[单项选择]Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region’s growing pile of electronic trash,
A San Jose councilwoman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at controlling electronic waste ff the California law-making body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly. They are among a growing number of California dries and counties that have expressed the same intention.
Environmentalists and local governments are increasingly concerned about the toxic hazard posed by old electron/c devices and the cost of safely recycling those products. An estimated 6 million televisions and computers are stocked in California homes, and an additional 6,000 to 7,000 computers become outdated every day. The machines contain high levels of lead and other other substances, and are already banned from California landfills.
Legislation by Senator Byron She
A. Exert pressure on manufacturers of electronic devices.
B. Lay down relevant local regulations themselves.
C. Lobby the lawmakers of the California Assembly.
D. Rally support to pass the stalled bills.

[单项选择]Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region’s growing pile of electronic trash,
A San Jose councilwoman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at controlling electronic waste ff the California law-making body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly. They are among a growing number of California dries and counties that have expressed the same intention.
Environmentalists and local governments are increasingly concerned about the toxic hazard posed by old electron/c devices and the cost of safely recycling those products. An estimated 6 million televisions and computers are stocked in California homes, and an additional 6,000 to 7,000 computers become outdated every day. The machines contain high levels of lead and other other substances, and are already banned from California landfills.
Legislation by Senator Byron She
A. regulations on dumping hazardous substances into landfills
B. the sale of used electronic devices to foreign countries
C. the funding of local initiatives to reuse electronic trash
D. the reprocessing of the huge amounts of electronic waste in the state

[单项选择]Tamber Benz, CFA, recently joined Bay Area Investment Group as a personal financial planner. Today, she has a meeting with a client interested in equity index funds, with a particular interest in learning about the source and direction of biases. In preparation for this meeting, she makes some quick notes (relying on her memory). These notes are listed below. She then finds her well-worn CFA study notes and checks her memory. After reviewing her notes, which of the following choices does she determine is least accurate（）
A. An index such as the Valueline Composite Average is constructed by purchasing an equal number of shares of each stock in the index, and will have a downward bias when geometric averaging is used to compute the return.
B. One problem with an index such as the S&P 500 is that firms with greater market capitalization have more impact than other firms.
C. A market value-weighted index, such as the New York Stock Exchange Index, accurately reflects the impact of price changes on wealth.

[填空题]

What might cause delays in transportation

[单项选择]Foreign students are facing unprecedented delays, as visa applications receive closer ______ than ever.
A. scrutiny
B. scanning
C. appraisal
D. retention

[单项选择]People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this ______ creates more problems.
A. after all
B. once again
C. in case
D. in turn