Text I – items 31 to 37

Judge if each it em below presents a correct rewriting of the information contained in lines 6 to 12 of text

In the latest revelation on 26th January, Dick Thornburgh, the man nominated to examine the fall of World-Co m, delivered a report saying that, as well as a lot of other dishonest transactions of which the insolvent telecoms company is blameworthy, it also swindled the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) out of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes by means of a tax shelter dishonestly invented by KPMG, its auditor.

Text I – items 31 to 37

Judge if each it em below presents a correct rewriting of the information contained in lines 6 to 12 of text

In the last revelation on January 26th, Dick Thornburgh, the man accredited to look into the breach of World-Com, reported that, as wel l as a slew of other false dealings for which the undermined telecoms companies are to be criticised, it als o defrauded the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of heaps of dollars through a tax cover created by KPMG, its accountant.

Text I – items 31 to 37

Judge if each it em below presents a correct rewriting of the information contained in lines 6 to 12 of text

In the latest revelation, Dick Thornburgh, the man in charge of evaluating the failure of Wo rld-Com, issued hearsay evidence stating that, not only many other crooked dealings are to be attributed to broken telecoms company , but that it also deprived the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS) of great sums of dollars using a tax device invented by KPMG, its auditor.

Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.

The expression " fret that su ch cases are the tip of a large iceberg" (L.13-14) means that many other similar cases have been found.

Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.

The author's purpose is to show that governments around the world are scrabbling for scarce corporate taxes.

Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.

According to the graph, from 1970 to 2001, accumulated corporate income tax receipts in North American countries displayed better results than the European ones.

Text II – items 38 to 40

Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the following items.

Blanks numbered  and can be properly filled i n with picking up, burst and sluggishness respectively.

Text II – items 38 to 40

Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the following items.

From the text, it can be inferred that the global recovery is oddly joyless in big markets, newly confident in emerging ones.

Text II – items 38 to 40

Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the following items.

According to the economic forecasters, in 2004 South east Asia will grow faster than Russia, which will g row more than Africa and Latin Amer i ca. Venezuela will decrease 5 percent this y ear and Iraq will jump 60.9 percent from 2003 to 2004.

Text III – items 41 to 46

In relation to the text above, judge the following items.

In line 13, the word " replenish" is synonymous with fill up.