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　　“Don't put all your eggs into one basket” is a classic investment concept(投资理念). For China, the euro will become another “basket” for storing “eggs”.

　　Mr. Yang, a famous scholar, said that China should increase the proportion(比例) of the euro in its national foreign exchange reserve(储备) to reduce risks and preserve value.

　　By the end of November 2001, China's foreign exchange reserve amount to US $ 208.31 billion, ranking second in the world. The US dollar took an absolutely high proportion of it, adding up to 60 percent, while the Japanese yen and Deutsche (German) Mark only made up 15 percent.

　　Mr. Yang said that like businesses and individuals, a country should preserve(保持) property value. Since the currencies(货币) of different countries always have ups and downs, there should be a rational(合理的) distribution of different currencies in the foreign exchange reserve to reduce exchange rate risks and thus preserve value. In view of the trade proportions between China and its five major trading partners-the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany and France, the proportion of the US dollar in the foreign exchange reserve should be kept at around 45 percent in future, while the proportion of the euro should increase to 20～30 percent.

　　It is believed that the euro will become a world currency like US dollar. China has not only paid close attention to the euro, but also started to increase euro reserve. Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng said, “I have noticed that the euro is becoming stronger recently. So I propose that leaders of the related department consider buying euros quicker and sooner, based on the principle of not putting all our eggs into one basket.”

1．The underlined word “euro” in the first paragraph means ________.

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A．a basket

B．a country

C．a continent

D．a kind of currency

2．According to the passage, you should ________ in order to avoid the finance risk.

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A．buy euro as much as possible

B．decentralize(分散) your investment properly

C．put your eggs which you've bought into several baskets

D．buy US dollars as many as you can

3．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A．The amount of China's foreign exchange reserve has greatly increased.

B．China has ranked second in the foreign exchange reserve amount in tile world.

C．China has already begun to buy the new currency euro.

D．It is unnecessary to adjust(调整) the proportion of buying different foreign exchange.

4．From the passage we can know that at present ________ has taken up the largest proportion of the foreign exchange reserve of China.

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A．Japanese yen

B．Deutsche Mark

C．US dollar

D．the euro

Answer 1

答案：D;B;D;C
解析：

1．D　　根据常识结合第四段的最后一句…the proportion of the US dollar in the foreign exchange reserve should be kept at around 45 percent in future, while the proportion of the euro should increase to 20-30 percent.可以猜出应表示一种货币。 　　2．B　　本题是一道综合推理题。文章的主要目的就是告诉投资者应分散投资，减少风险，可以采用排除法来做此题。 　　3．D　　综合理解文章可知前三项都是文章的内容，只有D项不对。 　　4．C　　本题考查细节理解。从第三段的The US dollar took an absolutely high proportion of it, adding up to 60 percent, while the Japanese yen and Deutsche (German) Mark only made up 15 percent.可知答案应选C。