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The police officers decided to conduct a thorough and _______ review of the case.
A . comprehensive
B . complicated
C . conscious
D . crucial
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A claim for cargo damages may be held against the shipowner if such damage is the result of failure of the ship’s officers to（）.
A . ensure the fitness and safety of cargo spaces
B . ensure adequate packaging of the cargo
C . prevent delays due to quarantine restrictions
D . correct all defects in the ship's constructio
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A claim for cargo damages may be held against the ship owner if such damage is the result of failure of the ship’s officers to（）.
A . correct all defects in the ship's construction
B . ensure the fitness and safety of cargo spaces
C . ensure adequate packaging of the cargo
D . prevent delays due to quarantine restrictio
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A single extended example can not support a claim.
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Whic h of the following claims is irrefutable?
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He got into a tangle with the police. It .
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To present a counterexample to a claim is to show that
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Why do people like claiming Big Foot as a friend of them?
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He got into a tangle with the police. It .
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It is only the buyer that may file a claim.
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We lodge a claim with you ______short-weight,
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He said the witness _______ the police through a hotline, on which the police had received 100 tips.
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As a police officer, you are trained to stay calm even in extremely(danger)__________situations.
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(I) Preferred stockholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of common stockholders.(II) Bondholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of preferred stockholders.
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lodge a claim
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The Biggest Threat to the Role of Police Officers Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at
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Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at a former army training camp north of London to spend the day watching the training of London&39;s special armed police unit. These are the people who regularly have to tackle the increasing number of criminals who are prepared to carry guns.
The journalists also get a chance to shoot a gun on the practice range—none of it seems that difficult, and we put most of the bullets somewhere on the target. But then we move on to the next stage of the training, where some of the problems, which actually crop up on the street are imitated. The lights on the range are dimmed and we are stood in front of a large screen. We still have guns, but the bullets are fake, and videos are played where actors act out various types of situations.
Does the man holding a woman in front of him really have a gun or not？ Is the man apparently preparing to surrender really going to, or is he going to raise the gun in front of him and shoot？ We have to decide whether to shoot and when, just like the police officer has to when faced with this situation for real. The journalists&39; results here were not so impressive. I am afraid we killed many an innocent person carrying nothing more lethal than a stick.
The debate over whether more police in Britain should be armed with guns has been going on for years. The current policy is to have a small number of specialists available in each of the 43 police departments in Britain. They are kept up to scratch with intensive and regular training.
But the wisdom of that policy has been questioned as the amount of violence encountered by the police has grown. It is usually the ordinary street officer who is on the wrong end of this, rather than the armed experts who arrive rather later.
To see the direction in which the British police are heading, consider the experience of the Northumbria police who have responsibility for law and order in 5,000 square kilometers of Northeast England. The population is 1.5 million, living in rural areas and a few urban centers. The 3,600 police officers in the force deal with all the typical problems thrown up by the Britain of the 1990s.
John Stevens, head of the Northumbria Police Department, has just published his review of the past years. During 1994, for example, 61 officers (54 men and 7 women) were forced into early retirement after being attacked on duty. Before being allowed to leave the police for medical reasons, they lost between them 12,000 days on sick leave: the equivalent of 50 police officers off the street for a full year.
Stevens makes this observation: "The personal cost of policing has never been so high. One-third of the officers leaving were disabled in the very worst degree and will suffer for the rest of their lives for their efforts in the fight against crime."
This picture of a policeman&39;s lot could be repeated in many other parts of Britain, yet the police themselves still oppose more widespread arming of their officers. The most recent survey, conducted last year, showed that only 46% were in favor.
The general public, however, likes the idea: 67% favored wider issuing of guns. But they, of course, would not have to carry them and maybe even use them. Recalling my own experience shooting a gun on the practice range, I certainly would not want the responsibility.
It is clear to everyone that the police need more protection against the gun and the knife. They already carry longer clubs to replace the old ones. They have access to knife-resistant coats and gloves.
The likely next step is agreement from the government to test pepper spray, an organic substance derived from peppers that disables an attacker if sprayed in his face. If used properly, the discomfort, although extreme, is only temporary. Provided the spray is washed away with water, recovery should be complete within a couple of hours. Unpleasant, certainly, but better than being shot.
Many people in Britain would not mind seeing their police with longer clubs or even pepper spray. They would just like to see them. I have lost count of the times we have been filming police officers on the street when local residents have come up to us and told us it is the first time in weeks they have seen police in the area.
Actually the biggest threat to the traditional image and role of police officers does not come from guns and armed crime but the increase in the tasks we expect the police to carry out. New laws and police priorities are taking up so much time that many forces simply cannot afford to let their officers walk up and down the streets. Politicians are now asking members of the public to watch the streets. In some prosperous areas, local people pay private security firms.
Many officers believe it is all these extra duties, rather than the fear of being shot, that have really changed their role. In future, if you want to know what time it is there might not be much point asking a policeman. He either will not be there to ask or will not have the time to answer. 1． Why do actors act out various types of conditions？ 2． Why did journalists "kill" many innocent persons ？ 3． Why do the police oppose more widespread arming of the officers？ 4． What do people in Britain want about the police officers？ 5． What can you infer from the last sentence？<center>Exercises</center>
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What did the police officer think of Ms. Blunsden's room for animals？
A．It was clean enough for animals to live in.
