题目内容
Under______ reform program announced on Nov 15, the government has decided to give____ green light to couples wanting to have two children if one of the two parents is an only child.
A. a ; a????? B. the ; the????? C.? / ; a???????? D. a ; /
B
【解析】
试题分析:考查冠词用法。过去分词短语announced on Nov 15作后置定语,相当于which was announced on Nov 15;这里特指11月15号宣布的改革计划,用定冠词the,排除A、C、D;故选B。
考点:考查冠词用法
BEIJING , March 9 --- The central government will require an additional three years of use for official vehicles for ministers and governors to reduce the costs of purchasing new cars, media have reported.
The new rule has been applied among all Party and government departments nationwide, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday. The new rule has not yet been made public, said Li, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee.
Under the old rules, the cars used by minister-level officials could be replaced as often as every five years, Li said. These officials will also keep the same cars when they assume new posts, he added.
The new rule also reiterated(重申) that officials ranking below minister-or-governor-levels should not be allocated cars. The cars possessed by their departments should be used on demand.
“It violates the rules for lower-ranking --- even county-level-officials to be allocated cars,” Li said.
Purchases of vehicles for official use have been heavily investigated, as they account for a large expenditure (花费) of public funds every year.
A survey on the Web news www.ifeng.com found 64 percent of respondents believed the new rule will be difficult to carry out because it is related to officials’ interests.
“Local government departments had halted(中断) approvals for requests for such vehicles and had started to work on new quotas(指标) under the new rules,” Li said. “The future reform of official vehicle use will introduce market mechanisms and monetization.”
Premier Wen Jiabao said in the annual government work report on Saturday that expenditures on such vehicles will not increase in 2011 compared with a year ago.
Beijing’s standing deputy mayor Ji Lin last week said the municipal (市政的) government will release the number of vehicles for official use in the capital as early as at the end of this month.
Earlier this month, the Minister of Finance had published a rule regulating the budgets for such vehicles.
【小题1】What is the purpose of the new rule allocating vehicles among officials?
| A.To promote a low-carbon lifestyle. |
| B.To cut down the present huge expenditures of purchasing cars. |
| C.To make good use of budgets for official cars. |
| D.To solve the problem of severe traffic jam. |
| A.Every 3 years. | B.Every 5 years. | C.Every 8 years. | D.Every 10 years. |
| A.They can still possess special cars. |
| B.They can use their own private cars. |
| C.They can use cars whenever officially necessary. |
| D.They can be allocated second-hand cars. |
| A.Uncertain. | B.Optimistic. | C.Indifferent. | D.Passive |
| A.the government is determined to carry out the new rule |
| B.the new rule has not yet been made public |
| C.the new rule will benefit official’s interest |
| D.the new rule is applied to minister-level officials |
Now, there is a growing movement to pay the students in American schools---in some cases, even just for coming to class.
Students at one school in New Mexico can earn up to three hundred dollars a year for good attendance. In Baltimore, Maryland, high scores in state graduation tests can be worth more than one hundred dollars. And a New Jersey school system plans to pay students fifty dollars a week to attend after---school tutoring programs.
Schools that pay students can be found in more than one---fourth of the fifty states. Other schools pay students with food or other rewards.
Robert Schaefer is a public education director. He says paying students may improve performance in the short term, but students develop false expectations for the future. He sees a lack of long term planning in these programs because of the pressure on schools to raise test scores.
Public schools need to show improvement under the education reform law. Low---performing schools may lose their federal money; teachers and administrators(行政人员) may lose their jobs. Often these schools are in poor neighborhoods where getting students to go to school can be a continual problem.
Critics(评论家) say paying students sends a message that money is the only valuable reward. But some students say it makes school more exciting. And some teachers have reported getting more requests for extra help.
In two thousand four, the city schools in Coshocton, Ohio, launched a program. They wanted to see if paying elementary school students as much as one hundred dollars would help in passing the state exams.
Now, Eric Bettinger of Case Western Reserve University (EUCWRU) has reported mixed results. Math scores increased, but only white students were able to get paid. And there was no evidence of higher scores in reading, social studies and science. Official will decide later this year whether to continue the program.
