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Stock Market Crashes

A stock market crash is often defined as a sharp dip in (31) ... prices of equities listed on the stock exchanges. In parallel (32) ... various economic factors, a reason for stock market crashes is also (33) ... to panic and investing public’s loss of confidence. Often, stock market crashes end speculative economic bubbles.
There have been famous stock market crashes that have ended in the (34) ... of billions of dollars and wealth destruction on a massive scale. An increasing (35) ... of people are involved in the stock market, especially since the social security and retirement plans are (36) ... increasingly privatized and linked to stocks and bonds and other elements of the market. There have been a number of famous stock market crashes like the (37) ... Street Crash of 1929, the stock market crash of 19734, the Black Monday of 1987,

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A stock market crash is often defined as a sharp dip in (31) ... prices of equities listed on the stock exchanges. In parallel (32) ... various economic factors, a reason for stock market crashes is also (33) ... to panic and investing public’s loss of confidence. Often, stock market crashes end speculative economic bubbles.
There have been famous stock market crashes that have ended in the (34) ... of billions of dollars and wealth destruction on a massive scale. An increasing (35) ... of people are involved in the stock market, especially since the social security and retirement plans are (36) ... increasingly privatized and linked to stocks and bonds and other elements of the market. There have been a number of famous stock market crashes like the (37) ... Street Crash of 1929, the stock market crash of 19734, the Black Monday of 1987,

[单项选择]The （） of another sudden stock market crash keeps many middle-class citizens from investigating their money.
A. encounter
B. prospect
C. conclusion
D. refusal

[单项选择]After the stock-market crash of October 1929 it took over three years for America’s government to launch a series of dramatic efforts to end the Depression, starting with Roosevelt’s declaration of a four-day bank holiday in March 1933. In-between, America saw the worst economic collapse in its history. Thousands of banks failed, a damaging deflation set in, output declined by a third and unemployment rose to 25%. The Depression brought enormous damage across the globe, but most of all on America’s economy. As a result, the boundaries between government and markets were redrawn.
During the past month, little more than a year after the financial storm first struck in August 2007, America’s government made its most dramatic interventions in financial markets since the 1930s. At the time it was not even certain that the economy was in recession and unemployment stood at 6.1%. In two unstable weeks the Federal Reserve and the Treasury between them nationalized the country’s two mort
A. The country’s two mortgage giants were nationalized in two weeks.
B. The short-selling in over 900 financial stocks was banned forever.
C. Government deposit insurance was extended to $700 billion.
D. About $700 billion poisonous assets related to mortgage was confiscated.