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Excersise English Test for Student
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I. LISTEN FOR GIST: Listen twice to the lecture and decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F) (15pts)
II. LISTEN FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS: Listen twice to the talk and briefly answer the following questions (15 pts) 1. What is the talk about? …………It’s talk about how banks get money, loans and credit lines, interest rates and profit margin …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
a German word meaning bench. What has banking got to do with benches? Well, in the past, (4) ………… used a bench or table in a large open area to conduct their business. So the word originally referred to the place where money-lending (5)………… occurred. Today the word bank refers to the (6)……….. which carries out banking services. It also refers to a building where banking services are provided. That is, the offices or buildings in which a bank is (7)………….. It can also be a verb: we can say 'Who do you bank with?' Incidentally, the (8)……………is used to describe a person who has gone out of business because they could not meet all (9)……………. This term comes from the expression banca rotta, meaning a (10)……….. bench. The English words cash, debtor, creditor, ledger, and the symbols for English currency, pounds and pence, all originate from the 13th^ century, too. Your answers: