更多"Government securities would appear "的相关试题:
[单项选择]By purchasing government securities commercial banks are ______.
A. borrowing from the government B. acquiring earning assets
C. making a "loan" to the government D. both B and C
[单项选择]The government insists that individuals would still be responsible for ______ for their own long-term care.
A. footing the bill
B. topping the bill
C. taking a rain check
D. running a check
[单项选择]The government should enact a bill that would prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol on commuter trains. Recently, the state, exercising its legitimate authority, passed a law to protect the health of commuters by prohibiting smoking on the commuter line. When intoxicated riders get off the train, get in their cars, and drive, the public is exposed to at least as much danger as are nonsmoking rail passengers who are forced to inhale cigarette smoke.
In arguing that alcohol consumption on commuter trains should be banned, the author relies on
A. the fact that drinking alcohol is dangerous to one’s health.
B. the principle that people need to be protected from their own actions.
C. the use of emotionally charged descriptions of smoking and drinking alcohol.
D. the reader’s sympathy for the problems of commuters.
E. (E) a comparison between the effects of smoking and the effects of drinking alcohol.
[填空题]The government would support further steps to make sure that everyone who can sustain a mortgage and everyone who wants to stay in a home are able to do so.
[单项选择]The government would not dare to (impose) taxes on such necessities as bread or milk.
A. cut
B. force
C. occur
D. charge
[单项选择]The passage would be most likely to appear as part of
A. a book review summarizing an innovative new approach to analyzing the source of gender codes in music
B. an essay describing broad trends in the practice of musical criticism
C. a textbook on the application of new critical methods to older forms of music
D. a report to musicologists on the relationship between gendered music and the avant-garde
E. an article supplying reasons why the critic is just as important as the composer in establishing the gendering of a piece of music
[单项选择]Asked what he would do to improve a government, the ancient Chinese sage Confucius answered that his first measure would be "to correct language". He meant that if words don’t mean what they seem to mean people cannot put any plan into action as intended. The state of language at the dawn of the twenty-first century appears to be more confused than ever—thanks in large part to the enormous influence of television, radio, and print media over what we buy, desire, and believe.
Benjamin Radford, managing editor of The Skeptical Inquirer magazine, offers hundreds of examples of deceptive practices in journalism, advertising, political activism, public relations, and charity appeals. The real danger to the public, he insists, comes not from outright lies about events or individuals, because in most cases facts can ultimately be proven and mistakes corrected. But the emotional power of images, sound bites, and slogans can exert deep and lasting influence on our opinions an
A. TV news shows should include more background
B. We should have larger police forces, tougher laws, and bigger prisons
C. The report on the sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. area is too dramatic
D. The media has done too much to keep our children safe from harm
