单选题 {{B}}Passage Three{{/B}}

Banks with large international credits limit their concentrations of loans in any one country according to the perceived "country risk". Country risk generally refers to economic and political conditions existing in a country. In any case, a loan to the foreign nation's government or its agencies is generally safer than a loan to a private-sector borrower. Even loans to governments may be unsafe, however, because of what is called "sovereign risk". When foreign governments experience economic or political pressures, there is a risk that they will divert resources to the correction of their domestic problems at the expense of servicing their debts to external lenders. In the 1980s, several less-developed nations requested the rescheduling of bank loans at considerable sacrifice in interest income to the banks involved. At the extreme, governments might simply repudiate their debts; that is, they might no longer recognize their obligations to external creditors.

单选题 Country risk refers to political risk existing in a country.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】从文中第二句话Country risk generally refers to economic and political conditions existing in a country．可看出，是"economic and political conditions"而非"political risk"。

单选题 Usually, a loan to government is safer than a loan to a private-sector borrower.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】从文中第三句话In any case, a loan to the foreign nation's government or its agencies is generally safer than a loan to a private-sector borrower．可以看出。

单选题 If we make loans to governments, we may suffer "sovereign risk".

单选题 Debt crises broke out in the 1980s.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】文中倒数第二句In the 1980s, several less-developed nations…in interest income to the banks involved．只说几个发展中国家要求银行减免利息减轻债务，并没有说发生债务危机。