The simplest way to pay regular【4】______,such as electricity, gas or telephone, 【5】______whenyou are not in residence, is by direct debit(a sum withdrawn from anaccount)from your French account.
To【6】______a current account, you will need to【7】______your passport and birth【8】______andto provide your address in the United Kingdom. You will be issued with a chequebook within weeks of opening the account. In France it is illegal to beoverdrawn. All accounts must be operated【9】______credit.However, there are no【10】______charges.
Note that cheques【11】______longer to clear in France than inBritain, and can only be stopped【12】______stolenor lost.
The easiest way to【13】______money from a British bank accountto a French【14】______is by bank transfer. You simply provide your British bankwith the name, address and【15】______of your French bank account. Theprocedure takes about a week and【16】______between£ 5 and £ 40 for each transaction, 【17】______onyour British bank.
【18】______, you can transfer money【19】______aFrench bank in London. You can also send a sterling cheque(allow at least 12days for the cheque to be cleared), Eurocheques or traveller&39; s【20】______.
Finally, it is a good idea to make a friend of your French bankmanager. His help can prove invaluable.
第1题
Farmers should not be blamed for the rise because______.
A.they produce the vegetables and other things
B.they get only a small share in the profit
C.they work very hard
D.their cost of living has also risen
第2题
According to the economists, who is actually responsible for the jump in food prices?
A.Farmers.
B.Housewives.
C.Middlemen.
D.The owners of stores.
第3题
in the passage include all the following except______.
A.to allow districts that have an overabundance of pending cases to borrow judges from other districts
B.to establish small-claims courts
C.to request plaintiffs to waive the right to jury trial and the right to appeal the decision
D.to use pretrial conferences
第4题
l system in the United States. Costs are staggering both for the taxpayers and the litigants and, the litigants, or parties, have to wait sometimes many years before having their day in court. Many suggestions have been made concerning methods of ameliorating the situation but, as in most branches of government, changes come slowly.
One suggestion that has been made in order to maximize the efficiency of the systems is to allow districts that have an overabundance of pending cases to borrow judges from other districts that do not have such a backlog. Another suggestion is to use pretrial conferences, in which the judge meets in his chambers with the litigants and their attorneys in order to narrow the issues, limit the witnesses, and provide for a more orderly trial. The theory behind pretrial conferences is that judges will spend less time on each case and parties will more readily settle before trial when they realize the adequacy of their claims and their opponents' evidence. Unfortunately, at least one study had shown that pretrial conferences actually use more judicial time than they save, rarely result in pretrial settlements, and actually result in higher damage settlements.
Many states have now established another method, small-claims courts, in which cases over small sums of money can be disposed of with considerable dispatch. Such proceedings cost the litigants almost nothing. In California, for example, the parties must appear before the judge without the assistance of counsel. The proceedings are quite informal and there is no pleading—the litigants need to make only a one-sentence statement of their claim. By going to this type of courts, the plaintiff waives any right to jury trial and the right to appeal the decision.
In coming years, we can expect to see more and more innovations in the continuing effort to remedy a situation which must be remedied if the citizens who have valid claims are going to be able to have their day in court.
The word "litigants" in Paragraph 1 refers to______.
A.judges
B.attorneys
C.persons concerned in a lawsuit
D.government officials
第7题
is now the largest industrial city in the country?__________
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