PTE Academic reading re order practice paragraphs 23

PTE Academic reading re order practice paragraphs

PTE Academic reading re order practice paragraphs.The text below have been placed in a random order. Re order paragraphs in the original order.

1.

A. But in Scotland three banks are still allowed to issue banknotes.

B. When the bank was founded in 1695 , Scots coinage was in short supply and of uncertain value , compared with English , Dutch , Flemish or French coin.

C. To face growth of trade it was deemed necessary to remedy this lack of an adequate currency.

D. The first Scottish bank to do this was Bank of Scotland.

E. In most countries , it is only the government through their central banks , who are permitted to issue currency.

2.

A.Every vote counts, but a stockholder with 5,000 shares will have more influence on the company than someone with only one share.

B.They vote on such issues as who will be elected to the board of directors—the group of people who oversee company decisions—and whether to buy other companies.

C. Stockholders typically have one vote for each share they own.

D.Stockholders in a company usually have voting rights.

3.

A.and to act as the fiscal agent of the government, but did not renew its charter in 1811.

B.In the United States the first bank was the Bank of North America, established (1781) in Philadelphia.

C.A similar fate befell the second Bank of the United States, chartered in 1816 and closed in 1836.

D.Congress chartered the first Bank of the United States in 1791 to engage in general commercial banking

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PTE Academic reading re order practice paragraphs

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