A major party nominee has the ______advantage of support from the party faithful. A. criti

liberal democratic party is the newest of the major national parties. ()

A.the Labour Party, the Conservative Party

B.the Republican Party, the Democratic Party

C.the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats

D.the Conservative party, the Liberal Democrats

A、The Conservative Party

B、The Labor Party

C、The Republican Party

D、The Liberal Democrats

evolved out of Thomas Jefferson’s party, formed before 1800. The other is the Republican Party, which was formed in the 1850s.()

此题为判断题(对，错)。

31. What's the relationship between the Democratic Party and the Democratic Republican Party in the United States？

32. Who was the first Democratic President in the American history？

33. What' s the symbol of the Democratic Party？

34. Which party agreed to abolish slavery？

35. What is the main content of the passage？

ty, which have been in power by turns since 1945.The two—party system of Britain was formed in the course of the development of the capitalist state and the political parties. In order to strengthen the state machine, the British bourgeosie have let it come into being and exist in one form. or another form. since the 17th century. P.S. Tregidgo once said:“The more parties there are, the less likely it is that any one of them will be strong enough in Parliament to outvote all the others; but when there are only two, one of them is sure to have a majority of seats. This helps to ensure a strong and stable government.”This may be the reason why the British have the two party system.

The division into two parties grew out the establishment of a Protestant Church of England in the 16th century. Because of a purely religious difference of opinion, the Puritans were separated from the broad body of the Anglican Church. The non Puritan Anglicans were on the side of the King and Church, and their supporters were called by their opponents “Tories.”The Puritans were for Parliament and trade, and their supporters were called by the “Tories”“Whigs”. The Tories and the Whigs were in power by turns for a long time. In 1833,the Tory party split into two and its name was changed to Conservative. In the 1860s the Whigs became Liberals. From that time on, the Liberals and the Conservatives were in office by turns until 1922.The policies they put into effect were sometimes different, but they were both controlled by the rich.

The working class became more and more unwilling to follow the Conservatives and the Liberals. They wanted to have their own party. So the Labor party was formed by the trade unions. After 1922 the Labor Party gradually replaced the Liberal Party to become one of the two major parties in Great Britain.

C-25.What does “it” stand for in Para 1 with underline？

A、The two party system.

B、The state machine.

C、The Parliament.

D、The capitalist state.

C-26. We can learn from what P.S Tregidgo once said that ____.

A、if there are parties in Britain, none of them will be strong enough to have control in the government

B、the more patients there are, the more likely it is that they will have the decisive say in the government

C、the two party systems contributes to the establishment of a powerful and long lasting government

D、if there are only two parties in Britain, it will be easy for the government to control them

C-27. What can we infer from the forming of the Tory Party and the Whig Party？

A、These two parties originally believed in different religions.

B、These two parties were established under the influence of different religious believes.

C、The British King and the Parliament supported different religions because they were for the two party system.

D、The British King and the Parliament were supported by different parties for political reasons.

Monica Lewis, CFA, has been hired to review data on a series of forward contracts for a major client. The client has asked for an analysis of a contract with each of the following characteristics:

A forward contract on a U.S. Treasury bond

A forward rate agreement (FRA)

A forward contract on a currency

Information related to a forward contract on a U.S. Treasury bond: The Treasury bond carries a 6 percent coupon and has a current spot price of $1,071.77 (including accrued interest). A coupon has just been paid and the next coupon is expected in 183 days. The annual risk-free rate is 5 percent. The forward contract will mature in 195 days.

Information related to a forward rate agreement: The relevant contract is a 3 x 9 FRA. The current annualized 90-day money market rate is 3.5 percent and the 270-day rate is 4.5 percent. Based on the best available forecast, the 180-day rate at the expiration of the contract is expected to be 4.2 percent.

Information related to a forward contract on a currency: The risk-free rate in the U.S. is 5 percent and 4 percent in Switzerland. The current spot exchange rate is $0.8611 per Swiss France (SFr). The forward contract will mature in 200 days.

Part 2)

Suppose that the price of the forward contract for the Treasury bond was negotiated off-market and the initial value of the contract was positive as a result. Which party makes a payment and when is the payment made？

A)The long pays the short at the maturity of the contract.

B)The short pays the long at the initiation of the contract.

C)The short pays the long at the maturity of the contract.

D)The long pays the short at the initiation of the contract.

Coffee is a powerful drink. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake andactive. (80)On a much general level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture. Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by travelling tribes (部落)for thousands of years, but it wasnt until the 1400s that people figuredout they could roast its seeds. "Then it really took off," said historian Mark Pendergrast-author of Uncommon Grounds: the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. By the 1500 s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world within another 150 years, it took Europe by storm. "It actually had a major impact on the rise of business," Pendergrast says. Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas. The insurance industry was founded hundreds of years ago in one of Londons 2,000 coffeehouses. Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses. It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists (^殖民者) attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee. "Theres a lot of truth to the story, I found," Pendergrast says. He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpatriotic. For all the upsides coffee has brought the modern world, it also brought its fair share of downsides , too. Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequendy meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.

According to the passage, which of the following has nothing to do with coffee？

A．Literature.

B．Newspapers.

C．The insurance industry.

D．The oil industry.