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Text 4 America’s central bank sent a clear message this week. For the second consecutive meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-making committee, left short-term interest rates unchanged at 1.75%. But it said that the risks facing the economy had shifted from economic weakness to a balance between weakness and excessive growth. This shift surprised no one. But it has convinced many people that interest rates are set to rise again--and soon. Judging by prices in futures markets, investors are betting that short-term interest rates could start rising as early as May, and will be 1.25 percentage points higher by the end of the year. That may be excessive. Economists at Goldman Sachs, who long argued that the central bank would do nothing this year, now expect short-term rates to go up only 0.75% this year, starting in June. But virtually everyone reckons some Fed tightening is in the future. The reason After an unprecedented 11 rate-
A. everybody saw consumer prices rise again.
B. signs of robust economic recovery multiplied.
C. investors reaped rewards in futures markets.
D. it wanted to stay away from risks involved.

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AMERICA’S central bank sent a clear message this week. For the second consecutive meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-making commit tee, left short-term interest rates unchanged at 1.75%. But it said that the risks facing the economy had shifted from economic weakness to a balance between weakness and excessive growth. This shift surprised no one. But it has convinced many people that interest rates are set to rise again -- and soon.
Judging by prices in futures markets, investors are betting that short-term interest rates could start rising as early as May, and will be 1.25 percentage points higher by the end of the year. That may be excessive. Economists at Goldman Sachs, who long argued that the central bank would do nothing this year, now expect short-term rates to go up only 0.75% this year, starting in June. But virtually everyone reckons some Fed tightening is in the future.
The reason Afte
A. refute the notion that short-term rates will go up dramatically.
B. justify the optimism of Wall Streeters towards economic recoveries.
C. elaborate on the uncertainties of Fed's policy-making strategies.
D. illustrate the balance between weakness and excessive growth.

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Text 4 America’s central bank sent a clear message this week. For the second consecutive meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-making committee, left short-term interest rates unchanged at 1.75%. But it said that the risks facing the economy had shifted from economic weakness to a balance between weakness and excessive growth. This shift surprised no one. But it has convinced many people that interest rates are set to rise again--and soon. Judging by prices in futures markets, investors are betting that short-term interest rates could start rising as early as May, and will be 1.25 percentage points higher by the end of the year. That may be excessive. Economists at Goldman Sachs, who long argued that the central bank would do nothing this year, now expect short-term rates to go up only 0.75% this year, starting in June. But virtually everyone reckons some Fed tightening is in the future. The reason After an unprecedented 11 rate-
A. reserved consent.
B. strong disapproval.
C. enthusiastic support.
D. slight contempt.

[单项选择]Japan's central bank is concerned about the weakness of Japanese stock prices because


A. they are the lowest in nineteen years.
B. they are lower than that of nine years ago.
C. they have been lowed for ninety years.
D. they are the lowest ever in ninety years.

[单项选择]Rajiv Moulin, an economist at the Central Bank of New Delhi , was asked to calculate a consumer price index (CPI). He was provided the data below for a basket of goods for a recent one-year period:（）
A. 131.07
B. 125.33
C. 2.3

[单项选择]What is the result of the Japanese central bank' s having interest rates at or near zero


A. The economy has grew very fast.
B. The economy has grew a little, but slowly.
C. The economy was in recession.
D. The economy still failed to grow.

[单项选择]Millions of dollars in the central bank is said ______during the black-out yesterday afternoon.
A. to steal
B. to have stolen
C. having been stolen
D. to have been stolen

[单项选择]Millions of dollars in the central bank is said（）during the black-out yesterday afternoon.
A. to steal
B. to have stolen
C. having been stolen
D. to have been stolen

[单项选择]It becomes clear from the text that the driving force (动力)behind green products is ________.
A. public caring for the environment
B. companies desire for bigger sales
C. new ways of doing business
D. rapid growth of supermarkets

[单项选择]The central idea conveyed in the above text is that
A. home training is more important than school training because a child spends so many hours with his parents.
B. teachers can and should help parents to understand and further the objectives of the school.
C. there are many ways in which the mathematics program can be implemented at home.
D. parents have a responsibility to help students in doing homework.