2012在职联考英语每日一练 10月27日

　　Will the reform on the use of government cars really reduce office expenditure __1__ this count? There are no reports __2__ such an outcome although some local government shave moved in that direction.

　　Hangzhou government __3__ its reform last month. Officials below the level of deputy

　　bureau chief cannot use official trips for business trips. Instead they get subsidies between 300 and 2,600 yuan a month according to their administrative rank. This reform is supposed to

　　save the government the money involving in __4__ a large number of cars.

　　Hangzhou in east China Zhejiang province is not the first to attempt __5__ reform. Nanjing, capital of the neighboring Jiangsu province, did so five years ago, yet there is no report available of how much money the Nanjing government has saved __6__ these measures. All that we know about is the fact that government officials get monthly subsidies for business.

　　The public have a fight to __7__ for transparency(透明度)on the results of such reform because it is taxpayers’ money that is being spent. Transparency is needed because people are skeptical about policy-makers making policy against their own interests.

　　Obviously, the subsidies are not based on work needs. Lower level officials usually travel __8__ than high-ranking officials. Therefore, the impact of reform appears to be diluted.

　　Transparency alone can tell us __9__ the reform measures have indeed reduced government transport expenditure. If there is no disclosure of amounts saved by the reform, the public may

　　have reason to suspect that the reform is actually a ploy __10__ the income of officials in the form of a transport subsidy.

　　The way government cars are used needs to be reformed. The government spending on

　　purchase of cars was 80 billion yuan in 2008, and use and maintenance amounts to around

　　300 billion yuan a year.

　　A study of ancient Chinese dynasties shows that the more reforms of the tax system, the heavier the taxes eventually levied on subjects. The only way to prevent these vicious cycles

　　from happening with government car reform today is for the higher authorities to have a strict and transparent audit of local finance.

　　1. A. on B. in C. about D. to

　　2. A. indicates B. indicating C. indicated D. indicate

　　3. A. completed B. terminated C. launched D. finished

　　4. A. maintaining B. maintained C. maintenance D. maintain

　　5. A. such a B. as such C. such that D. such

　　6. A. by B. on C. through D. in

　　7. A. providing B. offering C. supplying D. asking

　　8. A. less B. more C. faster D. arther

　　9. A. how B. which C. that D. whether

　　10. A. increased B. to be increased C. to increase D. increase

　　答案：

　　1-5 ABCAA 6-10 BDBDC

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