填空题
For a wrong word,
underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the
blank provided at the end of the line.
For
a missing word, mark the position of
the missing word with a "∧" sign and
write the word you believe to be missing in the blank
provided at the end of the line.
For an
unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash
"—" and put the word
in the blank provided at
the end of the line.
Banks are closely concerned about the flow of money in to and
out of the (1) ______
economy. They
often cooperate with governments by efforts to stabilize economies
(2) ______
and to prevent inflation. They are specialists in the business of
providing
capital. Banks originated as places in which people took their
valuables for safe- (3) ______
keeping, but today the great banks of
the world have many functions in
addition to acting as guardians of valuable
private possession.
Banks normally receive money from their
customers in two distinctive (4)
______
forms: on current account, and on deposit account. With a current
account, a
customer can issue personal cheques. No interest is paid by the
bank on this
type of account. With a deposit account, therefore, the
customer undertakes (5) ______
to leave
his money in the bank for a minimum specific period of time. Interest
(6) ______
is paid on this money.
The bank in
return lends the deposited money to customers who need
(7) ______
capital. This activity earns
interest for the bank, and this interest is almost
always at a higher rate
than any interest which the bank provides to its
(8) ______
deposits. In this way the bank makes its
profit.
We can say that the primary function of a bank today is
to act for an (9) ______
intermediary between depositors who wish to make interest on their savings,
and borrowers who wish to obtain capital. The bank is a reservoir of
loanable
money, with streams of money flowing in and out. For this
reason,
economists and financiers often talk of money being "liquid", or of
the
"liquidity" of money. Many small sums which might not thus be used as
(10) ______
capital
are tendered useful simply because the bank acts as a reservoir.
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