A.until
B.after
C.when
D.while
W: Both of them must endorse, unless one has authority to endorse for the other.
Q: Which of the following is not right according to the woman?
(18)
A.Both endorse the instrument.
B.Neither of them endorses the instrument.
C.A authorizes B to endorse the instrument.
D.B authorizes A to endorse the instrument.
(6)
A.Information technology system can cause operational risk.
B.A major fire can be a cause of operational risk.
C.The most important types of operational risk involve breakdowns in internal controls and corporate governance.
D.Other aspects of operational risk include firing its dealers, lending officers or other staff exceeding their authority or conducting business in an unethical or risky manner.
Which of the following statements is correct?
A.The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes due, plus a late payment surcharge and a penalty
B.There is no need for the taxpayer to pay any additional taxes, late payment surcharge or penalty as the statute of limitation is ten years
C.The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes, but no late payment surcharge or penalty as the statute of limitation is ten years for late payment surcharge and penalties
D.The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes and a late payment surcharge but not a penalty as the statute of limitation is five years for penalties
Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted
The independent board of governors (an independent oversight body comprised of local residents, parents and other concerned citizens) of the state-funded Chambon school for 11–16 year old children met to consider its most recent set of public examination results. A key responsibility placed upon the school’s governors is the delivery, to its local government authority, of a report on exam performance in a full and timely manner. A report on both the exam results and the reasons for any improvement or deterioration over previous years are required from the governors each year. Accordingly, this annual meeting on exam performance was always considered to be very important. Although the school taught the national curriculum (a standard syllabus taught in all schools in the country) as required of it, the exam results at Chambon had deteriorated in recent years and on this particular occasion, they were very poor indeed. In order to address the weaknesses in the school, Chambon’s budget had increased in recent years and a number of new teachers had been employed to help improve results. Despite this, exam performance continued to fall. A recent overspend against budget was funded through the closure of part of the school library and the sale of a sports field.
One member of the board of governors was Sally Murol. She believed that the local government authority might attempt to close Chambon school if these exam results were reported with no convincing explanation. One solution to avoid this threat, she said, was to either send the report in late or to select only the best results and submit a partial report so the school’s performance looked better than it actually was. There is no central computerised exam results service in the country in which Chambon is located by which the local authority could establish the exam performance at Chambon school.
A general feeling of the governors’ meeting was that perhaps the school needed some new leadership and it was time to remove the existing headteacher. Mr Besse had been in the role for many years and his management style. was thought to be ineffective. He was widely liked by staff in the school because he believed that each teacher knew best how to manage their teaching, and so he tried not to intervene wherever possible. Mr Besse had sometimes disagreed with the governors when they suggested changes which could be made to improve exam performance, preferring to rely on what he believed were tried and tested ways of managing his teaching staff. He was thought to be very loyal to longstanding colleagues and had a dislike of confrontation.
Required:
(a) Explain, using evidence from the case, the characteristics which identify Chambon school as a public sector organisation and assess how its objectives as a public sector organisation have not been met. (10 marks)
(b) Explain the roles of a board of governors in the governance of Chambon school and discuss, in the context of Sally Murol’s suggestion, the importance of transparency in the board of governors dealings with the local government authority. (9 marks)
(c) Discuss the potential advantages to Chambon school of replacing the headteacher in seeking to address its problems. (6 marks)
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once. (答案请填写完整单词) A) effect B) affect C) commit D) decrease E) decline F) influence G) compromise H) concede I) available J) applicable K) reluctant L) furthermore M) necessity N) authority O) potential A variety of conditions can affect the success or failure of negotiations (谈判). The following conditions make success in negotiations more likely. First, both parties must be willing to participate. If one party is unwilling for the negotiation, the 1) ______ for reaching any agreement will certainly 2) ________. Second, people must get ready to discuss. When there is not enough information 3) _________, or a negotiation strategy unprepared, people may be 4) _________ to begin the discussion. Third, both parties must have enough interests in common to 5) _________ themselves to a shared decision-making discussion. For people to settle disagreement, they must have some means to 6) _______ the attitudes and behavior. from the other party. To 7) __________ a change, they may provide needed information and seek the advice of experts for help. Finally, participants must have the 8) ________ to make a decision. If not, negotiations will be limited to an information exchange between the parties. 9) ___________, both parties must have a willingness to 10) __________. In other words, sometimes, to reach a satisfactory conclusion, it is necessary for the parties prepared to have less than 100 percent of needs or interests satisfied.
根据下列材料,请回答 1~20 题:
The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices became an important issue recently. The court cannot_____ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law______ justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that_____ the court’s reputation for being independent and impartial.
Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito Jr., for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions will be____ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not _____ by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself_______ to the code of conduct that ______to the rest of the federal judiciary.
This and other cases ______the question of whether there is still a _____ between the court and politics.
The framers of the Constitution envisioned law____ having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions ____ they would be free to ____those in power and have no need to_____ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _____.
Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social ______like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _____is inescapably political — which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _____ as unjust.
The justices must _____doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves _____to the code of conduct. That would make their rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _____, convincing as law.
第 1 题 请在(1)处填上最佳答案。
A emphasize
B maintain
C modify
D recognize