, put the
money in the stock market and hope.
Privatization would begin by diverting payroll taxes, which pay for current Social
Security benefits, into personal investment accounts. The government would
have to borrow to make up the shortfall. This would sharply increase the government’s debt. “Never mind”, privatization advocates say, “in the long run, people would
make so much on personal accounts that the government could save money by cutting retirees’
benefits.Even so, if personal investment accounts were invested in Treasury bonds,
this whole process would accomplish precisely nothing. The interest workers would receive on,
their accounts would exactly match the interest the government would
have to pay on its additional debt. To compensate for the initial borrowing,
the government would have to cut future benefits so much that workers would gain nothing at all.
However, privatizersclaim that these investments would make a lot of
money and that, in effect, the government, not the workers, would reap most of those gains,
because as personal accounts grew, the government could cut benefits.
We can argue at length about whether the high stock returns such schemes assume are realistic
(they arent), but lets cut to the chase: in essence, such schemes
involve having the government borrow heavily and put the money in the stock market. That’s because the government would, in effect, confiscate workers’gains in their personal accounts by cutting those workers’ benefits.
Once you realize whatprivatization really means, it doesn’t sound too responsible, does it？ But the details make it considerably worse. First,
financial markets would, correctly, treat the reality of huge deficits today as a much more
important indicator of the governments fiscal health than the mere promise that government could save money by
cutting benefits in the distant future. After all, a government bond is a legally binding
promise to pay, while a benefits formula that supposedly cuts costs 40 years from now is nothing
more than a suggestion to future Congresses.
If a privatization plan passed in 2005 called for steep benefit cuts in 2045,
what are the odds that those cuts would really happen？ Second,
a system of personal accounts would pay huge brokerage fees. Of course, from Wall Street’s point of view that’s a benefit, not a cost.
第26题：According to the author, “privatizers”are those_____.
[A] borrowing from banks to invest in the stock market [B] who invest in Treasury bonds
[C] advocating the government to borrow money from citizens [D] who earn large sums of money in personal
accounts
According to the text, which of the following is NOT true about Britain's Corn Laws？
A．These laws were ultimately abolished after a fierce argument in the Parliament.
B．Landowners supported the laws because domestic products were more expensive, and then they could gain more.
C．Industrialists opposed the laws because cheap imported grains would help them develop the market.
D．Irish potato famine of 1845 directly forced the government to reverse its position of sustaining these laws.
Many Americans still _____1 whether honesty was an important part of the American Character.______2 that reason,there are ______3 watch-dog committees at all levels of society.Although signs of dishonesty in school,business,and government seem much more numerous in recent years than in the past,could it be that we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty？ Some evidence is ______4 that dishonesty may ebb and flow.When times are hard,incidents of theft and cheating usually go ______ 5.And when times get better such incidents tend to go down.
Revenue officials called in about 20 members of the film industry and warned them of severe consequences if the "exploitation" of tax-relief schemes did not immediately stop.
The move, which affects the including low to high-budget film-makers and financiers, is the latest in a series of attempts by the Revenue to clamp down on tax loopholes in an attempt to raise more money for the Exchequer,
But the film industry responded on Thursday night, saying the Revenue could drive productions overseas and would confuse investors.
A series of tax relief schemes, introduced in 1997, enables those involved in the financing of qualifying British-made films to claim the costs of production against future income. The schemes have Become popular with investors seeking a tax shelter, with an estimated ￡400m invested in the schemes in 1997 rising to about ￡2bn last year.
But the Revenue said the industry was exploiting rules on tax relief by "double dipping", that is, by claiming relief more than once against a single piece of expenditure. While not illegal, the Revenue said, the industry was "not playing fair". It said double-dipping was "against the spirit" of legislation designed to encourage investment in the British film industry.
The Revenue said the practice of double dipping was "virtually universal", with "every qualifying film it had seen financed on the basis of double dipping". It warned it would "take all steps to counter such abuse including, where necessary, advising ministers on introducing legislation to put matters beyond doubt".
"Both the Revenue and the government are becoming increasingly exasperated at the extent to which some parts of the industry are exploiting the film reliefs", the Revenue said. "The government remains committed to encouraging film production in the UK through use of the reliefs in the way in which the legislation allows—but this does not extend to deliberate exploitation of those reliefs".
Large film financiers said on Thursday night that the Revenue's action could undermine growth prospects for the British film industry.
Peter James, managing director of Movision Entertainment, which has produced 16 British-made films in recent years, including the soon-to-be released "Merchant of Venice", said while the effect of the Revenue's clamp down would not Be "devastating", it could drive many independent film-makers overseas.
Industry observers said on Thursday the Revenue's move was likely to confuse investors, who have been accustomed to the benefits of double-dipping.
We can learn from the first three paragraphs that ______.
A．film-makers turn to the government for financial help
B．several actions have been taken to stop tax evasion
C．officials have phoned up many film makers to protest
D．more tax relief is needed to keep the industry going
Several developments are (4)_____ in India, all of which involve the private education sector meeting the needs of the poor in distinct ways. But India is not (5)_____ in this respect—similar phenomena are happening all over the developing world.
As a point of (6)_____, how do government schools serve the poor？ Usefully, the government sponsored Public Report on Basic Education in India from 1999 paints a very (7)_____ picture of the" (8)_____ "of the government schools for the poor. When researchers (9)_____ unannounced on their random (10)_____ of schools, only 5% had any "teaching activity" going on. Alarmingly, the team noted that the (11)_____ of teaching standards was not to do (12)_____ disempowered teachers, but instead could be (13)_____ "plain negligence". They noted "several cases of irresponsible teachers keeping a school close for months at a time".
But is there any (14)_____ to these school？ Surely no one else can do better than government (15)_____ the resources available. As it happens, the Report pointed to private schools that were serving the poor and (16)_____ rather reluctantly that such problems were not found in these schools. Most parents believed that private schools were successful because they were more accountable. "The teachers are accountable to the manager who can fire them, and, (17)_____ him or her, to the parents who can (18)_____ their children." Such accountability was not present in the government schools, and "this contrast is (19)_____ with crystal (20)_____ by the vast majority of parents".
A．In addition
B．On the contrary
C．In effect
D．In general
Over time, the liberal democratic notion of citizenship developed in two directions. First, there was a movement to increase the proportion of members of society who were eligible to participate as citizens--especially through extending the right of suffrage--and to ensure the basic political equality of all. Second, there was a broadening of the legitimate activities of government and a use of governmental power to redress imbalances in social and economic life. Political citizenship became an instrument through which groups and classes with sufficient numbers of votes could use the state power to enhance their social and economic well-being.
Within the general liberal view of democratic citizenship, tensions have developed over the degree to which government can and should be used as an instrument for promoting happiness and well-being. Political philosopher Martin Diamond has categorized two views of democracy as follows. On the one hand, there is the "libertarian" perspective that stresses the private pursuit of happiness and emphasizes the necessity for restraint on government and protection of individual liberties. On the other hand, there is the "majoritarian" view that emphasizes the "task of the government to uplift and aid the common man against the malefactors of great wealth." The tensions between these two views are very evident today. Taxpayer revolts and calls for smaller government and less government regulation clash with demands for greater government involvement in the economic marketplace and the social sphere.
The author's primary purpose is to ______.
A．study ancient concepts of citizenship
B．contrast different notions of citizenship
C．criticize modern libertarian democracy
D．describe the importance of universal suffrage