【小题1】Paying students who show improvement in tests __________.
| A.has been done in most American schools |
| B.is becoming a growing practice in the USA |
| C.is not very popular with teachers |
| D.only aims at high scores at school |
| A.is a very excellent teacher |
| B.thinks highly of paying students |
| C.thinks students will show improvement in study in the future |
| D.thinks people should make a careful plan for the paying program |
| A.EBCWRU has got great success in its paying program |
| B.not all the students in EUCWRU have made progress in all subjects |
| C.only students who study math can get paid |
| D.EBCWRU will go on with the paying program |
| A.persuade teachers to give students more prizes |
| B.tell people how to become an excellent student |
| C.introduce something about American paying students program |
| D.explain the advantages of American paying students program |
Food safety will become the food industry’s key target as the nation tries to adopt international food standards. The National Development and Reform Commission, the Standardization Administration of China, the Ministry of Agriculture and six other departments announced their 2004-05 development programme for national food standards over the weekend.
China is conducting a rectification (整顿) within two years. Inspectors will search for all known banned materials in food production. To reduce trading barriers, China will raise the ratio of adopting international standards in the food industry to 55 percent from today’s 23 percent. “Safety is the first consideration for anything entering people’s mouth followed by its nutritious value,” said Hao Yu, secretary-general of the National Food Industry Standardization Technique Committee. He added the usage of food addictives (添加剂) will be a major field for consideration in setting the new standards. On-the-spot checks during the past two years have shown the abuse (滥用) or misuse of addictives in food production and processing has become the biggest threat to food safety. In one case, talcum (滑石粉) powder was found in flour products, which is outlawed according to national food standards.
“At present there are no methods or standards to test the content of talcum powder in flour,” said Shang Yan’e, an official with the national watchdog on grain and oil inspections. Under the guidelines, all banned addictives will be recorded as inspections increase, Relevant departments have allocated (分配) funds to conduct risk evaluations on current food addictives to fix the limits of their usage. China will adopt international advanced techniques and standards so as to find out the harmful materials in food within a shortest period.
【小题1】China will raise the ratio of adopting international standards in the food industry by _____.
| A.55% | B.32% | C.23% | D.78% |
| A.Safety | B.Value | C.Nutrition | D.Addictives |
| A.Addictives are dangerous to people’s health. |
| B.Chinese food will be as safe as foreign food. |
| C.New food safety standards are to be fixed. |
| D.Food safety is a major concern in present China. |
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BEIJlNG, March 9—The central government will require an additional three years of use for official vehicles for ministers (部长) and governors (政府官员) to reduce the costs of purchasing new cars, media have reported.
The new rule has been applied among all Party and government departments nationwide, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday. The new rule has not yet been made public, said Li, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee. Under the old rules, the cars used by minister-level officials could be replaced as often as every five years, Li said. These officials will also continue to use the same cars when they take new posts, he added.
The new rule also reiterated (重申) that officials ranking below minister-or governor-levels should not be allocated cars. The cars possessed by their departments should be used on demand.
“It violates the rules for lower-ranking-even county-level-officials to be allocated cars,” Li said.
Purchases of vehicles for official use have been heavily investigated, as they account for a large expenditure of public funds every year.
A survey on the Web news www.ifeng.com found 64 percent of respondents believed the new rule will be difficult to obey because it is related to officials’ interests.
Local government departments had stopped approvals for requests for such vehicles and had started to limit the number of such cars under the new rules, Li said. “The future reform of official vehicle use will introduce market systems”Li said.
Premier Wen Jiabao said in the annual government work report on Saturday that expenditures on such vehicles will not increase in 2011 compared with a year ago.
Beijing’s standing deputy mayor Ji Lin last week said the municipal government will release the number of vehicles for official use in the capital as early as at the end of this month.
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Finance had published a rule regulating the budgets for such vehicles.
|
About the rules |
Cars for official use should be replaced as often as 1 years. The 2 of cars to officials ranking below minister-or governor-levels should be banned. |
|
3 of the new rule |
To reduce the cost of buying new cars |
|
Reasons for 4 the new rule |
The buying of vehicles for official use 5 for large expenditure of public funds every year. |
|
76 taken and to be taken |
Local government had started to 7 the number of cars for official use. The government will 8 public the number of cars for official use. The Ministry of Finance had published a rule 9 the budgets for such vehicles |
|
Problem |
Obeying the rule is 10 with officials’ interests. |