填空题
· Which extract (A, B, C, D or E) does each statement (1-8) refer to?
· For each statement (1-8), mark one letter (A, B, C, D or E) on your Answer Sheet.
· You will need to use some of these letters more than once.
· There is an example at the beginning.
A Bank of America announced that it was ready to repay the $45 billion it received in government bail-out money, which will finance by selling $18.8 billion in securities and tapping $26.2 billion of "excess liquidity". The bank had to demonstrate to the Treasury that it was stable enough to obtain investment through the markets. By exiting the Troubled Asset Relief Programme, BofA will be free of many of the restrictions imposed on it, including on executive pay, which is said to be hampering the bank from appointing a successor to the outgoing chief executive, Kenneth Lewis.
B The Bank of Japan held an emergency meeting following pressure from the government to take steps to counter deflation and the strengthening yen; the currency recently hit a 14-year high against the dollar. The central bank announced a
填空题 This bank provides circulating funds to other banks of different countries.
填空题 This bank faces stress to take measures to drive down the currency.
填空题 This bank introduced emergency measures to fight against the monetary crisis.
填空题 This bank plans to raise funds to reimburse the capital injected by the government.
填空题 The government tried to restrict this bank's attempt to award its staff.
填空题 This bank suffered a run as a result of the exposure of some news.
填空题 This bank wants to maintain full control of itself.
填空题 This bank succeeded in bailing other banks out of their financial crises.