- 阅读理解A
题干：Forgetaboutthedayswhenbanksluredcustomerswithoffersof“free”toaster.Intheharshnewworldofconsumerbanking,it’stheaccountholderwhomaygetburned.Overthepastfewyears,bankshavesystematicallyraisedtheiroldfeesandinventednewones—asmanyas100differentkinds.Thesizeofthesechargesjumpedmorethan50percentoncheckingandsavingsaccountssince1990,accordingtoBankRateMonitor,anindependentprovideroffinancialdata.Meanwhile,interestratespaidonpassbooksavingsandnegotiableorderofwithdrawal(NOW)accountsfailedtokeeppacewithinflation,letalonewithotherlow-riskinvestments.Andtechnologieslikeautomatedtellermachines(ATMs)havetrulyturnedintocashmachines—forthebank.CheckingProfits.AccordingtoareportbytheFederalReserveBoard,fewerthaneightpercentofallcommercialbanksnowofferfreechecking.Insomebigcities,suchasLosAngelesandSanFrancisco,freecheckingisvirtuallyextinct.What’smore,theminimumbalancerequiredfortheaveragecheckingaccounthasincreaseddramaticallysincetheFederalReservelastsurveyedbanksin1994.AccountholderslookingforinterestontheircheckingthroughaNOWaccounthadtoraisetheirbalancenearly50percentto$1,500onaverageandtheyearnedjust1.5percentannuallyfortheirtrouble.NationsBankinMiamirecentlyoffereda“DeluxeSecure”checkingaccount.Depositorsgotonlyanaverage1.5percentinterestontheircheckingbalance.Andtheywererequiredtokeep$5,000tiedupinasavingsaccountor$21maintenancefee.NewYorkCity’schemicalinformeditscheckingcustomersthattheir“lowminimum”accountswouldbeconvertedintonew“relationship”accounts—withahigherminimumbalance.Thenewminimumnecessarytoavoidextrafeesjumpedfrom$1,500to$3,000.Thedubiousnewbenefitstocustomers?Bankingexecutivessaythere’sagoodreasonwhyfeesarehigher.Sincefinancialserviceswerederegulatedintheearly1980s,competitorshaveluredawayhigh-marginbusinessthatoncesustainedbankprofits.Americansareavoidinglow-interestbankaccountsinfavorofhigh-yieldinginvestmentssuchasmutualfunds.Creditcardholderscangetmorefavorabletermsfromanationalcardissuerthanfromtheirlocalbank.Home-buyerscannowtapanationalmarketforthemostcompetitivemortgagerates,andnew-carbuyerscanshopforloansfromauto-financespecialistslikeGeneralMotorsAcceptanceCorp.Still,thebankshavemanagedtoregaintheirprofitsinpartwithhighcustomerfees.Infact,thebankingindustryhasreportedrecordearningsoverthepastthreeyears.
题目： What can be inferred from the sentence “it’s the account holder who may get burned” (Line 2, Paragraph 1)?（） - A 、The author asserts that the account holder should be careful about the free toaster
- B 、The author thinks that the account holder is the very person who used the toaster
- C 、The author suggests that the account holder should be careful about the bank
- D 、The author holds that the bank should be criticized
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
语义理解题，文章首段指出拿着银行赠送的免费烤箱，储户可能庆幸没有花钱，却不知这烤箱会烫伤自己，这里是指储户实际上是吃亏了。因此C项“作者暗示储户要提防银行”是正确选项。
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