[单项选择]The river is already ______ its banks because of excessive rainfall, and the city is threatened with a likely flood.


A. parallel to
B. level in
C. flat on
D. flush with

[单项选择]The Mobile River and its tributaries, which flow south to the Gulf of Mexico, form most important river system in Alabama.

[单项选择]The possible reason for commercial banks to hold excess reserves is ______. (a)they have attracted too many deposits. (b)they could not find enough suitable borrowers. (c)they have borrowed too much from the central bank. (d)All of the above.

[单项选择]Which river is the longest river in the V. K. that rises in the mountains of Wales


A. The Thames River.
B. The Severn River.
C. The Clyde River.
D. The Mersey River.

[单项选择]CREEK: RIVER ::


A. avalanche: landslide
B. tunnel: capillary
C. blizzard: gale
D. hill: mountain
E. (E) copse: stand

[单项选择]Why are the transactions in many banks claimed to be safe


A. Because they are handled by computers.
B. Because humans are not allowed to operate computers.
C. Because there are no mistakes what so ever.
D. Because computers do not steal money.

[填空题]Banks are closely concerned about the flow of money in to and out of the (1) ______
economy. They often cooperate with governments by efforts to stabilize economies (2) ______
and to prevent inflation. They are specialists in the business of providing
capital. Banks originated as places in which people took their valuables for safe- (3) ______
keeping, but today the great banks of the world have many functions in
addition to acting as guardians of valuable private possession.
Banks normally receive money from their customers in two distinctive (4) ______
forms: on current account, and on deposit account. With a current account, a
customer can issue personal cheques. No interest is paid by the bank on this
type of account. With a deposit account, therefore, the customer undertakes (5) ______
to leave his money in the bank for a minimum specific period of time. Interest (6) ______
is paid on this money.
The bank in ret

[单项选择]The two banks have announced plans to merge next year.
A. combine
B. sell
C. close
D. break

[简答题] By the mid-1990s, banks and investment organizations had realized that academics skilled in mathematical modelling could help them to devise winning strategies with which to play the world’’s financial markets. George Sugihara, who had built a formidable reputation among ecologists by analyzing the population dynamics of fish and plankton (浮游生物), was a prize catch. Deutsche Bank wanted him to apply those talents to its "black-box project", a secret endeavour designed to predict the prices of various financial instruments. Sugihara struck a hard bargain. In addition to providing an ample salary, Deutsche Bank agreed to let him stay in San Diego — where the Frankfurt-based firm provided a large luxurious office overlooking the harbour. There, it gave him all the resources he needed to devise models to interpret price trends from masses of financial data. In 1995, when Sugihara took leave of absence from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), his colleagues thought