D.Savings services.-|||-3.What is the role of post offices in "agent banking"?-|||-A.They are subordinate to banks B.They are cooperative with banks.-|||-C.They are taking the place of banks. D.They are being changed into banks,-|||-4.Compared with agent banking,M-Pesa most probably __-|||-A.is less practical for poor people B.is more popular among clients.-|||-C.costs less except transaction fees D.provides safer savings accounts.-|||-5.Gates Foundation intends to make financial services __-|||-A.affordable B.widely recognized C.influential D.easily obtained-|||-17级非音体美阅读理解Section C Passage One试题第十一套-|||-Section C-|||-Directions: There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some-|||-questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,-|||-B.C and D.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter-|||-on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.-|||-Passage One-|||-Earlier this year I met with a group of women in Matela,a small fanning village-|||-in Tanzania,and we discussed something that's been on all of our minds lately:-|||-finding a safe place to save money.The women said their babies were getting sick-|||-from malaria(疟疾),and they could afford the drugs if they saved money over time---|||-but with no access to formal savings accounts,they had a hard time safeguarding-|||-cash.So they saved in risky and inefficient ways.They made loans to each other,or-|||-bought goats or jewelry,then sold them if they suddenly needed money.-|||-The success of microloans has opened new opportunities for many poor people and-|||-has been a crucial factor in reducing poverty.But loans are not enough. Savings-|||-accounts could help people in the developing world with unexpected events,-|||-accumulate money to invest in education,increase their productivity and income,and-|||-build their financial security.Fortunately,this is a moment of opportunity.New policy-|||-ideas are uniting in ways that will lower the cost of savings and bring safe financial-|||-services to the doorsteps of the poor.-|||-One exciting trend is agent banking,in which stores and post offices serve as-|||-banking outlets.Banks still manage and guarantee the deposits,but they rely on the-|||-infrastructure(基础设施)of other outlets to deal with clients where there are no bank-|||-branches.-|||-The phenomenal growth of mobile phones in the developing world presents-|||-another opportunity. -PeSa, the mobile-phone cash-transfer service in Kenya,has-|||-signed up more than 5 million subscribers in two years and recently expanded to-|||-Tanzania.This new idea is opening markets and transforming lives.A split-second M--|||-Pesa transaction costs as little as 30 cents and replaces a day of risk and expense just-|||-to send someone money or carry earnings home.-|||-At the Gates Foundation,it has been committed more than 350 million to make-|||-financial services widely accessible to the poor because safe places to save can help-|||-break the cycle of poverty.If action is taken on this moment,then within a generation,-|||-billions of people will have the chance to build up their savings and live the healthy,-|||-productive lives that they deserve.-|||-1.According to the first paragraph,people in Matela are most likely to expect-|||-that __-|||-A.they can afford the cure for malaria B.they can save their cash efficiently-|||-C.they can live safely in the village D.their can get rid of poverty soon-|||-2.What can help the poor build financial security?