金融英语复习材料
期末考试题型及分值分布：
1：单项选择 20*1’=20’
3：汉译英 5*3’=15’
4：英译汉 6*5’=30’
Ⅰ Multiple choice.
1. What function is money serving when you buy a ticket to a movie?
A. store of value B. a unit of account C. transaction demand D. a medium of exchange
2. Which of the following statements is not true of central banks?
A. they pay the government’s salaries B. they are always the lender of last resort
C. they always undertake the regulation of the banking system
D. none of the above
3. What is the reserve requirement?
A. The requirement for cash reserves B. The requirement for deposits in cash
C. The percentage of a bank’s deposits in the form of cash reserves
D. The requirement of a bank to deposit a percentage of money
4. Regulation of the money supply and financial markets is referred to as
A. fiscal policy B. monetary policy C. income policy D. budgetary policy
5. Financial markets serve to channel funds from .
A. savers to investors B. investors to consumers
C. consumers to producers D. the government to contractors
6. If the central bank wishes to increase the level of bank reserves temporarily, it should .
A. purchase government securities outright
B. raise reserve requirement
C. buy government securities under a repurchase agreement
D. sell government securities under a reserve repurchase agreement
7. A commercial bank wishing to increase its capital should
A. issue new stock B. acquire new deposit
C. make more commercial loans D. acquire government securities
8. The following are the three main instruments used by the central bank to implement its m
onetary policy except
A. reserve requirement ratio B. credit quota
C. open market operation D. discount rate
9. are the major target which the central bank buys and sells in the open market.
A. financial institution bonds B. corporate bonds C. stocks D. government securities
10. Financial intermediaries are institutions
A. that borrow funds from investors in productive facilities
B. that act as middlemen in transferring funds from ultimate lenders to ultimate borrowers
C. that lend funds to small savers D. all of the above
11. Financial markets can be classified as
A. debt and equity markets B. primary and secondary market
C. money and capital markets D. all of the above
12. Commercial banks participate in the money market as
A. lenders only B. borrowers only C. both lender and borrowers D. trustees only
13. The major expense of commercial bank is
A. wages and salaries B. dividend payments to stockholders
C. interest on deposits D. taxes
14. Stocks are also referred to as
A. securities B. equities C. shares D. all of above
15. Which of the following is not a type of bond?
A. corporate B. treasury C. Eurodollar D. municipal
16. Which of the following is a debt instrument found in the capital market?
A.U.S. treasury bill B. commercial paper
C. residential mortgage D. demand deposit
17. The foreign exchange market is organized as
A. a physical market B. a capital market
C. a speculative market D. over-the-counter market
18. Exchange control require the government
A. to ensure that the foreign-exchange market is perfectly competitive
B. to stop buying foreign exchange
C. to sell more foreign exchange than it buys
D. to balance inflows and outflows of foreign exchange at the current exchange rate
19. The forward rate is calculated by adjusting the spot rate by a
A. premium B. discount C. margin D. difference
20. When the U.S. real interest rate is low, owning U.S. assets is 银行贷款业务 and so U.S. net foreign investment is
A. more attractive…high B. more attractive…low
C. less attractive…high D. less attractive…low
21.The main liability on a bank balance sheet is ______.
A. deposits B. capital and reserves C. loans and overdrafts D. cash
22. Why must the liabilities and assets of a bank be actively managed? ______.
A. Because assets and liabilities are not evenly matched on the same time scale
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