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Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically

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问题     Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so, they can put into circulation the savings of individuals and institutions, both at home and overseas.
    When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker(证券经纪人)to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money.
    Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to the Stock Exchange.
    There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another, this new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.
The first paragraph indicates that______.
选项 A、almost every company turns to the public for finance
B、small companies raise large amounts of money from friends and acquaintances
C、banks are willing to provide long-term loans for large companies
D、large companies do not need to borrow money from others
答案A
解析 细节题。第一段第一句提到，大公司需要寻找途径，从公众身上融资。第二句提到，几乎每一个试图开发新产品和创造新工作岗位的公司都面临着同样的问题。由此可知，几乎每家公司都需从公众身上融资。故答案为A。
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