[简答题]Gold and Silver Grassland

[单项选择]Gold (can combined) with silver (in any) proportion, but alloys with 50 (to) 60 percent silver are (the strongest).
A. can combined
B. in any
C. to
D. the strongest

[简答题]With the exception of gold, silver is most malleable and ductile of all metals. A B C D

[简答题]Gold markets

[填空题]Gold futures rallied on Tuesday, sending gold prices to a new high.

[填空题]A
Visa Gold Card
A Visa Gold Card guarantees you’ll be welcomed at more than 10.5 million establishments in 247 countries. It gives you access to more ATMs around the world than any other cards. It assures you of unsurpassed travel, legal and medical assistance, with just one phone call, and emergency cash if you lose your card. And it offers you Visa’s unmatched range of special cardholder services, from reserved concert seats to the Visa Restaurant Club.
B
MasterCard Pocket Teller
It can now tell you how much money you have on your chip, as well as how much you spent in each of your last ten transactions and when. How With this Utile gem of new technology, the MasterCard Pocket Teller, available for the very first time in the world right here in Plymouth. It’s like having a mini Automatic Teller Machine in your pocket.
C
Smart Object
Smart Object has got all the benefits of object-oriented technology without the drawbacks. Without the tim

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Gold is probably the favorite (21) ... for hoarding by both governments and individuals a round the world, and it has been for centuries. Should you buy some gold, perhaps in the (22) ... of a few gold coins Is gold a good investment
Because gold earns no interest or dividends, it immediately suffers in comparison with such (23) ... as savings accounts, bonds, stocks, and rental property. In this respect it is similar to diamonds, stamps, rare coins, and art objects. Because it yields no current income, the (24) ... of buying gold thus depends entirely on the prospect for future price appreciation.
If gold can be expected to rise in price by more than 5 to 10 percent annually, which is (25) ... what one can earn in a savings account or over the long run in bonds or stocks, then it is worth considering seriously as an investment.
The price of gold, just like t

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Gold is a measure of wealth C which is recognized all over the world. For centuries it was the foundation of the international monetary system and, (19) today, it remains one of the most important components of a country’s foreign currency reserves.
What (20) gold attractive is that it has a value of its own for both industrial and ornamental purposes, (21) paper banknotes, which are worthless (22) themselves. As a result, gold is bought as an (23) in times of financial uncertainty.
Until the 1930s, several European currencies were based on the Gold Standard, which meant that the value of a (24) of currency was fixed in (25) of a stated quantity of gold. People could freely (26) any banknotes they had for gold. In 1931, worldwide financial problems (27) the Gold Standard to be dropped. Then, in 1
A. called
B. thought
C. known
D. believed