Banks are closely concerned about the flow of money in to and out of the 【M1】______
economy. They often cooperate with governments by efforts to stabilize economies 【M2】______
and to prevent inflation. They are specialists in the business of providing
capital. Banks originated as places in which people took their valuables for safe- 【M3】______
keeping, but today the great banks of the world have many functions in
addition to acting as guardians of valuable private possession.
Banks normally receive money from their customers in two distinctive 【M4】______
forms: on current account, and on deposit account. With a current account, a
customer can issue personal cheques. No interest is paid by the bank on this
type of account. With a deposit account, therefore, the customer undertakes 【M5】______
to leave his money in the bank for a minimum specific period of time. Interest 【M6】______
is paid on this money.
The bank in return lends the deposited money to customers who need 【M7】______
capital. This activity earns interest for the bank, and this interest is almost
always at a higher rate than any interest which the bank provides to its 【M8】______
deposits. In this way the bank makes its profit.
We can say that the primary function of a bank today is to act for an 【M9】______
intermediary between depositors who wish to make interest on their savings,
and borrowers who wish to obtain capital. The bank is a reservoir of loanable
money, with streams of money flowing in and out. For this reason,
economists and financiers often talk of money being "liquid", or of the
"liquidity" of money. Many small sums which might not thus be used as 【M10】______
capital are tendered useful simply because the bank acts as a reservoir.
【M1】
According the race rules, dogs for race must have ______.
选做题I:
中国在崛起,是举世公认的事实。中国在过去的四分之一世纪里,国内生产总值由25年前的1473亿美元增加到2003年的14000亿美元;进出口贸易总额由206亿美元增加到8512亿美元;利用外资由几乎零累计达到6796亿美元;外汇储备由1.67亿美元增加到4033亿美元;高速公路由零公里增加到29800公里;电话用户由192万户增加到2.6亿户,移动电话也是2.6亿户。多种重要产品产量跃居世界前列。贫困人口由2.5亿降到3000万。从1989年到2003年的15年中,尽管受到亚洲金融危机、世界经济不景气和“非典”的不利影响,年均增长仍达8.8%。普遍认为,中国快速发展势头还将继续,在今后二三十年内,中国将成为世界最大的经济体之一。伴随国力的增强,中国在亚洲和世界舞台的影响力与日俱增。
——摘自《新华网》(2004-2-20)
根据上述材料,结合所学知识,试阐述中国的和平崛起对于世界所具有的重要意义。
选做题II:
俄罗斯和中国都进行了改革,但是中国的改革成就大于俄罗斯。试比较两国改革的异同。