听力原文：A currency swap is a second technique for hedging long-term transaction exposure to exchange rate fluctuations.(10)A．A currency swap is a better way to convert the long-term transaction into a spot transaction.B．A currency swap makes long-term transa

A、What’s the exchange rate today

B、What kind of currency do you want to exchange for

C、What’s the amount you’d like to exchange

The term foreign exchange is best defined by the following statement: it is ______.

A．the rate of exchange between two currencies

B．synonymous with currency exchange

C．the place in which foreign currencies are exchanged

D．an instrument such as paper currency, note, and check used to make payments between countries

对话理解

听力原文：M: Can I open a foreign currency account and convert my money into a currency which offers the highest interest?

W: Yes, we can arrange that for you, but foreign currency exchange rates are subject to fluctuation and sometimes you will suffer losses.

Q: What does the woman mean?

(11)

A．Interest rate of a foreign currency is much higher.

B．There are risks of losing money sometimes to open a foreign currency account.

C．Foreign currencies exchange rates are relatively stable.

D．It is advisable to open a foreign currency account.

In the foreign exchange market, which is made up of banks' traders and brokers, prices (61) every minute (62) to supply and demand. For safety's sake, a branch will get a rate from their traders for a big transaction. Therefore the traders give their branches lists of exchange rates (63) they may buy and sell notes and payments in the main currencies.

Whenever a bank in Britain makes a payment in foreign currency, or makes a payment in sterling to a non-resident, the payment has first to (64) under British exchange control regulations. The bank itself can usually authorize the payment after seeing a document such as an invoice to show that the payment is due; but cases (65) borrowing and lending have to be referred to the Bank of England.

(46)

A．alter

B．vary

C．turn

D．convert

A major problem with a fixed exchange rate system is that when countries run foreign trade deficits, ______.

A．there is no self-correcting mechanism

B．currency values become unstable

C．the value of the reserve currency declines

D．world inflation increases

A、No, you can’t. Bank of China is not responsible for exchanging foreign currency.

B、Yes, you can. Bank of China is an authorized foreign exchange bank.

C、No, you can’t. Bank of China is not open on Sundays.

听力原文：In foreign exchange transactions, a forward purchase is an undertaking to buy a particular amount of foreign currency for delivery and settlement of a future date.

(7)

A．A forward transaction is done on a future date.

B．A forward purchase is to buy foreign currency in future.

C．A forward purchase is to buy a foreign currency with settlement on a future date.

D．A forward transaction is to buy a foreign currency on future date.

In London, a premium on a foreign exchange rate means ______.

A．the foreign currency is dearer

B．the foreign currency is cheaper

C．the foreign currency is less valuable

D．it has no relevance at all

听力原文：They specialize in long-term savings accounts and usually lend money for mortgages.

(5)

A．They usually hold savings accounts.

B．They have current accounts.

C．They specialize in long-term savings accounts and mortgages.

D．They deal in short-term savings accounts.

听力原文：Typical foreign exchange transactions involve trades of one currency for another in the spot or cash market, or forward transactions.

(3)

A．Forward transactions is not of typical foreign exchange transactions.

B．Typical foreign exchange transactions occur in the spot or cash market.

C．Forward transactions don't occur in the spot or cash market.

D．Typical foreign exchange transactions occur only in the spot market.