谁帮我做下大学英语精读一作业二阅读理解(22)第二部分:阅读理解(共10小题;每小题3分,满分30分)Passage1Creditcardsletpeoplebuythingsnowandpayforthemovermonthsorevenyears.Butsomepeopleget
谁帮我做下大学英语精读一作业二阅读理解(22)
第二部分:阅读理解(共10小题;每小题3分,满分30分)
Passage1
Creditcardsletpeoplebuythingsnowandpayforthemovermonthsorevenyears.Butsomepeoplegetdeepintodebt.Andcriticssaysomebankshavetermsandchargesthatcanmakeitharderforpeopletopayoffthatdebt.
IntheUnitedStates,therearecallsforstrongergovernmentsupervision(监督)ofthecreditcardindustry.Creditcardshavebeenheavilymarketedthroughthemailandatstores.Theyoffereconomicpowerataprice.
Intwothousandfour,Americanshadabouteighthundredbilliondollarsincreditcarddebt.Nowtheyoweaboutninehundredsixty-eightbillion.Theaverageinterestrateonthosecardsiscurrentlythirteenandahalfpercent.
Criticssaybanksmadeittooeasytogetcreditcards.Butthatmaybechanging.Thecrisisinthehousingandcreditsmarketsisbeginningtoaffectthecreditcardindustry.Morepaymentsarelate.Chargesforlatepaymentsareagrowingsourceofprofitforbanks.Butlatepaymentscanalsosignalbaddebts.
Thecentralbank,theFederalReserve,saystwo-thirdsofAmericanbankshaverecentlyreportedtighterlendingrequirements.Manypeoplereporthavingtheircreditlimitsreducedwithoutwarning.(199words)
1.Whatisacreditcard?
Aacardshowingyourcredit
Bacardwhichyoucanusetobuythingsandpayforitlater
Cacardwhichcangetyoudeepintodebt
DacardusedintheUnitedStates
2.WhatisNOTtrueaboutcreditcards?
APeoplecangetthemthroughmailsoratstores.
BTheycanincreasepeople'seconomicpower.
CTheyareissuedbygovernments.
DTherearetoomanycreditcardsnow.
3.WhatistheaverageinterestrateoncreditcardsinAmerica?
A800,000,000,000
B968,000,000,000
C13.50%
Dwedon'tknow
4.Latepaymentsforcreditcardscanbringprofitto_____.
Athegovernment
Bbanks
Ccreditcardholders
Dcritics
5.Accordingtothepassage,whocanreducepeople'screditlimits?
Athegovernment
Bbanks
Ccreditcardholders
Dcritics