填空题 Translate the following into Chinese.(北京航空航天大学2011研,考试科目:综合英语)How do lenders decide whether consumers are creditworthy? In America one of the key determinants is an individual"s FICO score, named after the Fair Isaac Corporation, which devised it. The idea goes back decades, to a time when small retailers, which needed to offer credit(money available for a client to borrow), pooled information on which customers were good and bad payers. These days the bulk of the information is provided by banks and lenders such as credit-card companies. This is translated into a score ranging from 350 to 800, with the most creditworthy customers getting the highest rating.Andy Jennings of FICO says that customers" rankings remain remarkably steady over time: the best payers remain the best payers. What does change is the level of bad debts across all categories when the economy hits a recession. During the subprime-lending boom mortgages were offered to borrowers with lower FICO scores than in the past. An updated version of the FICO model, to reflect the subprime crisis, was released last year.The crisis has brought about one big change in consumer behaviour. The mortgage used to be the last debt people would default on. They did not want to lose their homes or to forfeit the substantial deposit they had had to find. But during the subprime boom many borrowers were able to buy homes without putting down any money, which changed their attitude. In effect, they were renting with an option to profit from higher house prices.In the current recession some borrowers have given priority to their credit-card and car loans rather than their mortgages. After all, they can usually find a new home to rent. But without a car many of them cannot get to work and without a credit card they find it hard to shop.
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【正确答案】 1、正确答案: 借款方如何判断消费者的信誉度呢?在美国,决定因素之一是个人的信用得分,该体系由美国费尔艾萨克公司发明,并以其命名。这个想法可以追溯到几十年前,那时,小型零售商允许赊账,他们就共享信息来分辨顾客的好坏。现在,大部分此类信息由银行和如信用卡公司等借款方提供。这些信息转化成了从350到800不等的信誉度得分,信誉度最高的消费者得分最高。 费尔艾萨克公司的安迪-杰宁思表示,一直以来,消费者的信用排名相当稳定,信誉度高的还款人一直保持高信誉度。不同的是,当经济处于衰退期时,波及各种坏账的级别变了。在次级贷款猛增期间,信用得分较低的借款人也都拿到了贷款。去年为应对次贷危机,发行了升级版的信用评分体系。 此次危机给消费者行为带来了极大改变。从前,房屋贷款是还款人最不可能拖欠的债务。因为他们不想失去房屋,不想丧失当时不得已付出的大笔保证金。但是在次贷增长期,许多借款人不用付首付就可以买到房子,因此,他们的看法改变了。事实上,他们一面将房屋出租,一面可以随时售出,以此从上涨的房价中赚取利润。 在当前的经济衰退期,许多还款人优先偿还信用卡和汽车贷款,而不是房屋贷款。毕竟,他们总能租到别的房子。但是,没有汽车,他们没法上班,没有信用卡,他们无法购物。    
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