听力原文:Commercial banks are mainly to provide short-term loans for the capital market with the acquired deposits and the funds from other channels.
(2)
A.Commercial banks mainly provide short-term loans for the capital market.
B.The capital market mainly depends on the acquired deposits and the funds from other channels.
C.Short-term loans are mainly from the acquired deposits and the funds from other channels.
D.Commercial banks mainly depend on the capital market for deposits and the funds.
第1题:
An industrial corporate can meet its financial needs by seeking funds from the capital market.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
第2题:
What can we infer from the passage?
A.The Basle Committee's core principles require the minimum capital adequacy requirements.
B.The Basle Committee encourages banks to operate with capital of the minimum.
C.The Basle Committee helps bank supervisors to reduce the risk of loss.
D.The Basle Committee ensures banks to pursue the stability of the banking industry.
第3题:
听力原文:Banks make money in the foreign exchange dealings not on profit margin but on volume.
(8)
A.Banks make money in foreign exchange business because of profit margin.
B.Banks make money from the price spread in the foreign exchange market.
C.Banks make money in foreign exchange business on profit as well as on volume.
D.Banks make money in foreign exchange business because of the great volume.
第4题:
听力原文:M: It is reported that in some countries banks are not allowed to make investments in equity securities.
W: Generally commercial banks may invest only in those securities that are rated as "investment grade", or have bond ratings in the top four categories.
Q: Where are banks only allowed to make investments?
(15)
A.In equity securities.
B.In personal funds.
C.In securities rated as investment grade.
D.In property markets.
第5题:
What do large banks allow individual banks to do?
A.To sell credit cards to consumers.
B.To join their credit card network.
C.To provide other banking services.
D.To specialize in federal funds.
第6题:
听力原文:Banks are crucial to a country's economy, they serve as the center point of the exchange of money throughout the economy.
(10)
A.Cash is crucial to a country's economy.
B.Money is crucial to a country's economy.
C.Capital is crucial to a country's economy.
D.Banks are crucial to a country's economy.
第7题:
听力原文:M: What is a cheque card?
W: It was originally issued in UK. British banks started to issue cheque cards in 1965, and as from 1969 all the main commercial banks in Britain agreed to issue a standardized form. of cheque card.
Q: What happened to British banks in 1969?
(17)
A.All the main commercial banks in Britain agreed to issue a standardized form. of cheque card.
B.British banks started to issue credit cards.
C.Customers of British banks may cash their cheques in European countries.
D.Commercial banks in the United States began to issue cheque card.
第8题:
According to the passage, companies can have different classes of stock mainly because the company wants ______.
A.to keep the financial costs at a certain level
B.to still have the control over the company
C.to keep the stock price from dropping
D.to attract more capital from the public
第9题:
A correspondent bank may supply the following services to other commercial banks:A.keeping accounts,B.assisting in the sale or purchase of assets,C.providing information about capital markets
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
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第12题:
outputs
manufactures
production
produce
第13题:
What's the subject of the passage?
A.Capital
B.Restrictions on banks' operations
C.Supervision
D.Capital adequacy
第14题:
Which of the following is implied in the passage?
A.A very important purpose of bank-supervision is to provide adequate capital for their operation.
B.A very important purpose of bank-supervision is to ensure banks to operate with adequate capital.
C.A very important purpose of bank-supervision is to put additional restrictions on the banks' operations.
D.A very important purpose of bank-supervision is to concentrate on risks.
第15题:
听力原文:M: CDs can be traded in the money market at any time. They are more flexible than fixed-term deposits.
W: That's right. So banks usually offer slightly lower interest rates on them.
Q: Which of the following has a higher rate?
(13)
A.CDs.
B.Demand deposits.
C.Fixed-term deposits.
D.Building societies deposits.
第16题:
听力原文: Some banks offer other types of loans repayable by monthly installments, such as business development loans, house improvement loans, and farm development loans. These may be either secured or unsecured. Secured loans attract a slightly lower rate of interest than unsecured loans. Some banks offer revolving credit schemes. These normally involve loans repayable by regular monthly installments, but they differ from other loans repayable by installments in two respects. First, the borrower need not take up the full amount of the loan at the outset. Secondly, as his repayments reduce his indebtedness, he can "top up" his loan by borrowing more, provided that the total debt outstanding does not exceed his agreed credit limit. In 1967 some banks introduced a new form. of account called a "budget account". The object is to allow personal customers to spread the incidence of normal personal and household expenditure.
24. Which of the following loans is not repaid by installments?
25.Which of the following loans would attract a lower rate of interest?
26.How does a borrower "top up" his loan?
27.What is the objective of introduction of the budget account?
(24)
A.Business development loans.
B.House improvement loans.
C.Farm development loans.
D.Overdrafts.
第17题:
What will happen if there is one commercial bank and no thrifts in a small town?
A.The residents will deposit their money with the bank.
B.The local bank will provide business loans to the commercial bank.
C.Some large banks will transport money by check to the bank.
D.People in the area will not deposit money with the bank.
第18题:
听力原文:M: Most banks tend to decline loan proposals which are highly speculative.
W: I think because the banks expect the loan to generate sufficient profit and positive cash-flow for themselves and for the clients.
Q: What will the banks usually do to the highly speculative loan proposals?
(15)
A.The banks will disapprove them.
B.The banks will approve them.
C.The Bank will benefit from the loans.
D.The bank will make profit from lending.
第19题:
The main liability on a bank balance sheet is ______.
A.deposits
B.capital and reserves
C.loans and overdrafts
D.cash
第20题:
短文理解
听力原文: The banking system of China evolved from a mono-banking system between the 1940s and the early 1970s. Not until 1978 did China's banking system make a drastic shift in its banking philosophy and structure. The shift is not only a necessity for the country's development, but also acts as a gesture showing the "openness" of the country to the outside world.
Today, after nearly forty years of rapid development, China is moving towards a modem and market-oriented banking structure although there is still much to be improved to meet the needs of the country's development.
In the mid 1990s, banks in China began to focus their attention on capital adequacy requirements, non-performing and bad loans, profitability and also the industry's overall expansion strategy. Reforms of monetary and financial system in China are speeding up in the 90s. Existing specialized banks gradually have become commercial banks.
21. What kind of banking system did China have before the 1980s?
22.Up to now, how long has China experienced rapid development?
23.What are the banks in China focusing their attention on?
(21)
A.The same system as in the western countries.
B.A mono-banking system.
C.A modern banking system.
D.A commercial banking system.
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第23题:
how to buy or sell shares
ABC of stock markets
the stock market is like gambling
investing money in the stock market is not the safest way