The Treasury could pocket 20 million a year in extra fines once the country’s speed camera network is expanded. Motoring organizations warned that the (1) could become a poll tax on wheels, (2) huge number of drivers. There could be many more incidents of vandalism (3) cameras. The warnings came (4) a Daily Mail survey found almost all the 23 police forces in England and Wales were either (5) to expansion plans or considering (6) .
Nationwide, the number of speeding tickets is expected to treble, (7) 90 million a year. (8) the scheme, police keep some of the cash from fines to 9 the costs of fitting and maintaining extra cameras and (10) that existing ones always have film in them. The rest will go to the Treasury. Both Ministers and police insist the scheme is aimed (11) at making roads safer. They point to trials in eight areas which cut collisions by a quarter and deaths and
A. taking part
B. keeping silence
C. making exception
D. paying respect
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or get it near their workplace. Children in school take sandwiches, fruit, and
cookies with them or eat in school. Supper, the main meal, is between six and
eight in the evening. People cook it carefully. They may have meat or chicken, turkey or duck. They may all have potatoes or rice, vegetables or salad. The drink is coffee, tea or milk. Then comes the dessert. |
Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on Answer Sheet 1. In October 2002, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank (1) a new electronic market (www. gs. com/econderivs) for economic indices that (2) substantial economic risks, such as nonfarm payroll (a measure of job availability) and retail sales. This new market was made possible by a (3) trading technology, developed by Longitude, a New York company providing software for financial markets, (4) the Parimutuel Digital Call Auction. This is "digital" (5) of a digital option ie, it pays out only if an underlying index lies in a narrow, discrete range. In effect, Longitude has created a horse race, where each "horse" wins if and (6) the specified index falls in a specified range. By creating horses for every possible (7) of the index, and allowing people t
A. for
B. in
C. on
D. up
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