单选题

A、 The shareholders are the owners of limited companies.
B、 Shareholders deposit their money in the limited companies.
C、 The shareholders can sell shares of limited companies to the public.
D、 Shareholders of limited companies are able to make profits continuously.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] The owners of limited companies are people who have bought shares in the company. 单句意思为“有限公司的拥有者是那些购买公司股份的人”。

A、 A forward transaction is done on a future date.
B、 A forward purchase is to buy foreign currency in future.
C、 A forward purchase is to buy a foreign currency with settlement on a future date.
D、 A forward transaction is to buy a foreign currency on future date.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] In foreign exchange transactions, a forward purchase is an undertaking to buy a particular amount of foreign currency for delivery and settlement of a future date. 单句意思为“在外汇交易中，远期交易就是购入一定量的外币准备在未来某一日期交付和结算。”

A、 Banks make money in foreign exchange business because of profit margin.
B、 Banks make money from the price spread in the foreign exchange market.
C、 Banks make money in foreign exchange business on profit as well as on volume.
D、 Banks make money in foreign exchange business because of the great volume.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] Banks make money in the foreign exchange dealings not on profit margin but on volume. 单句意思为“银行在外汇交易中挣钱不是来自于边际利润而是来自于交易量。”

A、 The company is a sun-rising firm so it is worthwhile to extend the loan.
B、 The company has some accounting problems, some improvement is needed.
C、 The company is short of funds because it is sun-rising.
D、 The company has some accounting problems because it is sun-rising.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Although the said company is a sun-rising firm, its accounting management should be improved before the loan is extended to it. 单句意思为“尽管我们谈及的企业是成长性企业，但是在我们贷款给对方之前，它应该要完善它的财务会计管理。”

A、 A currency swap is a better way to convert the long-term transaction into a spot transaction.
B、 A currency swap makes long-term transaction exposure to exchange rate fluctuations.
C、 A currency swap is a better way to reduce the risks of the long-term transactions owing to the exchange rate fluctuations.
D、 A currency swap can in no way reduce the risk of exchange rate fluctuations.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] A currency swap is a second technique for hedging long-term transaction exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. 单句意思为“外汇浮动对远期交易有一定影响外汇互换可以降低这一风险。”