[单项选择]The time of waiting for payment agreed upon by both sides is the period of （）.
A. shipment
B. draft
C. hill of lading
D. credit

[单项选择]Once upon a time there lived a beautiful young woman and a handsome young man. They were very poor, but as they were deeply in love, they wanted to get married. The young people’s parents shook their heads. "You can’t get married yet," they said. "Wait till you get a good job with good prospects." So the young people waited until they found good jobs with good prospects and they were able to get married. They were still poor, of course, but large organizations lent him the money he needed to buy a house, some furniture, all the latest electrical appliances and a car. The couple lived happily ever after, paying off debts for the rest of their lives. And so ends another modern romantic fable.
We live in a materialistic society and when we grow old enough to earn a living, it does not surprise us to discover that success is measured in terms of the money you earn. We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with the Joneses. If we buy a new car, we can be sure that Jones will go on be
A. One can satisfy his emergency needs by buying things on credit.
B. A car owner can replace his old car with a new one for little amount of money.
C. A poor man can borrow money from the rich at a lower rate of interest.
D. The richer you are, the more you are obsessed with the idea of making money.