English_for_Finance_and_Banking

žTESTS

I. Choose the correct answer:

1.The principal stock exchange in the United Sates of America is known as:

a) the NYSE;

b) Wall Street

2.Ready marketability requires that new issues should be made or backed by:

a) reputable borrowers or institutions;

b) law and financial intermediaries or institutions.

3.Jobbers:

a) act as agents for the public;

b) deal only with brokers and not with the general public.

4.Share indices indicate:

a) percentage changes in the market value of shares as compared with their value in the base years of the index;

b) percentage changes in share prices within the last three years.

5.The financial group of equities is broken down into:

a) capital goods, consumer goods, industry;

b) sectors, e.g. banks, discount houses etc.

II.Match what statements are true and what are false. Results write to the table:

1.The London Stock Exchange has the highest volume of trading in the world.

2.Women were allowed to deal on the Stock Exchange for the first time in 1973.

3.The London Bears and Bulls is a club for members of the Stock Exchange.

4.The Yakuza are a small group of brokers who operate in Kyoto.

5.Manhattan Island was once traded for beads.

6.The first members of the London Stock Exchange were evicted from their premises for bad behavior.

III.Fill the tables:

b) Characterize the following period by the processes which had place there:

17^th – 18^th centuries
19^th century
The beginning of the 20^th century
1980s

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