Fears of "mad cow" disease spread (1) the globe last week (2) South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore joining most of Britain’ s European Union partners in (3) imports of British beef. In London, steak restaurants were empty follwing the March 20 announcement by scientists that they had found a (4) link between mad cow disease from British beef and its human (5) , Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(CJD) .Efforts to reassure consumers and governments proved (6) . France, Germany, Italy, Finland and Greece were among countries which announced bans (7) British beef shipments.A committee of EU veterinary experts, meeting in Brussels, (8) new protective measures but said transmission of the disease from cattle to humans was unproven and did not (9) a general ban on British beef exports. Britain’s own main consumer group advised people to (10) beef if they wanted to be absolutely sure of not (11) CJD which destroys the brain and is always (12) ."Could it be worse than AIDS"The stark headline in Friday’s Daily mail newspaper encapsulated the fear and uncertainty (13) Britain. CJD (14) humans in the same way that BSE makes cows mad—by eating away nerve cells in the brain (15) it looks like a spongy Swiss cheese.The disease is incurable. Victims show (16) of dementia and memory loss and usually die (17) six months.Little is known (18) sure about the group of diseases known collectively as spongiform encephalopathies, which explains (19) some eminent scientists are not prepared to (20) a human epidemic of AIDS-like proportions. Read the following text. Choose the best word (s)for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.14()
A. affected
B. affects
C. effect
D. affecting
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In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of the inadequacies of the judicial system in the United States. Costs are staggering both for the taxpayers and the litigants—and the litigants, or parties, have to wait sometimes many years before having their day in court. Many suggestions have been made concerning methods of ameliorating the situation, but as in most branches of government, changes come slowly. One suggestion that has been made in order to maximize the efficiency of the system is to allow districts that have an overabundance of pending cases to borrow judges from other districts that do not have such a backlog. Another suggestion is to use pretrial conferences, in which thejudge meets in his chambers with the litigants and their attorneys in order to narrow the issues, limit the witnesses, and provide for a more orderly trial. The theory behind pretrial conferences is that judges will spend leas time on each case and parties will more readily settle before trial when they realize the adequacy of their claims and their opponents’ evidence. Unfortunately, at least one study has shown that pretrial conferences actually use more judicial time than they save, rarely result in pretrial settlements, and actually result in higher damage settlements. Many states have now established another method, small-claims courts, in which cases over small sums of money can be disposed of with considerable dispatch. Such proceedings cost the litigants almost nothing. In California, for example, the parties must appear before the judge without the assistance of counsel. The proceedings are quite informal and there is no pleading—the litigants need to make only a one-sentence statement of their claim. By going to this type of court, the plaintiff waives any right to a jury trial and the right to appeal the decision. In coming years, we can expect to see more and more innovations in the continuing effort to remedy a situation which must be remedied if the citizens who have valid claims are going to be able to have their day in court. The pretrial conference, in theory, is supposed to do all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. narrow the issues
B. cause early settlements
C. save judicial time
D. increase settlement costs
对于发行人的不规范行为,保荐人应要求其整改,并要将整改情况在尽职调查报告中予以说明。()
A. 对
B. 错
律师应对发行人是否符合股票发行上市条件,发行人的行为是否违法、违规,以及招股说明书及其摘要引用的法律意见书和律师工作报告的内容是否适当,明确发表总体结论性意见。()
A. 对
B. 错
发行人子公司如对发行人的业务经营有重大影响,保荐机构可对该子公司单独编制工作底稿。()
A. 对
B. 错