题目内容
The opening of two new rural financial institutions yesterday gives hope to the large number of low – income Chinese farmers and small rural business that they will enjoy wider entrance to bank loans.
China has long been struggling to channel lending to its vast rural areas, still not adequately served by the existing financial system. Villages are home to less than one – sixth of all bank branches, accounting for 15 percent of the country’s deposit (存款) and loans in 2006. Cities get 10 times more loans person than the countryside, where over 60 percent of the 1.3 billion population live. And, only 60 percent of the 120 million rural households that need bank loans are able to access them.
The new policy that came out in December, which introduced new types of rural financial institutions like the village bank and the lending company opened yesterday in Sichuan and three others to be opened soon, is expected to breathe life into the rural financial sector. The pilot (试点的) scheme planned in six provinces and autonomous regions – Hubei, Jilin, Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Inner Mongolia – encourages individuals, private companies and all financial institutions to get involved in rural financing.
New rural financial institutions are supposed to bring competition to the market, supporting the building of “a new socialist countryside” along with other financial institutions serving villages.
But to really arouse the interest of commercial financial institutions and private investors, the government need to offer more preferential policies instead of just easing the market entry restrictions. It is profits that will drive businesses to rural areas, and it is generally held that these won’t come easy in rural area, with high operation costs and bigger management risks.
1.What are the two rural financial institutions according to the text?
A.The city bank and Bank of China.
B.The rural of China and the leading company.
C.Communication Bank of China and China Construction.
D.Agricultural Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
2.The second paragraph states .
A.the purpose of the new policy
B.the present rural financial situation
C.how to carry out the new policy
D.some extra measures for the new policy
3.In the author’s opinion, one way for the farm areas to develop more quickly is .
A.to force banks to offer some money to farmers without interest.
B.to force banks to give peasants more loans.
C.to get the government to invest more money.
D.to get the government to provide more preferential policies.
4.The best title for the passage may be “ ”.
A.A better life soon for people in rural areas
B.Enough money to develop rural areas from the government
C.A hope for rural areas but more needs to be done
D.A heavy load of the local government
BBDC
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The organizers of the Beijing Olympics have predicted every aspect of the preparatory work and are making every effort to fulfill their task for 2007.
Competition schedule finalized
The competition schedule for the 28 sports and 302 events has been settled already.The detailed daily schedule will be made in the final three months before the Olympics,due to the arrangements to be made for TV broadcasters.
1,000 cultural events expected
Beijing is expected to hold as many as 1,000 Olympicsrelated cultural activities,including highlevel exhibitions and art performances,presentations of foreign art troops,community cultural squares,and promotions by sponsors and cohost cities.
30,000 journalists to cover the Olympics
More than 30,000 journalists are expected to come to Beijing during the Games.They pose a great challenge to the organizers in terms of how to meet their specific news coverage demands.
Two million visitors to test Beijing’s services
At least two million Chinese and half a million foreign tourists are expected to visit Beijing during the Olympics.Taking into account another 50,000 athletes and media,accommodation is a big challenge,too.122 Beijingbased starclass hotels were signed for the purpose in 2006.But how can they make 10,000 rooms available for domestic_visitors and 160,000—180,000 rooms for overseas visitors?The organizers are trying to find solutions to the problem in 2007.
Hot tickets,low prices
In previous Olympics,onethird of the tickets were hot,another one third were breakeven and the remaining one third were unwillingly received.In contrast,most of the Beijing Olympic tickets have been hot,according to the ticketing program so far.The most expensive ticket for the opening ceremony stands only at 5,000 yuan—the lowest prices seen in recent editions of the Olympics.
1.This passage aims to tell the readers________.
A.the challenges the Beijing Olympics are facing |
B.the preparatory work that the organizers are doing |
C.the difficulties of organizing the Olympics |
D.the information about the Beijing Olympics |
2.Which of the following may not be considered when making the daily schedule?
A.The TV broadcasting. |
B.The audience’s presentation. |
C.The weather condition. |
D.The athletes’ competing habits. |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A.The cultural activities will be held shortly after the Olympic Games. |
B.Some foreign art communities will also give performances in Beijing. |
C.The number of journalists coming to the Games will be largest. |
D.Cultural activities won’t be held in cohost cities. |
4.The underlined word “domestic visitors” (in Paragraph 5) refers to________.
A.visitors with important posts |
B.visitors with special purposes |
C.visitors from the host country |
D.visitors from advanced countries |