2. 考研
  3. In October 2002, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank【B1】______a new electronic market for economic indices that 【B2】______ substanti

In October 2002, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank【B1】______a new electronic market for economic indices that 【B2】______ substanti

admin2018-04-27  6
问题     In October 2002, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank【B1】______a new electronic market for economic indices that 【B2】______ substantial economic risks, such as nonfarm payroll (a measure of job availability) and retail sales. This new market was made possible by a 【B3】______ rating technology, developed by Longitude, a New York company providing software for financial markets,【B4】______the Parimutuel Digital Call Auction. This is "digital" 【B5】______ of a digital option: i.e., it pays out only if an underlying index lies in a narrow, discrete range. In effect, Longitude has created a horse race, where each "horse" wins if and 【B6】______ the specified index falls in a specified range. By creating horses for every possible 【B7】______ of the index, and allowing people to bet 【B8】______ any number of runners, the company has produced a liquid integrated electronic market for a wide array of options on economic indices.
    Ten years ago it was【B9】______impossible to make use of electronic information about home values. Now, mortgage lenders have online automated valuation models that allow them to estimate values and to【B10】______the risk in their portfolios. This has led to a proliferation of types of home loan, some of【B11】______have improved risk-management characteristics.
    We are also beginning to see new kinds of【B12】______for homes, which will make it possible to protect the value of【B13】______, for most people, is the single most important【B14】______of their wealth. The Yale University-Neighbourhood Reinvestment Corporation programme,【B15】______last year in the city of Syracuse, in New York state, may be a model for home-equity insurance policies that【B16】______sophisticated economic indices of house prices to define the【B17】______of the policy. Electronic futures markets that are based on econometric indices of house prices by city, already begun by City Index and IG Index in Britain and now【B18】______developed in the United States, will enable home-equity insurers to hedge the risks that they acquire by writing these policies.
    These examples are not impressive successes yet. But they【B19】______as early precursors of a technology that should one day help us to deal with the massive risks of inequality that【B20】______will beset us in coming years.
【B14】
选项 A、guarantee
B、protection
C、component
D、source
答案C
解析 考查名词辨析。此处what is the single most important______of their wealth，家庭保险保护的当然是财产，因此C．component“组成部分”为正确答案，即家庭财产的一部分。guarantee意为“保证”，protection意为“保护”，source意为“来源”，均不符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/H26Z777K
0

考研英语一

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)