完形填空(阅读以下材料 回答第51——65题)Federal Deposit Insurance

完形填空(阅读以下材料，回答第51——65题)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Before 1933,and particularly during the period 1929—1933,bank failures were not uncom-mon.________(51)a bank overextended itself in creating credit or if several of its important loans could not be________(52),depositors in the bank would frequently become panicky and begin to make large withdrawals.________(53)the bank had only a small number of its deposits backed by currency,the bank would soon be unable to meet withdrawals,and most depositors ________(54)their money.Most frequently a bank merely needed time to improve its cash posi- tion by________(55)some of its loans and not making additional ones.In 1933,the number of bank failures________(56)a peak,forcing the federal government to intervene and ________(57)the banks temporarily.To help restore the public’s confidence________(58) banks and strengthen the banking community,Congress passed legislation setting up the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.________(59)corporation,an agency of the federal government, now insures over 90 percent of all mutual savings and commercial bank deposits for________(60) $100,000 per deposit.The FDIC has________(61)its insurance fund by charging member in-stitutions one-twelfth of 1 percent of their total deposits.

As a result of the protection provided by the FDIC and through other kinds of supervision, bank failures have been________(62)to a few isolated instances .When deposits are federally insured,people________(63)rush to withdraw their money if they________(64)the financial condition of their bank .The delay gives the banks the necessary time to adjust their cash credit balance,and this action helps to reduce the________(65)of bankruptcy.

51._________

A. Although

B. Even if

C. If

D. Because