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  3. Among the criticisms of the Obama administration’s bank rescue proposal is that the government will provide up to $1 trillion in

Among the criticisms of the Obama administration’s bank rescue proposal is that the government will provide up to $1 trillion in

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问题     Among the criticisms of the Obama administration’s bank rescue proposal is that the government will provide up to $1 trillion in financing for big private investors, like the asset manager BlackRock, to buy up banks’ bad assets. If those assets lose【C1】______afterwards, the investors do not have to repay the government loans, sticking taxpayers【C2】______potentially huge losses. If the【C3】______make money, taxpayers get only half the profit.
    【C4】______that unevenness, it is not【C5】______that many Americans see the bank bailouts(救助计划) — the Bush administration’s and now the Obama administration’s — as intentionally gamed to【C6】______Wall Street members at taxpayers’【C7】______.
    Apparently stung by that criticism and【C8】______. Obama officials have now floated the idea of encouraging everyday investors to invest【C9】______in the plan. One possible【C10】______would be to gather some of those assets into a【C11】______fund in which everyone could buy shares. While getting more and more involved, the thinking【C12】______. we could all learn to love the bailout.
    The notion is not perfect. For individuals, investing makes【C13】______only after they have a comfortable amount of cash, they have paid【C14】______credit cards and other high-interest debt, they are current in taxes and monthly bills,【C15】______they are reasonably secure in their jobs and incomes.【C16】______. in ever-increasing numbers these days, Americans do not【C17】______that description. Even among those who do,【C18】______those with money to burn would be in a position to jump into investments so【C19】______and risky that the world’s major banks utterly【C20】______them.
【C9】
选项 A、exclusively
B、practically
C、shortly
D、directly
答案D
解析 语义衔接题。结合语境，前面提到政府只给大型私人投资者提供资金购买银行不良资产，这一计划因为不公平而被许多美国人批评和不信任，被批评和不信任刺痛之后，奥巴马政府现在提出这一新的想法。由此可推断出，这一想法应该体现公平性，也就是让普通投资者也可直接参与，故答案为[D]directly“直接地”。[A]exclusively“专门地”；[B]practically“实际上”；[C]shortly“立刻”。
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