问题 单项选择题

为购买原材料,甲公司向乙银行申请3个月的流动资金贷款35万元。经乙银行审查同意,由甲公司的常年客户丙公司作保证人,为甲公司的贷款本金提供连带责任担保。丙公司同时要求甲公司提供反担保。2007年6月1日,甲公司与乙银行签订借款合同,乙银行当即按合同规定向甲公司发放了贷款。2007年8月20日,甲公司向乙银行申请延期两个月偿还贷款,乙银行表示同意,但甲公司和乙银行都未将此事告知丙公司。延期期限届满后,甲公司因经营不善而无法偿还乙银行贷款,乙银行遂向人民法院起诉要求丙公司承担保证责任。

本案保证合同的诉讼时效开始计算的时间是( )。

A.2007年8月20日

B.借款合同履行期限届满之日

C.乙银行要求丙公司承担保证责任之日

D.乙银行得知甲公司无力偿还银行贷款之日

答案

参考答案:C

解析:
本题考查保证债务的诉讼时效问题。《最高人民法院关于适用<中华人民共和国担保法)若干问题的解释》第34条规定:“一般保证的债权人在保证期间届满前对债务人提起诉讼或者申请仲裁的,从判决或者仲裁裁决生效之日起,开始计算保证合同的诉讼时效。”“连带责任保证的债权人在保证期间届满前要求保证人承担保证责任的,从债权人要求保证人承担保证责任之日起,开始计算保证合同的诉讼时效。”据此可知,选项C正确。

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     On March 27, Saturday evening, people all over the world once again turned their lights off for an hour

to help fight against global climate changes and give the world a brighter future.

     For Earth Hour 2010, many best-known buildings went dark from 8:30 to 9: 30 local time, such as the

Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Sydney's Opera House and Beijing's Forbidden City, etc. Millions of businesses and

homes around the world also turned off their lights.

     Some 4, 000 cities in more than 120 countries volunteered to turn off Saturday to reduce energy

consumption (能量消耗). "We have everyone from Casablanca to the camps of Namibia and Tanzania taking

part," said Greg Bourne, CEO of WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in Australia, which started Earth Hour.

     Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. In 2008, the event turned into an international one, which

has drawn the participation of hundreds of towns and cities worldwide. Now in its fourth year, more and

more cities from the world took part in Earth Hour as a show of support for action against global warming.

     In a WWF survey after Earth Hour 2009, 80 million U.S. citizens said they had participated, according to

Ann. "Earth Hour has always been an event about families and individuals as well," Ann said, "and it's really

about Americans and people all over the world standing up and saying climate change is real and we need to

do something about it now."

     However, Earth Hour's energy-saving influence is limited. But WWF says that Earth Hour's real value is

symbolic (象征的).

1. Did people all over the world turn off the lights on March 27?

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2. What time did the best-known buildings go dark? 

    ________________________________________________________________

3. Where did Earth Hour start in 2007? 

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4. How many times have we had this event since 2007? 

    ________________________________________________________________

5. What is the passage mainly about? 

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