单选题Do Part Four of the Reading Test. Give yourself 10
minutes to complete the task. PART
FOUR ·Read this article about ethical
investments. ·Choose the correct word to fill each gap A, B, C
or D. Ethical investing is just like any other type of
investing, except that the company that invests the money for the consumer
{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}not to use that money to fund certain
activities or behaviour that are believed to be harmful to the environment or to
people. This may mean, for example, that a fund management company will not
purchase shares in arms companies or firms that {{U}} {{U}} 2
{{/U}} {{/U}}harmful pesticides, or that a bank will not lend money to or
otherwise {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}business for such
companies. Financial companies that practise ethical investment
may not focus {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}such negative criteria,
but positive criteria instead, meaning they will {{U}} {{U}} 5
{{/U}} {{/U}}out businesses that benefit the environment or the community. The
range in policies is sometimes labelled by colour: a 'light green' company will
{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}businesses whose actions or products
are harmful to the environment, while a 'dark green' company will actively look
for envirofriendly or community-based businesses to invest in.
An increasingly common term for ethical investing is 'socially responsible
investing', or SRI. SRI focuses on the positive {{U}} {{U}} 7
{{/U}} {{/U}}than the negative, and instead of blacklisting entire industries,
it prefers to pick the company within the industry that is {{U}} {{U}}
8 {{/U}} {{/U}}the most to improve its business practices, and give that
company encouragement in the form of investment. This positive reinforcement is
seen as more likely to improve business practices {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}. It's important to remember that even though
you may not directly invest your money—ie by buying shares—you may be indirectly
investing it via a mortgage, pension or savings account, and by investing
ethically you can have a {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}in what
sort of activities your money supports.