______ economy in some European countries worsening, many more workers had to be laid off.
A.With | B.By | C.For | D.Beyond |
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The financial crisis has put the world economy in a difficult _________.
A. occasion B. condition C. evaluation D. situation
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The Growing Credit Crisis Forces Many Companies to Seek Government Help
On September fifteenth, Lehman Brothers, a one hundred fifty-eight year-old investment bank, sought legal protection from its creditors. It had failed to find a buyer after months of searching. With over six hundred billion dollars in debt, Lehman’s failure was the largest bankruptcv in United States history At the same time,the nation’s biggest insurance company,American International Group, had gotten into trouble selling credit default swaps These are contracts Similar to insurance that protect the holder against credit risk.
Credit rating agencies downgraded A.I.G because of concerns it could not honor its contracts. Unable to get new loans, A.I.G asked for government help The Federal Reserve agreed to loan A .I.G. eighty-five billion dollars in return for eighty percent of the company but it was not enough. By November, the government had extended a total of about one hundred fiftv billion doliars in aid to A .I.G—the most to any single company during the crisis.
As banks refused to lend, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed a plan to loosen credit markets by buylng risky assets. Congress approved the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of Two. Thousand eight on October third The bill provided seven hundred billion dollars to buy hard to-value securltles from banks. But within weeks, the government changed plans. The Treasury moved to invest two handred fifty billion dollars directly in banks to help them lend money again.
Lack of credit not only hurt banks but manufacturers, too. Falling car sales threatened America’s carmakers The big three automakers—General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—told Congress that they needed loans or they faced bankmptcy. In December, President Bush offered G.M and Chrysler over seventeen billion dollars in loans.
As the year ended, the Federal Reserve tried to support economic growth by lowering its main interest rate to nearly zero for the first time. But there was one more bad surprise New York money manager Bernard Madoff admitted he had cheated investors out of fifty billion dollars. The news only added to the sense that two thousand eight was the worst economic year since the nineteen thirties.
Which of the following is NOT the problem in the passage Lehman Brothers was faced with?
A. lt is an Investment bank with more than one and a half centuries history.
B. It didn’t find a buyer after months of searching.
C. It has over six hundred billion dollars in debt.
D. Its failure was the largest bankruptcy in United States history.
The reason why A.I.G turned to the U.S government for help was that .
A. A.I.G would give eighty percent of the company in return for the loan
B. A.I.G couldn’t get new loans from credit rating agencies
C. the government extended a total of about one hundred fifty billion dollars in aid to A.I.G
D. the Federal Reserve agreed to loan A.I G eighty-five billion dollars
According to the passage, which of the following is probably NOT suffering from the lack of_______ .
A. Banks. B. Manufacturers C. Carmakers D. Barbers
The last sentence of this passage indicates that the author’s attitude towards the U.S economy in 2008 is
A.pessimistic B. optimistic C. objective D.subjective
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The income gap between China's rural and urban residents(居民) has continued to widen during the past few years in spite of rapidly rising rural incomes, Agricultural Minister Sun Zhengcai said here on Wednesday.
The income ratio(比率) between urban and rural residents was 3.28:1 in 2006, against 3.23:1 in 2003, said Sun in his report on the promotion of building a new countryside in 2007. Sun also said the net income of rural residents in different regions also varied widely. The income gap is only one of several problems in rural areas, according to Sun's report. While listing the achievements in rural areas in recent years, Sun believed that rural development still followed behind urban development.
"We have bigger pressure to ensure the supply of major agricultural products such as grain," he said. "China's urbanization(都市化) has been speeded up and more rural residents have gone to urban areas," he said.
"In this case, more agricultural producers become farm produce consumers, which created more pressure for supply," he said.
Another problem facing China's agricultural development is inadequate application of science and technology.
"Only 30 percent of scientific and technological achievements have been applied to agricultural production, which is 40 percentage points lower than developed countries," he said.
Despite increased government spending in rural areas, the infrastructure(基础下部组织) is still poor and easily hit by disasters.
According to Sun, the government spent 431.8 billion yuan ($59.15 billion) on agriculture, rural areas and farmers this year, an increase of 80.1 billion yuan over the previous year.
China set aside 11.38 billion yuan to promote a new rural cooperative medical care system and 27.98 billion yuan to support the new compulsory education mechanism in rural area to ensure that all citizens shared the fruits of China's reform and opening-up, Sun said.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A.Because of the rapidly rising rural incomes, the income gap between China's rural and urban residents will disappear this year. |
B.The net income of rural residents in different regions is the same. |
C.The government has taken measures to develop the economy in the rural areas. |
D.Because of the rapidly rising rural incomes, the supply of major agricultural products is enough. |
2.Can you infer the meaning of the underlined words in paragraph 5?
A.be made full use of |
B.be made little use of |
C.be not made full use of |
D.be made good use of |
3.How much is spent on agriculture, rural areas and farmers the previous year?
A.431.8 billion yuan |
B.511.9 billion yuan |
C.351.7 billion yuan |
D.80.1 billion yuan |
4.Which is NOT the problem in rural areas?
A.The income gap |
B.The inadequate application of science and technology |
C.The supply of major agricultural products |
D.China's urbanization |
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The financial crisis has put the world economy in a difficult _________.
A.occasion |
B.condition |
C.evaluation |
D.situation |
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