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•You will hear a report in brief about the lowering of the interest rates. •As you listen,for questions 1-12,complete the no
•You will hear a report in brief about the lowering of the interest rates. •As you listen,for questions 1-12,complete the no
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2010-01-31
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•You will hear a report in brief about the lowering of the interest rates.
•As you listen,for questions 1-12,complete the notes,using up to three words or a number.
•After you have listened once,replay the recording.
The National Finance Section announced today that it is lowering the______ on savings bonds.
2.The______ point decline to 6% came as no surprise to investors.
3.The Section said it is lowering the rate on savings bonds to bring it ______ other market interest rates.
4.Money ______ are now yielding iust over 5%.
5.Five-year treasury notes are trading at about ______.
6.The government has been ______ to people buying savings bonds.
7.It’s turned out to be an expensive way to finance ______.
8.The relatively generous ______ rate on the bonds has made them very popular in the past fen months.
9.Since the beginning of August,sales have ______ the usual pace.
10.This week,______ buy savings bonds intensified.
11.It is reported that the Section was going to ______ any day.
12.Savings bonds bought before tomorrow will still yield ______.
Man:The National Finance Section announced today that it is lowering the guaranteed interest rate on savings bonds.ABS’s Micheal Lee reports that the 2/3 point decline to 6%came as no surprise to investors.The Section said it is lowering the rate on savings bonds to bring it in 1ine with other market interest rates which have been falling all year.For instance,money market mutual funds are now yielding just over 5%;five-year treasury notes are trading at about 6.5%.
So the government has been paying a premium to people buying savings bonds,and it’s turned out to be an expensive way to finance the public debt.
The relatively generous 7.5%rate on the bonds has made them very popular in the past few months.Since the beginning of August.sales have been about double the usual pace。And this week,the rush to buy savings bonds intensified because of reports that the Section was going to cut the rate any day,and people wanted to lock in the old rate.Savings bonds bought before tomorrow,the day the cut goes into effect,will still yield 7.5%.I’m MicheaI Lee in Washington,D.C.
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答案
cut the rate
解析
根据题干意思,可知:据报道Section将会……。这是对即将发生事件的提问。根据听力原文可得答案为:cut the rate。
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