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 governments have moved in that direction.
Hangzhou government __3__ its reform last month. Officials below the level of deputy bureau chief cannot use official cars 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 __7__ government officials get monthly subsidies for business trips.
The public have a right to __8 __for transparency on the results of such reform __ 9__ it is taxpayers money that is being spent. Transparency is needed because people are __10 __about policy, makers making policy against their own interests.
Obviously, the subsidies are not based on work needs. Lower level officials usually travel__ 11 __than high-ranking officials. Therefore, the impact of reform appears to be diluted.
Transparency alone can tell us __12 __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__ 13__ 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 __14 __on subjects.
The only way to prevent this vicious cycles from happening with government car reform today is for the higher authorities to have a strict and __15__ audit of local finance.
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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) which B) whether C) in which D) that
8. A) providing B) offering C) supplying D) asking
9. A) because B) therefore C) because of D) thus
10. A) satisfied B) pleased C) skeptical D) confused
11. A) less B) more C) faster D) farther
12. A) how B) which C) that D) whether
13. A) increased B) to be increased C) to increase D) increase
14. A) levied B) taken C) consumed D) removed
15. A) opaque B) transparent C) obscure D) ambiguous
答案:ABCAA ADDAC BDCAB
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