Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
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That formidable fighting force, the English village, flexed its muscles yesterday to ......... a Scientology plan to open a drug rehabilitation centre next to a primary school; residents raised over 175,000 in three days to outbid the proposed centre at a former inn.
A -
gazebo
B -
gazillion
C -
gazpacho
D -
gazump
2-
The bigger the ........., the sweeter it tastes to investors!
A -
apple
B -
banana
C -
melon
D -
peach
3-
On April 12th, 2002, the Toronto Stock Exchange will introduce the ......... order feature to the trading system: market participants will be able to place orders larger than typically displayed in the TSE market, without paying an informational price for revealing the entire order size.
A -
camoflage
B -
iceberg
C -
spiderhole
D -
trapdoor
4-
Similar to other restrictive provisions contained in bond indentures, a net revenue ......... serves to make the bond issue less risky for bondholders: since it forces the government to use revenue from its debt-financed projects to pay debt service costs first, bondholders enjoy a reduced risk of default.
A -
package
B -
pact
C -
pledge
D -
provision
5-
Four years ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered in the range of 10,500 points, nearly the same place it is now; its path has traced what stock traders call a '......... market' always on the move, but not going anywhere.
A -
sessile
B -
sideways
C -
stationary
D -
stative
6-
Usually, ......... stocks experience higher-than-normal trading volume due to significant new information reaching the market and creating a strong impetus amongst investors to buy or sell the stock, resulting in heavier trading volume and often strong momentum in the stock.
A -
most-active
B -
most-in-demand
C -
most-volatile
D -
most-wanted
7-
Most pyramid ......... take advantage of confusion between genuine businesses and complicated but convincing moneymaking scams; the idea behind them is that the individual makes only one payment, but is promised to receive exponential benefits from other people as a reward.
A -
plans
B -
pranks
C -
schemes
D -
systems
8-
Using the ......... Defense, a company issues a large number of bonds with the condition that they must be redeemed at a high price if the company is taken over.
A -
Macaroni
B -
Macedonian
C -
Maximizer
D -
Megaton
9-
Quadruple ......... days occur four times a year, on the third Friday of the quarter-ending month (March, June, September, December), when three different types of derivatives related to stocks expire: options on individual stocks, options on Stock Index Futures, and Stock Index Futures.
A -
bewildering
B -
bewitching
C -
wishing
D -
witching
10-
......... look for companies with undervalued assets and then attempt the hostile takeover by purchasing enough shares to have a controlling interest.