Which of the following does NOT illustrate misplaced politeness?
A. Encouraging old ladies to cross the road at any time they want.
Braking suddenly to allow a car to emerge from a side street.
C. A motorist driving into traffic streams without considering others.
D. Waving a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles.
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When Petter applied for the post of Director of the MCA, he knew that
A. a decision was likely to take a long time.
B. not everyone in the Association was interested in him.
C. he would have to face intense competition.
D. some members would oppose his appointment.
A.owedB.givenC.paidD.borrowed
A. owed
B. given
C. paid
D. borrowed
?Read the article below about how to read a balance sheet.
?Choose the best word from A, B, C or D to fill each gap.
?For each question 21-30 mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
HOW TO READ A BALANCE SHEET
A balance sheet is not like a Profit and Loss ac- count, which is a record of the activity transacted in a year and the profits (or losses) produced as a result. A balance sheet can be (21) of as a photograph, a moment (22) time, (usually the last day of the company's financial year), which shows exactly what the business owns. These may be buildings, cash, stocks or debts, i.e. amounts of money (23) to the business by customers.
A balance sheet may change from one Year to the next if, for example, a company sells one of its factories, if it (24) more money from its shareholders, if it repays some debt to the bank, or if it builds up its inventory of (25) goods.
But whatever happens to the composition of the assets of the business, any overall change in as- set (26) is reflected in me balance sheet. There is one further (27) to be made. Although the principle of a balance sheet is to have assets on one side and liabilities on the other, the fact is that-especially for public companies-shareholders want to be able to see What their (28) in the company is worth.
So a tradition bas (29) up which has meant that 'Creditors' is actually moved to the assets side as a negative amount. Structuring the balance sheet like this is simply a matter of (30) There is no commercial reason for presenting it in this way.
(21)
A. treated
B. thought
C. imagined
D. consider
According to Annan, to solve the Iraq problem, it's necessary to ______.
A. isolate Iran from the international community
B. impose restrictions on Iraqi economy
C. talk to Iran and Syria
D. make Iran and Syria compromise