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.
【C1】

选项 A、advantage
B、amount
C、value
D、price

答案C

解析 语义衔接题。结合语境,空所在句的主语为assets,能与assets用在同一语义场的只有[C]value“价值”,故答案为[C]value。[A]advantage“优势”;[B]amount“数量”;空前为assets,故此处如果用price,也应使用复数prices,且表示价格的下跌一般不用lose表示。而用go down、decrease等,故排除[D]price“价格”。此处是说,如果以后这些资产贬值,投资者不必偿还政府贷款。
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