A（）is a special type of parent company that exercises little operating control over the subsidiary，merely“holding”its stock as an investment.

Damages to the goods were caused by heavy snow（）transit.

Concerning the E.U.，which of the following statements is wrong？（）

Both joint ventures and wholly-owned facilities are（）.

We are willing to renew the agreement on the same terms（）last.

The headquarters of the WTO is（）.

Damage（）the goods was caused by heavy rain during transit.

We（）some brochures（）to illustrate the types of materials we manufacture.

The consignment certainly does not match the samples（）you sent us last month.

For all the remaining items the stated dates of shipment are（）,but in no case would these dates be exceeded by ten days.