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1、2001年MBA英语真题及答案　　Questions31to34arebasedonthefollowingpassage:　　ThestabilityoftheU.S.bankingsystemismaintainedbymeansofsupervisionandregulation,inspections,depositinsurance,andloanstotroubledbanks.Forover50years,theseprecautionshavepreventedbankingpanics.Ho

2、wever,therehavebeensomeclosecalls.ThecollapseofContinentallllinoisBank&TrustedCompanyofChicagoin1984didnotbringdownthebankingsystem,butitcertainlyrattledsomewindows.　　Inthelate1970s,ContinentalsoaredtoaleadershippositionamongMidwesternbanks.Partsofitsgrowths

3、trategywererisky,however.Itmademanyloansintheenergyfield,includingbillionthatittookoverfromPennSquareBandofOklahomaCity.Toobtainthefundsitneededtomaketheseloans,Continentalreliedheavilyonshorttermborrowingfromotherbanksandlarge,30daycertificatesofdeposit-"h

4、otmoney",inbankingjargon.AtleastoneContinentalofficersawdangersignsandwroteawarningmemotohersuperiors,butthememowentunheeded.AlthoughtheComptrolleroftheCurrencyinspectedContinentalonaregularbasis,itfailedtoseelowseriousitsproblemsweregoingtobe.　　PennSquareBa

5、nkwasclosedbyregulatorsinJuly1982.Whenenergypricesbegantoslip,mostofthebillioninloansthatContinentalhadtakenoverfromthesmallerbanksturnedouttobehad.OtherloanstotroubledcompaniessuchChrysler,lnternationalHarvester,andBranifflookedquestionable.Seeingtheseproble

6、m，"hotmoney"ownersbegantopulltheirfundsoutofContinental.　　Bythespringof1984,arunonContinentalhadbegun.InMay,thebankhadtoborrow.5billionfromtheFedtoreplaceovernightfundsitbadlost.Butthiswasnotenough.TotrytostemtheoutflowofdepositsfromContinemtal,theFDICagreed

7、toguaranteenotjustthefirst,000ofeachdepositorsmoneybutallofit.Nevertheless,theruncontinued.　　FederalregulatorstriedhardtofindasoundbankthatcouldtakeoverContinental-acommonwayofrescuingfailingbanks.ButContinentalwasjusttoobigforanyonetobuy.ByJuly,allhopeofap

8、rivatesectorrescuewasdashed.Regulatorsfacedastarkchoice:LetContinentalcollapse,ortakeitoverthemselves.　　Lettingthebankfailseemedtoorisky.Itwasestimatedthatmorethan100otherbankshadplacede