A、call in loans
B、borrow from the central bank
C、sell securities
D、borrow from other banks
A、call in loans
B、borrow from the central bank
C、sell securities
D、borrow from other banks
Lowering the discount rate has the effect of______.
A.changing required into excess reserves
B.changing excess into required reserves
C.making it less expensive for commercial banks to borrow from the central banks
D.forcing commercial banks to call in outstanding loans
In science, English【C3】______ German after World War Ⅱ With this technical and scientific dominance【C4】 ______ the beginning of overall dominance by the language,【C5】______ in Europe and then globally.
Today, the information【C6】______ has replaced the industrial age and has【C7】______ time and distance. This is transforming world economies from industrial production to information-based goods and services.【C8】______ geography and borders, the information revolution is reflecting our world. In less than twenty years, information processing,【C9】______ limited to the printed work, has given way to computers and the Internet. Computer-aided communication is closing the gap between spoken and written English. It encourages more【C10】______ conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style.
English.【C11】______ many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic grammar. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary,【C12】______ about 80~ is foreign. It has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew and Arabic, Hindi Urdu and Bengali, Malay and Chinese,【C13】______ from languages from West Africa and Polynesia. This language characteristic makes it unique【C14】______ history. Finally,【C15】______ English language central authority guards the standards of the language; therefore, many【C16】______ have developed: American, British, Canadian, Indian, and Australian,【C17】______ a few. There is no standard pronunciation. But within this diversity is a【C18】______ of grammar and one set of core vocabulary.【C19】______ , each country that speaks the language can introduce【C20】______ of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
【C1】
A.as
B.like
C.as if
D.of
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: Right, everybody. Welcome to Central College library services. My name's Kathy Jenkins. I'll give you a brief introduction to the library. We have a well-stocked bank of resources which are in three main locations: the library itself, with books and periodicals; the self-access language center, with audio and video material; and the micro-computer lab. I'll start with the micro-computer lab, or micro-lab as we call it. It is fitted with 24 personal computers.
If you are a member of the library, you may borrow CALL discs in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian as well as English. By the way, CALL stands for computer aided language learning: C A double L, "CALL", for short. You may also borrow a range of word processing and, desktop publishing packages. All disks are, of course, strictly for use in the micro-lab only. If you wish to print anything you should use one of the five machines around the outside of the room. Four are connected to dot matrix printers, one is connected to the laser printer. If you want a top quality printout from the laser printer, come and see myself or any of the library staff. Dot-matrix printouts are free but there is a charge for using the laser printer.
Which of the following are NOT resources in the library?
A.Books and periodicals.
B.Newspapers.
C.Audio and video materials.
D.24 personal computers.
In science, English【C3】______ German after World War II. With this technical and scientific dominance 【C4】______ the beginning of overall dominance by the language, 【C5】______ in Europe and then globally.
Today, the information 【C6】______ has replaced the industrial age and has 【C7】______ time and distance. This is transforming world economies from industrial production to information-based goods and services. 【C8】 ______ geography and borders, the information revolution is reflecting our world. In less than twenty years, information processing, 【C9】______ limited to the printed work, has given way to computers and the Internet. Computer-aided communication is closing the gap between spoken and written English. It encourages more 【C10】______ conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style.
English, 【C11】______ many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic grammar. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary, 【C12】______ about 80% is foreign. It has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew and Arabic, Hindi Urdu and Bengali, Malay and Chinese, 【C13】______ from languages from West Africa and Polynesia. This language characteristic makes it unique 【C14】______ history. Finally, 【C15】______ English language central authority guards the standards of the language: therefore, many 【C16】______ have developed: American, British, Canadian, Indian, and Australian, 【C17】______ a few. There is no standard pronunciation. But within this diversity is a 【C18】______ of grammar and one set of core vocabulary. 【C19】______ . each country that speaks the language can introduce 【C20】______ of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
【C1】
A.as
B.like
C.as if
D.of
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Right, everybody. Welcome to Central College library services. My name's Kathy Jenkins. I'll give you a brief introduction to the library. We have a well stocked bank of resources which are in three main locations: the library itself, with books and periodicals; the serf access language center, with audio and video material; and the micro-computer lab. I'll start with the microcomputer lab, or micro lab as we call it. It is fitted with 24 personal computers.
