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As financial crisis today claimed more victims this week on Wall Street, the rest of the world's markets
and banks have been in disorder. In Britain, 45,000 banking jobs are now in danger.
Another financial giant has fallen in Britain. This time, it is poor HBOS which owns Halifax Bank and the
Bank of Scotland. Lloyds Banks has agreed to take over HBOS but, reports say, that has put 40,000 jobs at
risk.
The takeover comes as fears of a global financial collapse (a sudden failure) following the heavy losses
among some of the world's biggest financial institutions. Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers went
into bankruptcy this week, and other large investment houses have been sold off or propped up (支撑) by the
US government. Central banks from the US, Japan and the European Union have pumped hundreds of billions
of dollars into the banking system to try to avoid a collapse. Stock markets have suffered sharp losses.
In Russia, trading on the country's main stock exchanges was stopped for two days this week because of
the financial collapse. When controllers suspended (暂停) trading at mid-day Wednesday, Russia's RTS Index
of leading stocks had fallen nearly 6.5percent, adding to its 50 percent drop since June 1.
But there are those who say that this is just another cycle. Business analyst Robbie Clayton says after the
boom, now it is time for the decline, and the world economy will recover. But with so much instability, experts
say the final curtain is unlikely to drop on the financial crisis any time soon.
On the streets of London's financial sector, many say they have been left in shock and are simply waiting
to see what will happen next.
1. What caused the takeover mentioned in the text? [ ]
A. The unemployment.
B. The financial crisis.
C. The failure of HBOS's investments.
D. The support of the central bank for Lloyds TSB.
2. Which of the following diagrams shows the RIGHT relationship among those banks?
A. 
B. 
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D. 
3. According to Robbie Clayton, _____. [ ]
A. developed countries are to blame for the crisis
B. the decline will go on for a long time
C. the crisis will affect more and more countries
D. there'll be new economic developments after the crisis
4. What's people's attitude towards the crisis according to the last paragraph?[ ]
A. They're confident that they can overcome it.
B. They don't believe the crisis has come.
C. They feel desperate at their own future.
D. They don't know how to deal with it.
5. What would be the best title for this text? [ ]
A. Countries find different reasons for global financial crisis.
B. Countries react differently to global financial crisis.
C. Global financial crisis causes social problems in London.
D. Global financial crisis hits banks in London and other parts.
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