B．It was just right for only one animal.
C．It was not right for even a single animal.
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Watch Conversation 2 again and choose the best way to complete the sentences. 1. According to the police officer, Oxford has ____.
A．low rate of bike theft
B．the highest rate of bike theft in the country
C．the fifth highest rate of bike theft in the country
D．the second highest rate of bike theft in the country
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What was the police officer's attitude to the letter from the man？
A．She believed the man came across many misfortunes.
B．She took pity on the unlucky man who had a bad day.
C．She felt it funny that the man made up such a story.
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The mayor's office has issued a ______ that the police department concentrate on preventing violent crime instead of concerning itself with minor traffic violations.
A．report
B．prospect
C．mandate
D．conference
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How could faith beget such evil？ After hundreds of members of a Ugandan cult, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, died in what first appeared to be a suicidal fire in the village of Kanungu two weeks age, police found 153 bodies buried in a compound used by the cult in Buhunga, 25 miles away. When investigators searched the house of a cult leader in yet another village, they discovered 155 bodies, many buried under the concrete floor of the house. Then scores more were dug up at a cult member's home. Some had been poisoned; others, often-young children, strangled. By week's end, Ugandan police had counted 924 victims—including at least 530 who burned to death inside the sealed church—exceeding the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide and killings by followers of American cult leader Jim Jones that claimed 913 lives.
Authorities believe two of the cult's leaders, Joseph Kibwetere, a 68-year-old former Roman Catholic catechism teacher who started the cult in 1987, and his "prophetess," Credonia Mwerinde, by some accounts a former prostitute who claimed to speak for the Virgin Mary, may still be alive and on the run. The pair had predicted the world would end on Dec. 31, 1999. When that didn't happen, followers who demanded the return of their possessions, which they had to surrender on joining the cult, may have been systematically killed.
The Ugandan carnage focuses attention on the proliferation of religious cults in East Africa's impoverished rural areas and city slums. According to the institute for the study of American religion, which researches cults and sects, there are now more than 5,000 indigenous churches in Africa, some with. apocalyptic or revolutionary leanings. One such group is the Jerusalem Church of Christ in Nairobi's Kawangwara slums, led by Mary Snaida-Akatsa, or "mommy" as she is known to her thousands of followers. She prophesies about the end of the world and accuses some members of being witches. One day the brought a "special visitor" to church, an Indian Sikh man she claimed was Jesus, and told her followers to "repent or pay the consequences."
Most experts say Africa's hardships push people to seek hope in religious cults. "These groups thrive because of poverty," says Charles Onyango Obbo, editor of the Monitor, an independent newspaper in Uganda, and a close observer of cults. "People have no support, and they're susceptible to anyone who is able to tap into their insecurity." Additionally, they say, AIDS, which has ravaged East Africa, may also breed a fatalism that helps apocalyptic notions take root.
Some Africans turn to cults after rejecting mainstream Christian churches as "Western" or "non-African." Agnes Masitsa, 30, who used to attend a Catholic church before she joined the Jerusalem Church of Christ, says of Catholicism: "It's dull."
Catholic icons. Yet, the Ugandan doomsday cult, like many of the sects, drew on features of Roman Catholicism, a strong force in the region. Catholic icons were prominent in its buildings, and some of its leaders were defrocked priests, such as Dominic Kataribabo, 32, who reportedly studied theology in the Los Angeles area in the mid-1980s. He had told neighbors he was digging a pit in his house to install a refrigerator; police have now recovered 81 bodies from under the floor and 74 from a field nearby. Police are unsure whether Kataribabo died in the church fire.
Still, there is the question: how could so many killings have been carried out without drawing attention？ Villagers were aware of Kibwetere's sect, whose followers communicated mainly through sign language and apparently were apprehensive about violating any of the cult's commandments. There were suspicions. Ugandan president Yoweri Mseveni told the BBC that intelligence reports about the dangerous nature of the group had been suppressed by some government officials. On Thursday, pol
A．Many of them were killed for asking for the return of their possessions.
B．They found the cult's leaders had Cheated them.
C．They lost faith in cults.
D．They are willing to die.
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听力原文： Seven members of an extreme right-wing terrorist group involved in a plot send letter bombs to addresses in London were arrested following a series of raids by armed police in Denmark. A Danish police officer was shot and wounded during one of the raids. The targets in London are understood to have been two right-wing activities and a journalist. Three letter bombs, disguised as videotapes, believed to have been made in Denmark, were also intercepted in Sweden. Six men and a women, all aged between 20 an 22, were arrested.
To whom were the letter bombs intended to send？
A．The Danish Police.
B．Six Swedish people.
C．A Danish woman.
D．Three right-wingers.
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to lodge a claim 英译汉
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Absolute priority of claims in a bankruptcy might be violated because:
A、Of the pari passu principle.
B、Creditors negotiate a different outcome.
C、Available funds must be distributed equally among creditors.
