Why is the British bank able to offer its customer a banker's draft drawn in dollar?
A．Its US correspondent bank prefers to make the payment.
B．It will send dollar in cash by airmail.
C．It has a dollar account with another bank in an American city where the beneficiary lives.
D．Its customer has a dollar account with it.
第1题：
听力原文：The bank has special obligation to depositors, because it makes profits from their money as well as its own.
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A．The bank makes profits only from its own money.
B．The bank makes profits from not only the deposits but also its own money.
C．The bank has special obligation to make profits.
D．The bank makes profits by having special obligations to depositors.
第2题：
短文理解
听力原文： The Chinese currency is the Renminbi. China has maintained a unified managed floating exchange rate since January 1994. The exchange rate of the Renminbi is determined by the inter-bank foreign exchange market. The People' s Bank of China announces a reference rate for the Renminbi against the US dollar, the Hong Kong dollar, and the Japanese yen based on the weighted average price of foreign exchange transactions during the previous day's trading. Daily movement of the exchange rate of the Renminbi against the US dollar in inter-bank foreign exchange market is limited to 0.3% on either side of the reference rate as announced by the PBC. The buying and selling rates of the Renminbi against the Hong Kong dollar and the Japanese yen may not deviate more than 1% on either side of the reference rate. In the case of other currencies, the deviation may not exceed 0.5% on either side of their respective rates.
21. When did China begin to maintain a unified managed floating exchange rate?
22.Who determines the exchange rate of the Renminbi?
23.What is the deviation allowed on daily movement of the exchange rate of Renminbi against the US dollar?
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A．1992
B．1993
C．1994
D．1995
第3题：
How can the seller receive immediate payment if the draft is made payable on a future date?
A．He can send the draft to the correspondent bank for immediate payment.
B．He can present it to the bank against which it is drawn for payment.
C．He can ask the buyer to pay the money.
D．He can discount the draft at his bank and get money immediately.
第4题：
听力原文：If a customer informs his bank that a draft which has been issued to him has been lost, the drawee bank should be noticed immediately.
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A．The customer should first notify the drawee bank of the loss of his draft.
B．The customer should first notify the drawer bank of the loss of his draft.
C．The customer should first notify the remitting bank of the loss of his draft.
D．The customer should first notify the collecting bank of the loss of his draft.
第5题：
How is the clearing of checks involved in two banks in the same city?
A．Through the clearing house.
B．By transfer of funds from one account to another.
C．Through a correspondent bank.
D．By direct exchange of checks.
第6题：
听力原文：M: We haven't set up correspondent relations with Standard Chartered Bank, London.
W: Then we shall try to find another bank to have our letter or credit advised.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
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A．Standard Chartered Bank, London is one of our correspondent banks.
B．We can advise this L/C through Standard Chartered Bank, London.
C．We will send the advice of the L/C directly to the beneficiary.
D．Ａnother bank will be chosen as the advising bank of this L/Ｃ.
第7题：
听力原文： Banker's acceptances are a very old form. of commercial credit. They provide, in essence, a method whereby a bank may add its good name and reputation to bills of a borrower, thereby making the bills much more marketable than it would otherwise be. Specifically, the mechanics of the operation typically, work like the following. Suppose that an American exporter sells wheat to a German importer. The terms of the sale are that the German importer will pay for the wheat ninety days after it is shipped. For a variety of reasons, however, the American firm may want its money now, and not want to wait the ninety days. If so, it may issue a draft on its bank ordering the bank to pay a stipulated sum of money to the holder of the draft ninety days from now. Along with the draft, the American exporter will send the appropriate documents showing that the wheat has actually been shipped. When the bank receives the draft, together, with the documentation, it stamps "accepted" across the face of it.
27. What are banker's acceptances?
28.Who is the drawee of the draft mentioned in the passage?
29.What should be attached to the draft when it is presented for acceptance?
30.How does the bank accept the draft?
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A．They are drafts issued by a bank on another bank.
B．They are a very old form. of commercial credit.
C．They are exchange bills discounted by customers.
D．They are checks cashed through the ATMs.
第8题：
What will happen if a draft is stamped "accepted" by a bank?
A．The bank will sell it as soon as possible to the buyer.
B．The draft will become money market funds.
C．Dealers will buy it in the domestic market.
D．The draft becomes a banker's acceptance and will be sold in the money market.
第9题：
短文理解
听力原文： The Tokyo stock market responded calmly yesterday to the collapse of two Japanese financial institutions, with prices finishing higher on strength in high-tech issues. The US dollar fell back against the Japanese yen.
The dollar started higher in Tokyo amid concern about the collapse of the nation's largest credit union and Hyogo Bank, a regional bank based in Kobe. It reached 99.40 yen at one point, its highest level since 99.45 yen on February 8.
At late afternoon, the dollar was traded at 97.46 yen, down 1.32 yen from late Wednesday in Tokyo and also sharply below its overnight New York level of 99.01 yen. The US currency ranged in Tokyo between 96.82 yen and 99.40 yen. Meanwhile, share price rose as higher future prices and rising high-tech issues supported the whole market. Export-related high-tech stocks have gained significantly, supported by the stronger dollar.
21. How did the Tokyo stock market respond to the collapse of two Japanese financial institutions?
22.What was the price of the dollar against Japanese yen at late afternoon?
23.What kind of stocks has risen in the Tokyo stock market?
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A．With little concern.
B．With calm.
C．With great interest.
D．With confusion.
第10题：
What will the correspondent bank do in the settlement according to this passage?
A．It will make payment in dollars against the banker's draft.
B．It will send the draft to the bank in Britain.
C．It will issue a documentary credit.
D．It will have an agreement with the bank mentioned.