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Bank Mortgage Rates Will Fall
Several of Canada’s largest banks  (141)  to decrease their mortgage rates. Royal Bank revealed its plan to cut key mortgage rates by a tenth of a percentage point across the board, while TD Canada Trust will decrease its rates by the same  (142)  except for its 10-year rate. The Bank of Montreal will also lower its fixed-rate mortgages on four-year terms and longer by a tenth of a percentage point.
And lastly, Vancouver Trust has also jumped on the wagon by announcing that it is planning to  (143)  its rates, but the exact numbers are still unknown. However, insiders are predicting that the reduction rates will be similar to those of other banks.

141（）
A. decide
B. deciding
C. was decided
D. have decided

[单项选择]

Bank Mortgage Rates Will Fall
Several of Canada’s largest banks (41) to decrease their mortgage rates. Royal Bank revealed its plan to cut key mortgage rates by a tenth of a percentage point across the board, while TD Canada Trust will decrease its rates by the same (42) except for its 1O-year rate. The Bank of Montreal will also lower its fixed-rate mortgages on four-year terms and longer by a tenth of a percentage point. And lastly, Vancouver Trust has also jumped on the wagon by announcing that it is planning to (43) its rates, but the exact numbers are still unknown. However, insiders are predicting that the reduction rates will be similar to those of other banks.

41（）。
A. decide
B. deciding
C. was decided
D. have decided

[单项选择]The lower interest rates fall, ______ for larger items such as cars and houses.
A. more consumers shop
B. there are more consumer shopping
C. the more consumers shop
D. consumers shop more

[填空题]There are several (fall)______ leaves on the ground.

[填空题]The bank became suspicious after several large (withdraw) ______ were made from his account in a single week.

[单项选择]A. Bank’s current base rates are higher than those on small deposits.
B. Bank’s current base rates are lower than those on small deposits.
C. Bank’s current base rates are not floating rates.
D. Bank’s current base rates are usually floating rates.

[简答题]

establishing bank

[简答题]rates of inflation

[简答题]As a bank customer, any suggestion to improve bank service

[填空题]
The World Bank is one of the largest suppliers of development assistance. Its main goal is to improve living conditions for poor people throughout the world. Last year, it provided more than seventeen-thousand-million dollars in loans to developing countries to help end poverty. The money went to efforts like debt reduction for some of the poorest countries in the world. That program was designed to increase debt assistance and provide it faster than in the past. As a result, twenty-three countries received debt assistance last year as compared to seven countries the year before.
The World Bank does more than just (1) loans, however. It believes that continued poverty reduction comes (2) investing in the people of a country—especially through education and health (3) . World Bank President James Wolfensohn announced one such program (4) this year at the organization’s yearly s