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Text 4 Bankers have been blaming themsel

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问题 Text 4 Bankers have been blaming themselves for their troubles in public.Behind the scenes,they have been taking aim at someone else:the accounting standard-setters.Their rules,moan the banks,have forced them to report enormous losses,and it's just not fair.These rules say they must value some assets at the price a third party would pay,not the price managers and regulators would like them to fetch.Unfortunately,banks'lobbying now seems to be working.The details may be unknowable,but the independence of standard-setters,essential to the proper functioning of capital markets,is being compromised.And,unless banks carry toxic assets at prices that attract buyers,reviving the banking system will be difficult.After a bruising encounter with Congress,America's Financial Accounting Standards Board（FASB）rushed through rule changes.These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statement.Bob Herz,the FASB's chairman,cried out against those who"question our motives."Yet bank shares rose and the changes enhance what one lobby group politely calls"the use of judgment by management."European ministers instantly demanded that the International Accounting Standards Board（IASB）do likewise.The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning,but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.Charlie McCreevy,a European commissioner,warned the IASB that it did"not live in a political vacuum"but"in the real word"and that Europe could yet develop different rules.It was banks that were on the wrong planet,with accounts that vastly overvalued assets.Today they argue that market prices overstate losses,because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets,not the likely extent of bad debts.The truth will not be known for years.But bank's shares trade below their book value,suggesting that investors are skeptical.And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses,yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.To get the system working again,losses must be recognized and dealt with.America's new plan to buy up toxic assets will not work unless banks mark assets to levels which buyers find attractive.Successful markets require independent and even combative standard-setters.The FASB and IASB have been exactly that,cleaning up rules on stock options and pensions,for example,against hostility from special interests.But by giving in to critics now they are inviting pressure to make more concessions.40.The author's attitude towards standard-setters is one ofA.satisfaction.B.skepticism.C.objectivenessD.sympathy
选项 A.satisfaction.
B.skepticism.
C.objectiveness
D.sympathy
答案 D
解析 文章讨论了银行针对“standard-setters”的咄咄逼人的行为，在银行的游说下standard-setters开始妥协，调整标准的制定，使其符合银行的口味，特别是文章最后一段更是明确的表明了作者对“standard-setters”的同情。A选项，“满意”。原文并没有提到standard-setters完成了作者对他们的期待，反而是对FASB做出了妥协，修改了规定，所以作者对他们谈不上满意。B项“怀疑”属于对正确答案的反义干扰。C项，文章谈到了作者对standard-setters的同情，已经和“客观”相悖了。【补充】本题考查的是考生对全文的把握能力，题目的答案不能根据文中某句话得出，必须在把握全文基础上，抓住其中的关键词句进行综合分析。
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