金融英語詞彙學習
As the financial crisis deepens and its destructive effects are experienced throughout the world, what should we do? Can you talk about economic trends? How would you describe the economy?
1: "The __________ in public spending is a direct result of the credit crunch." Whichword can't be used in this sentence?
a. fall
b. drop
c. decline
d. down
正確答案是：d。Down是副詞，不能做句子主語。Fall、Drop和Decline是名詞，表示公共開支下降。
2: "Even in this difficult economic climate, some companies are still reporting a __________ in profits." Which word can be used in this sentence?
a. rise
b. grow
c. up
d. improve
正確答案是：a，短語a rise in profits就是利潤提高的意思，a rise提高。b. grow不對，因爲此處需要一個名詞，如果改爲a growth in profits就對了；c. up不對，如果改爲an upwardmovement in profits就沒有問題了；d. improve不對，因爲此處需要一個名詞或名詞短語，如果改爲an improvement in profits就沒有問題了。
3: "Stocks plummeted overnight after news broke of another major bank's downfall."Which sentence best describes the movement of the stocks?
a. They have dramatically risen.
b. They have dramatically fallen.
c. They have fluctuated a lot.
d. They have not moved.
正確答案是：b，如果什麼東西dramatically fallen, 那就是大幅下跌或下降的意思，同義詞是plummeted。c不對，因爲 fluctuated 意思是上下浮動的意思和句意不符。
4: "Share prices in the computing giant Apple are soaring after their successful launch of the 3G iPhone." Which sentence best describes how the share price is doing?
a. Share prices are fluctuating wildly.
b. Share prices are unusually low.
c. Share prices are exceptionally high.
d. Share prices have remained stable.
正確答案是：c，這個句子的意思是特別高impressive height和原句中的意思相符合，soaring迅速升高。 a不對，因爲股票市場上的fluctuating wildly, 通常說明上市公司有問題，而句子的意思是說蘋果公司很成功，Fluctuating wildly 大幅浮動。
5: "Unemployment is __________ and further redundancies look highly probable." Which phrase can be used in this sentence?
a. at an all time high
b. in its all time high
c. on an all time high
d. an all time high
正確答案是：a，此處要測試你對英語介詞的掌握程度，這個句子的意思是，失業率達到了歷史最高點。注意介詞at這個短語的意思是歷史最高點。
6: "Some economists seem particularly concerned with the __________ exchange rates." Which word can be used in this sentence?
a. erupting
b. fiery
c. volatile
d. explosive
正確答案是：c，volatile 是個比較難的詞，意思是動盪的。在表述貨幣兌換率exchange rates的時候經常使用。類似的表達還有wildly fluctuating大幅浮動的。另外形容一個國家或地區的局勢不穩定，也會經常使用這個詞。a不對，因爲在表示貨幣的兌換率的時候不能使用erupting（爆發）這個詞；b不對，因爲在表示貨幣的兌換率的時候不能使用 fiery（火爆的）這個詞；d不對，因爲在表示貨幣的兌換率的時候不能使用 explosive（爆發性的）這個詞。
