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A. They provided inaccurate assessments for individual investors.
B. They were sponsored illegally by investment banks.
C. They showed total transparency in their professional opinions.
D. They were too inconsistent in their mortgage evaluations.
5) What is the overall attitude of the writer towards insurance companies in the text?
A. He was critical of the way they did business as it worsened the economic situation.B. He was supportive of how much they contributed to help the society.
C. He was skeptical about their reputation and credibility at that time.
D. He was positive about their commercial success and future growth.
6) Why does the author mention the example of Chinese people in the fifth paragraph?
A. to highlight the financial stability in many parts of the world
B. to show that Westerners' attitudes to financial management unreasonable
C. to promote the practice of saving more money to readers
D. to praise their strict spending habits during such a difficult time
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7) What is the most possible conclusion of this reading passage?
A. Certain nationalities should follow the lead of others to become financially stable.
B. Worldwide attitudes to financial issues are to blame for the global crisis.
D. The global financial crisis would not have happened if people were still imprisoned for being in debt.
C. Several groups should take responsibility for creating the global financial crisis.
8) What is the writer's main purpose in this passage?
A. to detail which processes caused the global financial crisis to happen
B. to summarise the main causes of the universal economic recession C. to criticise investment banks' unhealthy concept of debt
D. to compare approaches to savings and investment in the 19th and the 21st centuries
