单选题 Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
单选题 According to the news item, the change may be
  • A. radical.
  • B. practical.
  • C. useful.
  • D. criticized.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 9-10 The day after Britain announced measures to curb banks bonuses payments, one of the largest investment groups in the US, Goldman Sachs, says its top executives will not receive any cash rewards this year. Instead, all bonuses will be in the form of shares. The Goldman Sachs' move is in line with many governments for bonuses to be paid in a way that reduces the incentive to take risks. Goldman's top executives will get theirs in shares which they wouldn't be able to sell for five years. (9)But the change may not be that radical and practical because Goldman executives already have shares as a large part of their pay and tend not to sell them quickly. (10) {{U}}In addition, the statement says only how they will be paid not how much.{{/U}} (9) {{U}}If it turns out to be an amount that looks generous to the public, they still face criticism.{{/U}}
单选题 The statement mentions the following EXCEPT
  • A. the amount of the shares.
  • B. how executives will be paid.
  • C. the shortest time period to hold the shares.
  • D. the new form of the bonuses.
【正确答案】 A
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