IN THE GROUNDS OF A REGENCY MANSION Luxury Self-catering Holiday Cottages in the heart of
第1题
Such ______ the case, there were no grounds to justify your complaints.
A.was
B.were
C.would be
D.being
第2题
第3题
A.conflicting
B.well-known
C.debatable
D.innovative
第4题
A.excess amount of oily-water mixtures in bilges
B.insulation of piping including exhaust pipes in engine room contaminated by oil
C.improper operation of bilge pumping arrangements
D.there were an actual emergency
第5题
In June 2011 Mr Fang leased the same house to Ms Lee for a period of two years.
Due to the sudden change of the market and poor operation of his enterprise, Mr Fang was unable to repay the principal and interest as agreed when the loan matured at the end of January 2012. Credit Association filed a lawsuit in the people’s court and obtained a judgement in favour of its claim for the principal RMB 2 million yuan plus interest.
Credit Association then advised Ms Lee to leave the house, as it has been authorised by the people’s court to organise a public auction to sell the house for the enforcement of the judgement. Ms Lee refused to leave the house on the grounds that the lease agreement was an effective one between Mr Fang and herself and would last until the end of June 2013. In addition, Credit Association’s right of mortgagee should not affect her right under the lease agreement.
Required:
Answer the following questions in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Property Law, and give your reasons for your answer:
(a) state whether Ms Lee’s grounds for refusal to leave the house can be established. (5 marks)
(b) state how Ms Lee should deal with the current situation. (5 marks)
第6题
(b) Peter, one of Linden Limited’s non-executive directors, having lived and worked in the UK for most of his adult
life, sold his home near London on 22 March 2006 and, together with his wife (a French citizen), moved to live
in a villa which she owns in the south of France. Peter is now demanding that the tax deducted from his director’s
fees, for the board meetings held on 18 April and 16 May 2006, be refunded, on the grounds that, as he is no
longer resident in the UK, he is no longer liable to UK income tax. All of the company’s board meetings are held
at its offices in Cambridge.
Despite Peter’s assurance that none of the other companies of which he is a director has disputed his change of
tax status, Damian is uncertain whether he should make the refunds requested. However, as Peter is a friend of
the company’s founder, Linden Limited’s managing director is urging him to do so, stating that if the tax does
have to be paid, then Linden Limited could always bear the cost.
Required:
Advise Damian whether Peter is correct in his assertion regarding his tax position and in the case that there
is a UK tax liability the implications of the managing director’s suggestion. You are not required to consider
national insurance (NIC) issues. (4 marks)
第7题
At about 9:30 we went to the White House. It's 【66】 the public from 10 【67】 12, and there was a long line of people 【68】 to get in. We didn't have to wait very long, because the line moved 【69】 quickly.
The White House is really white. It is painted every year. And it seems very white, because it's got beautiful lawns 【70】 around it, with many trees and shrubs. The grounds 【71】 about four square blocks. I mean, they're about two blocks long 【72】 each side.
Of course, we didn't see the whole building. The part 【73】 the President lives and works is not open to the public. But the part we saw was beautiful. We went 【74】 five of the main rooms. One of them was the library on the ground floor. On the next floor, there are three rooms named 【75】 the colors that are used in them: the Red Room, the Blue Room, and the Green Room. The walls are covered with silk 【76】 There are 【77】 of old furniture from the time 【78】 the White House was 【79】 built. And everywhere there are paintings and statues of former presidents and 【80】 famous people from history.
(61)
A.made
B.took
C.went
D.set
第8题
根据下列文章,请回答 21~25 题。
Text 1
In the 1920s demand for American farm products fell, as European countries began to recover from World War I and instituted austerity (紧缩) programs to reduce their imports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was more disastrous for farmers than earlier times had been, because farmers were no longer self-sufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buying consumer goods. The prices of the items farmers bought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell. These developments were made worse by the Great Depression, which began in 1929 and extended throughout the 1939s.
In 1929, under President Herbert Hoover, the Federal Farm Board was organized. It established the principle of direct interference with supply and demand, and it represented the first national commitment to provide greater economic stability for farmers. President Hoover' s successor attached even more importance to this problem. One of the first measures proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office in 1933 was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently passed by Congress. This law gave the Secretary of Agriculture the power to reduce production through voluntary agreements with farmers who were paid to take their land out of use.A deliberate scarcity of farm, products was planned in an effort to raise prices. This law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the grounds that general taxes were being collected to pay one special group of people.However, new laws were passed immediately that achieved the same result of resting soil and providing flood-control measures, but which were based on the principle of soil conservation. The Roosevelt Administration believed that rebuilding the nation' s soil was in the national interest and Was not simply a plan to help farmers at the expense of other citizens. Later the government guaranteed loans to farmers so that they could buy farm machinery, hybrid (杂交)grain, and fertilizers.
第 21 题 What brought about the decline in the demand for American farm products?
A.The impact of the Great Depression.
B.The shrinking of overseas markets.
C.The destruction caused by WWI.
D.The increased exports of European countries.
第9题
I wonder if, as time goes on, we shall discover that many people, whose practical experience and ability would have been enormously useful to their employers, have been rejected on the grounds that they are insufficiently qualified. Would it not be better to allow people to become expert in the way most suited to them, rather than oblige them to follow a set course of instruction which may offer no opportunity for them to develop skills in which they would have become expert if left to themselves?
1.By the first sentence in Para. One, the writer perhaps means ____.
A、education has acquired a pleasant value
B、education is ignored by the public
C、too much attention is paid to degrees in education
D、too little attention is paid to degrees in education
2.According to the passage, if we want to get promotion nowadays we have to ____.
A、produce proof of our qualification
B、write a paper about our qualifications
C、apply to take a certificate
D、apply for a diploma course
3.From the passage we understand that his colleagues think that Johnson ____.
A、should have been given a degree
B、would have been able to get a degree
C、couldn't have done anything without a degree
D、would become manager even without a degree
4.The writer fears that without paper qualifications many people ____.
A、won't get proper education
B、will prove useless in their job
C、will be dismissed from their job
D、won't be considered for a job
5.In the writer's opinion it would be better if people ____.
A、were forced to take a diploma
B、were free to become educated in their own way
C、attended more practical courses
D、attended courses intended for experts