If you are a member of the library, you may borrow CALL discs in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian as well as English. By the way, CALL stands for computer aided language learning: C A double L, "CALL", for short. You may also borrow a range of word processing and desktop publishing packages. All disks arc, of course, strictly for use in the micro-lab only. If you wish to print anything you should use one of the five machines around the outside of the room. If you want a top quality printout from the laser printer, come and see myself or any of the library staff. There is a charge for using the laser printer.
There is always a queue to get to the terminals toward the end of term. Come in and get to know how to use the computers early in the term and use them regularly, rather than just before exams and essay deadlines, in order to avoid delay or disappointment, Training sessions are held on a regular basis, on the first and third Thursday of each month, and are free to full time students of the college.
(27)
A.Computer classes.
B.Training sessions.
C.Laser printing.
D.Package borrowing.
Part B
Directions: You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE.
听力原文: Right,everybody.Welcome to Central College library services.My name's Kathy Jenkins.I'll give you a brief introduction to the library.We have a well-stocked bank of resources which are located in three main places:the library itself,with books and periodicals;the self-access language centre,with audio and video material;and the micro-computer lab.I'll start with the micro-computer lab,or micro-lab as we call it.It is fitted with 24 personal computers.
If you are a member of the library,you may borrow CALL discs in French,German,Italian,Spanish and Russian as well as English.By the way,CALL stands for computer aided language learning:C-A-double L.“CALL”.for short.You may also borrow a range of word processing and desktop publishing packages.All disks are,of course,strictly for use in the micro-lab only.If you wish to print anything you should use one of the five machines around the outside of the room.Four are connected to dot matrix printers,one is connected to the laser printer.If you want a better quality printout from the laser printer,come and see me or any of the library staff.Dot-matrix printouts are free but there is a charge for using the laser printer.
There is always a queue to get to the terminals towards the end of term.Come in and get to know how to use the computers early in the term and use them regularly,rather than just before exams and essay deadlines,in order to avoid delay or disappointment.Training sessions are held on a regular basis.on the first and third Thursday of each month,and are free to full-time students of the college.See you there.Now,any questions?
What does the speaker suggest that the students should do during the term?
A.Consult with her frequently.
B.Use the computer regularly.
C.Occupy the computer early.
D.Walt for one's turn patiently.
So why is its price soaring? Over the pest week, this has topped $ 450 a troy ounce, up by 9% since the beginning of the year and 77% since April 2001. Ah, comes the reply, gold transactions are denominated in dollars, and the rise in the price simply reflects the dollar’s fall in terms of other currencies, especially the euro, against which it hit a new low this week. Expressed in euros, the gold price has moved much less. How- ever, there is no iron link, us it were, between the value of the dollar and the value of gold. A rising price of gold, like that of anything else, can reflect an increase in demand as well as a depreciation of its unit of account.
This is where gold bulls come in. The fall in the dollar is important, but mainly because as a store of value the dollar stinks. With a few longish rallies, the greenback has been on a downward trend since it came off the gold standard in 1971. Now it is suffering one of its sharper declines. At the margin, extra demand has come from those who think dollars--indeed any money backed by nothing more than promises to keep inflation low--a decidedly risky investment, mainly because America, with the world's reserve currency, has been able to create and borrow so many of them. The least painful way of repaying those dollars is to make them worth less.
The striking exception to this extra demand comes from central banks, which would like to sell some of the gold they already have. As a legacy of the days when their currencies were backed by the metal, central banks still hold one-fifth of the world's gold. Last month the Bank of France said it would sell 500 tonnes in coming years. But big sales by central banks can cause the price to plunge--as when the Bank of England sold 395 tonnes between 1999 and 2002. The result was an agreement between central banks to co-ordinate and limit future sales.
If the price of gold marches higher, this agreement will presumably be ripped up, although a dollar crisis might make central banks think twice about switching into paper money. Will the overhang of central-bank gold drag the price down again? Not necessarily. As James Grant, gold bug and publisher of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a newsletter, points out, in recent years the huge glut of government debt has not stopped a sharp rise in its price.
In economists' eyes, gold is something ______.
A.they look down upon
B.that can be exchanged in the market
C.worth people's reverence
D.that should be replaced by other forms of money
From the information given we understand that students ______.
A.may only borrow books from their local library
B.must have special tickets to borrow books from another library
C.may lend their tickets to students in other libraries
D.may use their tickets to borrow books from other libraries
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