首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Read the text below about the use of gold. Choose the correct word from A, B, C or D on the opposite page to fill in each gap. F
Read the text below about the use of gold. Choose the correct word from A, B, C or D on the opposite page to fill in each gap. F
admin
2012-09-10
50
问题
Read the text below about the use of gold.
Choose the correct word from A, B, C or D on the opposite page to fill in each gap.
For each question 19—33, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet.
Why the World is Sold on Gold
Gold is a measure of (0) C which is recognized ail over the world. For centuries it was the foundation of the international monetary system and, 19 today, it remains one of the most important components of a country’s foreign currency reserves.
What 20 gold attractive is that it has a value of its own for both industrial and ornamental purposes, 21 paper banknotes, which are worthless 22 themselves. As a result, gold is bought as an 23 in times of financial uncertainty.
Until the 1930s, several European currencies were based on the Gold Standard, which meant that the value of a 24 of currency was fixed in 25 of a stated quantity of gold. People could freely 26 any banknotes they had for gold. In 1931, worldwide financial problems 27 the Gold Standard to be dropped. Then, in 1935, the USA, France and the UK 28 the price of gold at $ 35 an ounce, which remained the price until 1971. Because the demand for gold 29 so fast, however, the price of gold for ornamental and industrial purposes was 30 to rise. Today one ounce of gold costs $ 390 in London.
Gold for jewellery is mixed up 31 a metal alloy and the purity of the gold is measured in carats. Most gold sold to the public has 40% gold and is 32 nine-carat gold. Gold investors can buy pure gold from dealers in the 33 of gold bars or gold coins.
选项
A、sort
B、fashion
C、form
D、type
答案
C
解析
Sort种类;Fashion式样;Form形状;Type类型。金条或金币指的是形状form。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/pFoO777K
本试题收录于:
BEC中级阅读题库BEC商务英语分类
0
BEC中级阅读
BEC商务英语
相关试题推荐
Readthearticlebelowaboutcorporateculture.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerS
Readthearticlebelowaboutcorporateculture.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerS
ReadthistextaboutNewYorkStockExchange.Choosethebestsentencefromtheoppositepagetofilleachofthegaps.
Readthebusinesscoverletterbelow.Inmostofthelines(41-52),thereisoneextraword.Iteitherisgrammaticallyincor
Readthearticlebelowaboutmortgageadviser.ChoosethecorrectwordtofilleachgapfromA,B,CorDontheoppositepa
Readthearticlebelowabouthumanresourcesmanagement.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyour
Readthearticlebelowabouthumanresourcesmanagement.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyour
Whatisimportantwhen...?Settingprice-Costs-Demand--
NotesThenumberofpeoplestayinginthevilla:(1)Thetimetospendholiday:from(2)to14thThenumberof
Back-to-schoolshoppinglistsareconstantlyevolvingtokeepupwithtechnologicaladvancements,manyevenincludingcellphone
随机试题
医学史上第一次卫生革命的标志是
糖皮质激素治疗系统性红斑狼疮的主要机制是
埋设给水管、雨水管、污水管管线遇到矛盾时,正确的处理方法是()。
某建筑场地在稍密砂层中进行浅层平板荷载试验,方形承压板底面积为0.5m2,压力与累积沉降量关系如下表:则变形模量正。为()。(土的泊松比μ=0.33,形状系数为0.89)
目前上海和深圳证券交易所规定,由标的证券发行人以外第三人发行并上市的权证,发行人要提供履约担保,履约担保的现金金额由( )决定。
目前国际上主要有美国运通国际股份有限公司、大来信用证有限公司和中国银联三家专业信用卡公司。()
教师在教育活动中要确定目标、建立班集体、制定和贯彻规章制度、维持班级纪律,这就要求教师要扮演好()。
在新一轮基础教育课程改革中,沿用了几十年的教学大纲被国家课程标准取代。国家课程标准从目标、要求、结构、体例上都是全新的,蕴含着素质教育的理念,体现着鲜明的时代气息,是一部全新意义上的“教学大纲”。教学计划在基本内容上主要是指()。
中国共产党领导的革命和建设的实践,是()形成的实践基础。
根据《宪法》与《国有土地上房屋征收与补偿条例》,可以作为征收理由的“公共利益”有()。
最新回复
(
0
)