[单项选择]The stock exchange makes it possible for the government, local authorities and nationalized industries to __________.


A. borrow as much money as they can
B. make certain everybody saves money
C. raise money to finance new developments
D. make certain everybody lends money to them

[单项选择]The stock exchange makes it possible for the government, local authorities and nationalized industries to __________.


A. borrow as much money as they can
B. make certain everybody saves money
C. raise money to finance new developments
D. make certain everybody lends money to them

[单项选择]The Stock exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalized industries ______.
A. to borrow as much money as they wish
B. to make certain everybody saves money
C. to raise money to finance new developments
D. to make certain everybody lends money to them

[单项选择]The Stock Exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalized industries ______.
A. to borrow as much money as they wish
B. to make certain everybody saves money
C. to raise money to finance new developments
D. to make certain everybody lends money to them

[单项选择]The Stock Exchange makes, it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalised industries _______.
A. to borrow as much money as they wish
B. to make certain everybody save money
C. to raise money to support new developments
D. to make certain everybody lend money to them

[单项选择]Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but ______ slightly in the afternoon.
A. regained
B. recovered
C. restored
D. revived

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Passage Four
The first European stock exchange was established in Antwerp, Belgium(比利时) , in 1531. There were no stock exchanges in England until the 1700’ s. A man wishing to buy or sell shares of stock had to find a broker(agents) to transact his business for him. In London, he usually went to a coffee house, because brokers often gathered there. In 1773, the brokers of London formed a stock exchange.
In New York City, brokers met under an old button-wood tree on Wall Street. They organized the New York Stock Exchange in 1792. The American Stock Exchange, second largest in the United States, was formerly called the Curb Exchange because of its origin on the streets of New York City.
A stock exchange is a market place where member brokers buy and sell stocks and bonds (债券) of American and foreign businesses on behalf of the public. A stock exchange provides a market place for stocks and bonds in the same way a board of trade does for commodit
A. goods
B. papers
C. shares
D. agreements