单选题 Monopoly is one off the peculiar (21) which can affect the sale and purchase of certain commodities. In some markets, there may be only one seller or a (22) of sellers working very closely together to control prices. The result of such monopolistic activity is to fix prices at a level (23) to the seller, a level which may bring him artificially high profits. Many governments dislike this procedure and have taken legal actions to (24) or halt such business activities. In the U. S. anti-trust laws operate to limit cartels and mergers, (25) in Britain the Monopolies Commission examines all special arrangements and mergers referred to them by the Board of Trade.
This type of monopoly is not the only (26) however. There are three other forms, state, legal and natural. State monopolies are quite common nowadays, where the (27) in a particular country control industries like steel and transport or important and prestigious revises like national airlines. Legal monopolies are rather different, because the law permits certain individuals to (28) solely from their special inventions, discoveries or processes. No other person may infringe their rights in respect to (29) monopolies.
Finally, natural monopoly (30) where a nation or individual possesses most of a particular mineral for reasons of geography and geology.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】points是“看法、论点、观点、要点”之意。views是“见解、态度、方式”之意。indicators是指，为信号、标记之意。只有C选项factors符合文中要求，为“因素、要素、系数”之意。即：影响某种商品购销的独特因素。故选C。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】“or halt such business activities”可以判断出，政府对此是持反对意见，也就是不支持的，要限制它，选项B为“限制、限定(数量、范围等)”之意。promote促进，提升； halt使……停止，阻止；impose强加；refrain节制，避免。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】结合前后文，此句是说一些特别的国家利用权利对某些行业进行管制，形成政府垄断形式。C符合文意。authorities指的是权力机构，一个被授予权力的机构，特别是政府或政府官员；government指的是政府，<英>内阁，政体等。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】“Legal monopolies are rather different…”看过对政府垄断的不同的描述得知，此句的意思是合法的垄断是不相同的。立法是允许个人从其特别的发明、发现等中受益的。B符合要求。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】arise为出现、产生、发展，正式用语，合要求。故选A。derive源自，出自；stem源自，起源于。这篇短文主要涉及一些银行类专业术语等知识。所以此处可以借鉴阅读的一些技巧，如注意上下文暗示，诸如重复的词汇、已有的解释、固定搭配、词组、修饰的定语成分等等。