c) possession of guns be banned for those under 18 except that they are not to be used for hunting, gun classes or target shooting. d) no strict rule to ban should be introduced
18. It is doubtful...................
a) that those bombing cafes in Egypt did so to on purpose harm tourists.
b) whether Florida will join other states in the US in calling for gun control.
c) whether the proposal to take arms possession under strict control will have any favourable influence in Miami. d) whether the prevalence of guns in the US will heighten the number of casualties in tourist
attacks in the future.
In their private councils, Beijing policy-makers are engaged in a vigorous dispute on how to
fight inflation. One thing is clear to all sides: China needs better tools for fighting inflation.
New national taxes introduced this year are supposed to provide the central government with
more revenue so it has to print less new money - however its success at tax collecting in the
unruly provinces has been spotty. Beijing also wants to create a strong central bank to regulate
the money supply and credit creation. But such a bank will have trouble deploying its main
anti-inflationary weapon - higher interest rates - as long as state enterprises would be the first to
suffer. The disorganized state enterprises will not be phased out for years, until a social security
system is devised to give workers a new safety net and until the private sector creates enough
jobs to absorb unneeded state employees.
19. Beijing policy-makers engaged in discussing how to curb the inflation all agree
that...............
a) new national taxes ought to be introduced regardless of how to collect them.
b) a new central bank should be set up to increase the money in circulation.
c) the private sector recruits workers more than necessary, causing unnecessary pays. d) all unnecessary state employees should be dismissed from their present jobs.
