B) means the latter is in control
C) means the latter is subjected to the Reserve banks
D) means the Reserve banks orient the latter’s policies
28. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A) The Fed is a very big, complex and significant system which comprises many local banks.
B) All the commercial banks are not the components of Federal Reserve System.
C) Board of Governors is the supreme policy-makers of Federal Reserve System.
D) District Reserve banks rather than Board of Governors perform the day today policies.
29. The authority of the Federal Reserve____.
A) has to be shared with other establishmentsis
B) is exclusive at other times
C) isn’t limited by comptroller of the Currency and FDIC
D) is limited by Board of Governors
30. Income of the Board of Governors____.
A) is borrowed from the U.S. Treasury
B) is used by the government to make various policies
C) comes from the U.S. Treasury
D) is not granted by the government
Passage 3
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
The year 1400 opened with more peacefulness than usual in England. Only a few months before Richard Ⅱ weak, wicked, and treacherous had been deposed, and Henry IV declared king in his stead. But it was only a seeming peacefulness, lasting for but a little while; for though King Henry proved himself a just and a merciful man,as justice and mercy went with the men of iron of those days——and though he did not care to shed blood needlessly, there were many noble families who had been benefited by King Richard during his reign, and who had lost somewhat of their power and prestige from the coming in of the new king.
Among these were a number of great lords who had been degraded from their former titles and estates, from which degradation King Richard had lifted them. They planned to fall upon King Henry and his followers and to massacre them during a great tournament which was being held at Oxford. And they might have succeeded had not one of their own members betrayed them.
But Henry did not appear at the lists; whereupon, knowing that he had been lodging at Widnsor with only a few attendants, the conspirators marched there against him. In the meantime, the king had been warned of the plot, so that instead of finding him in the royal castle, they discovered through their scouts that he had hurried to London, and that he was marching against them at the head of a considerable army. So nothing was left but flight. One and another, they were all caught and some killed. Those few who found friends faithful and bold enough to afford them shelter dragged those friends down in their own ruin.
31. What does the author seem to think of King Henry ?
A) He was the best king England had ever had.
B) He was a better ruler than King Richard.
C) He was unfair and cowardly.
D) He was just as evil as King Richard.
32. How did King Henry find out about the plot ?
A) His scouts discovered it.
B) He saw the conspirators coming.
C) One of the conspirators told him.
D) He found a copy of the conspirators’ plan.
33. Why did the nobles wish to kill King Henry?
A) Henry had taken away power given to them by King Richard.
B) Henry was weak, treacherous, and wicked.
C) Henry had needlessly killed members of their families.
D) Henry had killed King Richard.
34. It can be inferred that Richard II’s reign was_________________________________.
A) peaceful B) corrupt C) democratic D) illegal
35. The main purpose of the passage is to_________________________________.
A) prove that Richard II was a bad king
B) explain the customs of fifteenth-century England
C) describe some typical English kings
D)discuss the conspiracy against Henry IV
Passage 4
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
“I have considered the structure of all volant animals, and find the folding continuity of the bat’s wings most easily accommodated to the human form. Upon this model I shall begin my task tomorrow, and in a year expect to tower into the air beyond the malice or pursuit of man. But I will work only on this condition, that the art shall not be divulged, and that you shall not require me to make wings for any but ourselves.”“Why,” said Rasselas.“should you envy others so great an advantage? All skill ought to be exerted for universal good; every man has owed much to others, and ought to repay the kindness that he has received.” “If men were all virtuous,” returned the artist.“I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But, what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds neither wall, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them. Even this valley, the retreat of princes, the abode of happiness, might be violated by the sudden descent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea.”
36. The point of view of Rasselas is one that encourages____.
A) helping others B) military victory
C) intellectual pursuits D) artistic endeavors
37. The person to whom Rasselas is speaking is____.
A)a tailor B)a gambler C) a bat D)an artist
38. The attitude of the person giving his point of view is one of____.
A)optimism B) sprightliness C) distrust D) innocence
