achieve desired rates of growth, it can be said that by concentrating on the
market for its own sake the City has tended to forget that basic function.
36. What is the best title for the passage?
○A. Reasons behind the difference.
○B. Banking and Finance: a Basic Difference in Attitudes.
○C. Monetary Policy in Britain.
○D. The European Continent and Britain.
37. What seems to be the most basic reason for this difference?
○A. The British tend to regard money as an end, whereas Continental European
consider it a means to an end.
○B. The British invest only 10% of their savings in pension funds.
○C. On the Continent you can’t do anything unless you have been told you can.
○D. Intelligent young men who want a career tend to go to civil service in the
Continent.
38. According to the passage, the Dutch way of finance and banking ________.
○A. is similar to that of the French
○B. makes no difference whatever system it follows
○C. is perhaps resembling that of the British
○D. has a low efficiency
39. The word "striking" in Line 1 means ________.
○A. beating
○B. surplus
○C. noticeable
○D. seemingly
40. In what way does the Continental system seem better?
○A. The Continent maintains a higher growth rate and levels of investment.
○B. It has less proportions of savings in the form of liquid assets.
○C. It attracts intelligent young men.
○D. It functions properly despite the fact that the British discount it. Passage 2
Insurance in respect of the property will be effected by the Society
in accordance with the Rules and the mortgage conditions with such insurance
companies as the Society
insurance companies and of the terms offered by their policies, and places |
