[单项选择]Assume a stock index consists of many firms who have recently split their stock. Which of the following weighting schemes will see a bias due to the impact of stock splits（）
A. Unweighted price series.
B. Standard and Poor's 500 Index.
C. Price-weighted series.

[单项选择]What does the speaker suggest that students who have bad colds do


A. Take plenty of medicine.
B. Call up the doctor.
C. Come to the clinic.
D. Get proper exercise.

[单项选择]Entry to the seminar is restricted to those who have received a personal （） from the general manager.
A. bidding
B. appeal
C. invitation
D. honor

[单项选择]The nurse is preparing to discharge a child who has rheumatic fever. Which of the following medications is prescribed to prevent recurrence of rheumatic fever ？（）
A. Glucocorticoids.
B. Digoxin.
C. Antibiotics.
D. Anti-inflammatory medications.

[单项选择]Huge losses on the stock market did many investors ______.
A. in
B. for
C. without
D. with

[单项选择]In a value-weighted index firms with:（）
A. larger market caps have lesser impacts on the index.
B. greater market caps have greater impacts on the index.
C. higher stock prices have greater impacts on the index.

[单项选择]There are many who believe that the use of force ______ political ends can never be justified.


A. in search of
B. in pursuit of
C. in view of
D. in light of

[单项选择]On the maturity date, stock index futures contracts require delivery of:（　）
A. common stock. 
B. common stock plus accrued dividends. 
C. cash.

[单项选择]

Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (1) , the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (2) to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3) the ease may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4) being classified as "English".
Even in England there are many (5) in regional character and speech. The chief (6) is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7) going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8) there are local variations.
Further north regional speech is usually" (9) " than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10) to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11) . They are open-hearted and hospita
A. factor
B. virtue
C. privilege
D. division