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  3. Since the early 1930s, Swiss banks had prided themselves on their system of banking secrecy and numbered accounts Over the y

Since the early 1930s, Swiss banks had prided themselves on their system of banking secrecy and numbered accounts Over the y

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问题     Since the early 1930s, Swiss banks had prided themselves on their system of banking secrecy and numbered accounts
    Over the years, they had successfully【C1】______every challenge to this system by their own government who,【C2】______, had been frequently urged by foreign governments to reveal information about the financial affairs of certain account【C3】______The result of this policy of secrecy was【C4】______a kind of mystique had grown up around Swiss banking. There was a widely-held belief that Switzerland was【C5】______to wealthy foreigners, mainly because of its numbered accounts and bankers’ reluctance to ask awkward questions【C6】______depositors.【C7】______to the mystique was the view that if this secrecy was ever given up, foreigners would fall over themselves in the rush to【C8】______money, and the Swiss banking system would virtually collapse overnight.
    To many,【C9】______, it came like a bolt out of the【C10】______, when, in 1977, the Swiss banks announced they had signed a【C11】______with the Swiss National Bank(the Central Bank). The aim of the agreement was【C12】______the improper use of the country’s bank secrecy laws, and its【C13】______was to curb severely the system of secrecy.
    The rules which the banks had agreed to observe【C14】______the opening of numbered accounts subject to much closer【C15】______than before. The banks would be required, if necessary, to【C16】______the origin of foreign funds going into numbered and other accounts. The idea was to stop such accounts being used for【C17】______purposes. Also, they agreed not to accept funds resulting from tax【C18】______or from crime.
    The pact represented essentially a tightening up of banking rules.【C19】______the banks agreed to end relations with clients whose identities were unclear or who were performing improper acts, they were still not obliged to inform【C20】______a client to anyone, including the Swiss government. To some extent, therefore, the principle of secrecy had been maintained.
【C9】
选项 A、nevertheless
B、as a matter of fact
C、therefore
D、of course
答案C
解析 空格所在句子大意为：——，当1977年瑞士的各大银行宣布它们已经和瑞士国家银行(瑞士央行)签下协约的时候，对很多人来说，这个消息犹如晴天霹雳。本题考查语篇连贯。由于上文陈述瑞士的银行都实行保密政策。而根据下文可知，1977年的协约旨在防止瑞士银行保密法的滥用并严厉控制银行保密制度，故1977年的协约犹如晴天霹雳是顺理成章的，therefore有“因此、所以”之义。所以，正确答案是C。
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