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1.4.12 12. The Benefit of Stock Exchange

12. The Benefit of Stock Exchange

1.Almost all companies involved in new production and development must______.

A)Persuade the banks to provide long – term finance

B)borrow large sums of money from friends and people they know

C)depend on the population as a whole for finance

D)rely on their own financial resources

2.When the savers want their money back they______.

A)put their shares in the company on the market

B)transfer their money to a more successful company

C)look for other people to borrow money from

D)ask another company to obtain their money for them

3.The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is______.

A)exchanged for part ownership in the Stock Exchange

B)raised by the selling of shares in the companies

C)repaid to its original owners as soon as possible

D)invested in different companies on the Stock Exchange

4.All the essential services on which we depend are______.

A)unable to provide for the needs of the population

B)financed wholly by rates and taxes

C)in constant need of financial support

D)run by the Government or our local authorities

5.The Stock Exchange makes it possible for the Government , local authorities and nationalized industries______.

A)to make certain everybody saves money

B)to borrow as much money as they wish

C)to make certain everybody lends money to them

D)to raise money to finance new development