問題詳情
When the Treasury sold gold, the gold was frequently moved by armored car from the United States Assay Officein New York on the East River five blocks to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Liberty Street. The FederalReserve vault is 50 feet below sea level and 76 feet below street level. Many foreign countries store some of their goldin this vault at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Each working day, gold bars are wheeled between the variouscountries’ storage compartments, on instructions for international payments, rather than the countries incurringexpensive shipping and insurance charges from transporting the gold between countries.It is a weird and fascinating sight if one understands the implications. Men far underground, with steel coversover their shoes (to prevent injury if one of the bars drops), tote bars between compartments in the basement of theNew York Federal Reserve Bank to settle a debt between Norway and Germany that arose from sardine imports intoGermany. Many of the gold bars weigh 400 troy ounces, or 33.3 pounds. They rose in price from $14,000 in 1971 (at$35 per troy ounce) to $204,000 in 1979 (at $510 per troy ounce). Many of these bars are stamped with the insignia ofthe Soviet Union, which, along with South Africa, mines much of the world’s gold.
【題組】13 According to the passage, what is one advantage for the countries that store gold in the Federal Reserve vault?
(A) It is near the United States Assay Office.
(B) The gold is kept in New York, the financial capital of the world.
(C) The gold is kept below sea level and so is not affected by the weather.
(D) They do not have to pay shipping and insurance charges.
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)